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

First name, Last name:	Andris Sprūds
Date of birth:	13 July 1971
Place of birth:	Liepaja, Latvia
Address:	Dzirciema iela 16
Contact phone:	[phone]

EDUCATION
September 2001- June 2005 Sept. 1994 – June 1998 Sept. 1996 - June 1997 September 1989- July 1994		Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland), Faculty of International and Political Studies; Doctoral Degree in Political Science has been obtained University of Latvia, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Master Program of Political Science (subprogram of International Relations); Master Degree of Political Science in International Relations has been obtained Central European University (Budapest, Hungary), Department of History; Master of Arts in Central European History has been obtained (accredited by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York) University of Latvia, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Department of History; Diploma obtained: a qualification of a Historian and Teacher of History
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Febr.2005 Oct.2002– Apr. 2003 Nov.2001- Jan.2002 Jan.- Mar. 2001 September 2000 July 1999 Sept.1998- June 1999 July- August 1997		Winter Academy New Security Challenges and the Role of NATO in Moscow (Russia) Columbia University, Harriman Institute (New York, United States) (Fulbright Research Scholarship) Uppsala University, East European Studies Department (Sweden) (Swedish Institute Research Grant) Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Centre for Russian Studies (Oslo, Norway) (Norwegian Research Council Grant) European Summer Academy Minorities and Regions in a Greater Europe in Bolzano (Italy) Junior Faculty Summer School Security and Constructivism in International Relations in Vilnius (Lithuania) University of Oxford, Centre for East European and Russian Studies (United Kingdom) (Chevening/OSI Scholarship) Graduate Summer Institute Democracy and Diversity in Krakow (Poland) organised by New School for Social Research (New York, U.S.)
SCIENTIFIC DEGREE
		Doctor of Political Science
ACADEMIC TITLE
		Dr. pol. sc.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since Sept. 2006 Since May 2004 Since Sept.1999 Aug.1997- Sept.1998 Sept.1995- Aug.1996 Jan.1995- Sept.1995 Jan.1993- Jan.1995		Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of European Studies Department of Political Science, head of International Relations master degree program Latvian Institute of International Affairs, research fellow Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of European Studies Department of Political Science, lecturer (docent); head of International Relations bachelor’s degree program European Union programme “Leonardo da Vinci”, Latvian National Coordination Unit, Programme Officer Latvia's Naturalization Board, Senior Expert Latvian State Archive, Archivist Agenskalns Secondary School, Teacher of History and Political Science
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
November 2006 November 2006 September 2006 June 2006 March 2006 March 2006 May 2006 April 2005 November 2004 April 2001 April 1999		“Political prospects and challenges to Moldova’s European integration” at Moldovan-Latvian Forum on public participation, Chisinau (Moldova) “Energy: Russia’s gas and oil diplomacy and European responses” at Turkish Foreign Policy Institute’s workshop “European Union: Challenges and Prospects”, Ankara (Turkey) “Latvia at the crossroads of migration: perceptions and reality” at World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Rhodes (Greece) Presentations in the framework of the conference project “EU-Russia Relations: Realities, Perspectives and Recommendations”: “Prospects of joint peacekeeping in the post-Soviet space” at the conference “The EU-Russia relations and the European countries of the Post-Soviet space”, Moscow (Russia) “Russia and the EU in the Post-Soviet Space: towards Cooperation or Confrontation?” at the conference “The relations between Russia and EU: two views of one reality”, Moscow (Russia) “Mutual Perceptions and Russia’s Gas Diplomacy” at the conference “Russia, the EU and the Baltic States: New Approaches to Common Challenges”, Moscow (Russia) “EU energy security: perceptions and interests. Latvian perspective” at the roundtable “German-Baltic dialogue”, Berlin (Germany) “Dimensions of Baltic Identity and Russian-Baltic Relations” at the conference “Russian- Baltic Relations: One Year after the EU and NATO Enlargement”, St. Petersburg (Russia) “EU Eastern Neighbours: Russia, Ukraine and Belarus” at the DGAP expert conference “NATO and EU- Dealing with Europe’s New Neighbours” in Budapest (Hungary) “Historical Legacy in Russian-Latvian Relations 1991-2000” at the roundtable “Political and Cultural Relations between Russia and the Baltic Region States, 1700-2000” in Samara (Russia) “Latvian Citizenship Law: Interaction of Internal and External Factors” at the Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities in New York (U.S.)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
HONOURARY TITLES, AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS
2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2002 2001 2001 2001		“EU-Russia Energy Dialogue in the Context of the Prospective Partnership and Cooperation Agreement” in Atis Lejins (ed.), The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy toward Russia: the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement as a Test Case (Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs), 77-89. “Latvian-Russian Energy Relations: Between Economics and Politics” in Nils Muiznieks (ed.), Latvian-Russian Relations: Domestic and International Dimensions (Riga: Latvia University), 110-118. “Regional Ramifications of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution: Transnistrian Conflict Settlement” in Atis Lejins (ed.), The European Union’s Eastern Neighbours after the Orange Revolution (Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs), 30-44. “The NEGP and Russia’s Gas Diplomacy: Latvian Perspective” in Baltic Mosaic Analytics (Winter-Spring), 15-25. “Moldovas eiropeizācijas iekšpolitiskā un starptautiskā dimensija. Latvijas iespējas un ierobežojumi” [Domestic and international dimension of Moldova’s Europeanization. Latvia’s opportunities and constrains] in Research Paper Volume [Latvian Foreign Policy and “Border Spanning”] of Commission of Strategic Analysis, Vol.7, No.1, 154-176. “Business Factor in Russian-Latvian Relations: Cooperation and Competition” in Leonid Karabeshkin (ed.) The Regional Dimension in Russian-Baltic Relations (St.Petersburg: CIRP), 199-203. “Values and Interests in the European Union-Russia Relations: Towards Cooperation or Conflict” in Antoni Kuklinski and Krzysztof Pawlowski (eds.), Europe- the Global Challenges (Nowy Sacz: WSB-NLU), 299-305. “Russia’s Policy Towards Europe’s “New Neighbours”: in Pursuit of Partnership or Domination?” in Atis Lejins (ed.), An Enlarged Europe and Its Neighbourhood Policy: the Eastern Dimension (Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs), 29-46. “Perceptions and Interests in Russian-Baltic Relations” in Helmut Hubel (ed.) EU Enlargement and Beyond: the Baltic States and Russia (Berlin: Verlag Arno Spitz), 345-370. Political Priorities and Economic Interests in Russian-Latvian Relations, NUPI (Norwegian International Affairs Institute) Working Paper No. 620, December. Minority Issues in the Baltic States in the Context of NATO Enlargement, NATO Research Fellowship’s End product, July; available at the NATO website: www.nato.int/acad/fellow/99-01/spruds.pdf “Russian-Latvian Relations since 1991” in Ruth Buttner, Vera Dubina and Michael Leonov (eds.) Russia and the Baltic States: Political Relations, National Identity and Social Thought in XVIII-XX Centuries (Samara: Samara State University), 146-171.
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES
		Latvian - native English - fluent Russian - fluent Polish - medium
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
		Lecture courses have been taught also at Latvia University, Vidzeme University College, Nowy Sacz Business School-National Louis University (Poland) and Eurouniversity, Tallinn (Estonia)

Date: 03.2007.

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