Maria Golubeva, PhD
Senior Researcher, Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS

01.06.03. – 23.04.04 Consultant, Policy Coordination Department, State Chancellery of Latvia

01.10.02 – 31.05.03 Director, Research and Consultation Center, Vidzeme University College, Valmiera, Latvia

01.09.01 – 10.10.02 Head of Political Science Department, Riga Stradins University, Rīga, Latvia

01.10.00 – 31.03.02 (part-time) Coordinator (the Baltic States), Support for Community Outreach and University Teaching (SCOUT)

01.09.99 – 30.06.01 Lecturer, Latvian Academy of Culture

01.09.00 – 30.06.01 Part-time Lecturer, Center for Gender Studies, University of Latvia

01.11.98 - 31.07.99 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany

Education:

PhD, University of Cambridge (1999)

MA in History, Central European University (1995)

BA in English, University of Latvia (1994)

Scholarships and Fellowships:

Civic Education Project Robert Bosch Fellow, 1999-2001

Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship, 1995-1998

Cambridge European Trust Scholarship, 1995

Project management experience:

2005: Project Director, research project 'Diversity Enters Latvian Schools' (supported by Soros Foundation Latvia)

2004: Project Director, policy project “Discussing the Future of Minority Education and Multicultural Education in Latvia” (supported by Social Integration Foundation/ Phare)

2002: Project Director, Summer School “Gender and Politics” (supported by Higher Education Support Program)

Participation in research projects:

2004-2005: 'Mainstreaming Diversity in the National School System', project director (supported by Soros Foundation Latvia)

2003-2004: “Media World in the Baltic Countries” (supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), project participant

2002: 'EU Enlargement and Consolidation of Democracy in Latvia', project participant
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