Our Doctoral and post-doctoral researchers

• 2023 : Master II Research in Management – IAE Lyon III – emlyon business school – France
• 2017 : Master in Arts, festival and cultural management –Queen Margaret University– Scotland
• 2015 : Bachelor of international business- Grenoble Ecole de Management- France
• 2013 : Higher National Diploma- London Business School and Finance – England

• 2021 : Office Manager - Ixiade, France
• 2020 : Product experience specialist - Meta, Remote
• 2019 : Marketing conference coordinator - Stemcell Technologies, France
• 2018: Assistante communication digitale - Cyrenians – Edinburgh
• 2017: Events Assistant - Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
• 2014: Events Assistant - More London Festival, London

• 2023 : MSc in Financial Engineering / Master in Management – EDHEC Business School – France
• 2023 : Master in Mathematics and Interaction – Université Côte d'Azur – France

• 2022 : Quantitative Research Analyst - Scientific Beta, France
• 2021 : Business Analyst - Amazon, Luxembourg

• Machine learning applied to finance
• Econometrics
• Factor investing

• Introduction to statistics

Courses taught at emlyon business school

Besides his academic background, Aleksandr is a semi-professional chess player. He is fluent in English, French and Russian. His favorite team sport is volleyball.

• 2023 : Master in Mathematics and Applications - ENS de Lyon, France
• 2020 : Undergraduate in Mathematics and Applications - ENS de Lyon, France

• 2022 - 2023 : Research intern - Research in the field of Machine Learning using Physics-inspired approaches, notably Phase Transition phenomenon - EPFL
• 2023 : Research intern in the field of Random Matrix Theory - ENS de Lyon

Finance, Insurance, Risk Modeling, Machine Learning

Academic articles

• Optimal Algorithms for The Inhomogeneous Spiked Wigner Model, NEURIPS, 2023

• 2023 : MSc. International Management (CEMS) - Business and management - Bocconi University, Italy
• 2020 : Undergraduate - BEng. Chemical Engineering - Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

• 2023 : Research Assistant,RA at Bocconi GREEN Research Centre - Bocconi University, Italy

• Sustainable finance
• Circular Economy
• ESG Investment

Education

Experience

• 2019: Master Logistics Engineering Management Science and Engineering - Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

• 2020-2021: Fujian Longyan Tobacco Industry Co., Fujian, China

• Big data analysis capability;
• Artificial intelligence capability;
• Inter-organizational relationships;
• Social networks;
• AI ecology

Publications

I am a social scientist specializing in the field of Science and Technology Studies, with a keen interest in policymaking and organizational dynamics. My research focuses on examining the concepts embedded in policies related to science, technology, and innovation (STI) and their dissemination across different countries. I explore how these global concepts are adapted within national contexts and influenced by local strategies and initiatives. Through my work, I demonstrate the complex ways in which global ideas are shaped and co-constructed at the local level. I am particularly intrigued by the structure of advisory groups in STI policymaking and the underlying values that inform policy decisions.

Additionally, I have collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) on evaluating and developing the European child and adolescent health strategy. Leveraging this experience, I have conducted analyses using data from the cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, focusing on trends related to bullying, sexual health, and the impact of tobacco control policies on adolescent smoking. I have also written extensively on topics such as collaboration in cross-national research, the participation of children in policymaking processes, and the effects of food insecurity during childhood and adolescence.

Prior to my academic pursuits, I served as a legislative counsel in the US Congress, specializing in financial, housing, and community development policy. I was also honored to be selected as a US Presidential Management Fellow. I hold a Bachelor of Arts and a Master in Public Policy from the University of Chicago (USA), as well as a PhD from the Copenhagen Business School

I am currently working on a project funded by the IERDJ (the Institute of the French ministry of Justice) that I co-direct in collaboration with a sociologist and a jurist: it relies on a qualitative study of judicial administrators and liquidators. I am an active member of the Executive Committee of the French Sociological Association since 2017. I am also a fellow at Centre Max Weber – Lyon (CNRS/ENS/Lyon 2/UJM)

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in Marketing at emlyon business school, after completing my PhD at University Lyon 3. I have teaching experience in digital marketing, communication, and consumer behavior.
My research focuses on digital advertising, specifically examining how brand integration within interactive environments impacts consumer perceptions. I also investigate the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of such advertisements and the ethical and legitimacy issues they raise.

I am an organizational theorist who studies the intersection between ideology and management, in all of its permutations. In addition, I also explore Chinese firm internationalization in Africa and vice versa. I have a number of ongoing projects on these two research streams, including: examining the role of owner ideology in organizational racism by the creation of sinecure positions based on race; determining whose ideology matters in organizations for the purposes of green patenting; and how Chinese firm foreign direct investment in Africa is defined and operationalized within social science literatures and what that means for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. I earned my Ph.D. from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, my M.A. in history from Syracuse University, and my B.A. from James Madison University.

I am a political and economic sociologist studying how politics generates new opportunities for private firms and nonprofit organizations. In ongoing projects, I explore:

• the partisan ideologies underlying the government's distribution of competitive contracts to business and civil society actors
• the political structure of host countries that conditions the internationalization strategy of nonprofits vis-à-vis companies.

My dissertation centers on the rising collaborative philanthropic initiatives between corporate donors and politically powerless social entrepreneurs in China, documenting the potential of such politically fragile and seemingly unlikely collaborations to directly serve the core business interest of the companies.