Education
1998 - 2007: Political Science

Academic degree
PhD (Candidate) in Political Sciences

Professional experience
Since 2006: Faculty of International Relations, Yerevan State University

Academic courses
Theory and Actuality of the European Integration
Institutes of governance of The European Union
EU's South-Caucasian Policy
Governance of the EU’s external relations
Basics of Regional Studies and Regional Policy

Scale of professional interests
Small state foreign and security policy, Regionalization, Regional Integration and Regionalism

Participation in grant projects
Academic Swiss Caucasus Net Programme (ASCN), Armenian-Georgian Research Project “Role of identity, norms and beliefs in foreign policy of Armenia and Georgia”, Senior Researcher, (2014-2016)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates, Young Scientists and Academics, Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University. Theme – “Impact of Europeanization on domestic and foreign policy of the EU and the peripheral countries”: (2009 August-September)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates, Young Scientists and Academics, Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University. Theme – «EU's Eastern Policy: current situation and prospects” (2013 July-August)

Trainings and Study Visits Attended
The Challenges of Internationalization for Non-Academic Staff, Univesidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, (June 19-23, 2017)
Linking Intended Learning Outcomes to Teaching/Learning Activities and Assessment Forms, National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia (February 18-19, 2016)
Departmental Curriculum Development session, Central European University, Curriculum Resource Center, Hungary (May 1-9, 2011)

Languages
Armenian, Russian, German, English

Professional membership
NGO «The Armenian Conflict and Peace Research Association» (since 2006), NGO «Centre for strategic studies "Expert" (since 2008), Political Science Association of Armenia (since 2011)

Awards received
Second prize, Innovative ideas’ competition, organized by “Noravank” SEF and “Integration and Development” NGO, 2015
YSU Certificate of Appreciation, 2014
Second class diploma of the Standing Committee for foreign relations of National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, in the Third competition on political studies (2003)
Grand Prize and First class diploma of the Standing Committee for foreign relations of National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, in the Fourth competition on political studies (2004)

nsgalstyan@ysu.am