Interview with Marina Mikhailovna Malisheva

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Marina Mikhailovna Malysheva, born in 1957, is a Doctor of Economics, currently working as a senior researcher at the Institute of Social Economic Studies of the Population at the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISESP RAS). In the 1980s, she graduated from the Department of Economics of Moscow State University, gained experience as an applied sociologist, and in 1984 she defended her Candidate's Dissertation on The Social Effectiveness of Women's Professional Work: Experience of Comparative Analysis of International and Regional Research." She cofounded the Moscow Center of Gender Research in 1990. The goal of the center was to conduct gender research on essential social issues and gender analysis for social projects and potential legislation, and provide assistance in overcoming gender discrimination in all spheres of society. In 1999, she defended her doctoral dissertation on the "Interconnection of Socio-economic Processes and Gender Relations" and was awarded a degree of Doctor of Economics. At the present time, she works in the rectorate of the Russian State University of the Friendship of the Peoples and at ISESP RAS. Her professional interests include gender economics and gender and family sociology. Her most important publications include: Gender Kaleidoscope: Lecture Courses (Moscow: Academia, 2001); Methodological Approaches to Labor Migration from CIS Countries to Russia: Gender Aspect (2008). She has edited collections, including Modern Patriarchy: A Socio-economic Essay (Moscow: Academia, 2001); Economic and Social Policy: The Gender Dimension. (Moscow: Academia, 2002).