Riga Stradins University Faculty of European Studies Department of Political Science Academic Study Program Degree of Master of Social Sciences in International Relations

EDUCATION
	2005 -	Doctoral studies in Political Science at Latvijas Universitate
	2000-2002	Master in Economics, Area of Economic History. Fellowship by merit of CAPES (Coordenation Foundation of Improvement of Superior Level Personal). State University of São Paulo Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dissertation’s title: O INVESTIMENTO ESTRANGEIRO DIRETO E A DESNACIONALIZAÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA: O CASO DAS PRIVATIZAÇÕES NOS ANOS 1990 (The foreign direct investment and the denationalization of the brazilian economy: the case of the privatisations in the 1990’s)
	1995-1999	Bachelor in Economics, Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC, Brazil, Fellowship of CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – Brazil)
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
SCIENTIFIC DEGREE
		Master in Economics
ACADEMIC TITLE
		Researcher, lecturer
WORK EXPERIENCE
	since 2007 2006 since 2006 since 2002	Riga Stradiņš University, Lecturer Riga Stradiņš University, Visiting Lecturer Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of science, Researcher University of Santa Catarina’s Far South – UNESC, Teaching Associated-professor at the Juridical Sciences Department (2002 to today) Disciplines: 2002-2005: Political Economics 2004: Political Science Associated-professor at the Economics Department (2002 to 2004) Disciplines 2004: Monetary Economics 2003 to 2004: Methodology for monographys 2002 to 2004: Microeconomics II 2003: Brazilian Economic History III 2003: Contemporary Theories of the Dinamics of Capitalism 2002 to 2003: Microeconomics I Professor at the History Department (2002) Discipline 2002: Statistics for Historians Consulting Consultant in the field of economics at UNESC Consulting (2002-2003) State University of São Paulo Julio de Mesquita Filho – UNESP (2001) Apprentice teacher at the Economics Department (2001) Discipline 2001: Recent brazilian economics Company of Environmental Technology and Sanitation – CETESB (1992-1995) Clerk
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
	Since 2006 2005 2004 2001 – present 1997 1996-1998	Researcher in the project „Latvijas Eiropas Savienībā: ekonomikas un kultūras mijiedarbība zināšanu sabiedrības veidošanā” sub-project „Ekonomisko faktoru loma zināšanu sabiedrības veidošanā” macroeconomic „Zināšanu sabiedrības makroekonomiskie aspekti”. Associated coordinator and researcher of the Centre of Studies in State, Politics and Law (granted by CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) Researcher of the joint project university-government of the State of Santa Catarina ECOMEX Title: “Evaluation of the trade opportunities between Santa Catarina and the American Continent” Researcher of the joint project university-government of the State of Santa Catarina ECOMEX Title: “Evaluation of the trade opportunities between Santa Catarina and Argentina, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and China”. Researcher of the GEPHEC – Group of Studies and Research in Contemporary Economic History and Enviroment, State University of São Paulo Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Assistant in the project “Determinants of industrial localization in Santa Catarina”, Santa Catarina’s State Government, Extraordinary Secretary to the MERCOSUR. Researcher in the project “Padrão de Concorrência na Agorindústria Catarinense (The competition’s standards in Santa Catarina’s agribusiness” (granted by CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
		Brazilian Association of Researchers in Economic History – ABPHE Brazilian Society of Political Economy – SEP
HONOURARY TITLES, AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS
	2007 2005 2006 2004 2004 2001 2001 2000 1998 2006 2006	Books Karnite, Raita, Berzins, Ivans de Kastro Gonsalvess, Popovica, Santa. Ārvalstu Kapitāls Latvijas banku pamatkapitālā. Riga, LZA EI, 128 lpp. Chapters in books Berzin, Ivan. O processo de privatização no estado de Santa Catarina nos anos 1990 (The privatisations’ process in the State of Santa Catarina in the 1990’s). In Ensaios sobre a economia sul-catarinense II, Vol. 2, edited by GOULARTI FILHO, Alcides. Criciúma: Editora da UNESC. Articles in journals Bērziņš, Ivans. Socioeconomic development and the knowledge society: what are EU and Latvia facing? Ist4balt News Journal, vol. 2, pp. 20-24. Complete works in annais Berzin, Ivan. A desnacionalização do setor elétrico brasileiro nos anos 1990 (The denationalisation of the brazilian electrical sector in the 1990’s). In Anais do IX Encontro Nacional de Economia Política, IX Encontro Nacional de Economia Política, Uberlândia-MG. Berzin, Ivan. Análise da Política Econômica do Governo Lula (Analisys of the economic policies of Lula’s government). IV Semana de Economia, Criciuma. Stipp, M. S. M., Berzin, I., G. Malagolli, and C. C. A. Haffner. CLUSTER INDUSTRIAL: Uma experiência moveleira no noroeste paulista (1970-2000) (Industrial Cluster: the experience of the furniture sector in Sao Paulo’s northeastern) . IV Congresso Brasileiro de História Econômica e 5º Conferência Internacional de História de Empresas, São Paulo. Berzin, Ivan. O INVESTIMENTO ESTRANGEIRO DIRETO E A DESNACIONALIZAÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA BRASILEIRA (The foreign direct investment and the denationalisation of the brazilian industry). IV Congresso Brasileiro de História Econômica e 5ª Conferência Internacional de História de Empresas, São Paulo. Resumes in annais Berzin, Ivan. A regulação do setor de telecomunicações brasileiro após a privatização: uma comparação com algumas experiências internacionais (The regulation of the telecommunications in Brazil after its privatisation: a comparsion with some international experiences). In Anais da 52ª Reunião Anual da SBPC, 52ª Reunião Anual da SBPC, Brasilia. Santana, E. A., Berzin, I. C. G. Padrão de Concorrência na Agorindústria Catarinense (The competition’s standards in Santa Catarina’s agribusiness). In Anais da VI Semana de Pesquisa da UFSC, VI Semana de Pesquisa da UFSC, Florianópolis. Other publications Bērziņš, Ivans. Kurp ej, Latvija?. Komersanta Vēstnesis, 25 (31), 28.06., pp. 3-4. Berzin, Ivan. Russia and the world, 1917-1991. Amicus Curiae, Krisiuma (Brazīlija) n. 2, v. 1, (grāmata recenzija).
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