Throughout his career, Mau has worked as a scientist, educator, and consultant. His area of expertise includes the
Economic Theory, its
history, and national economy. In particular, he managed projects on comparative analysis of Russia and developed countries, studies on the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic. As an expert, Vladimir Mau frequently addresses the Ministry of Education's public council with reports on economics and higher education development, he is an active speaker at
St. Petersburg and Sochi Economic Forums. As an expert, he discussed challenges of
monotown transformation, taxation and economic reforms. In 2013, Mau entered the jury of the contest for the best project of an International Financial Center in . He advocated for
income tax cancellation for low-income citizens, reasonable support of the volatile rouble exchange rate to ensure a better investment climate, 2013 reforms of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, deeper integration of Russia into global economics as an effective tool against
sanctions. He publicly criticized the privatization of the state property that was scheduled for 2020-2022. Under his management, RANEPA Siberian branches were reformed in 2021.
Membership in advisory and scientific councils and commissions Through the years, Mau was a member of numerous expert councils and committees, some of which are listed below: • July 31, 2003 — appointed member of the State Commission on Administrative reform in the Russian Federation, re-approved in 2004 and 2008; • April 30, 2004 — joined the State Commission on Budget Efficiency; • October 20, 2005—present: Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science, Technology and Education, re-appointed to the Council in 2006 and 2008. • December 4, 2007—present: Member of the Government Commission for Assessing the Performance of Federal and Regional Executive Authorities. On June 12, 2008, re-approved as a Member of the commission; • August 25, 2008—present: Member of the Presidential Commission for the Civil Service and Executive Candidate Pool of the Russian Federation (terminated); • June 2008—present: Member of the Expert Council on Educational Legislation under the Committee of the Federation Council on Education and Science. • 2013: Board Member of the Foundation for the Development of Socio-Economic Sciences and Education; • May 30, 2019: Vice Chair of the Supreme Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia; • November 2019: Member of Presidium of the Russian professorial Assembly; • May 2020: Member of the Analytical Centre under the Government of the Russian Federation. Over the years, Mau was a chair of public councils under the Russian Economic Development Ministry, the
Federal Service for Labour and Employment, the
Federal Taxation Service, and others. As an expert, in 2017 he voted for an increase in the retirement age, he recommended raising the
Value-added tax and, on the contrary, reducing deductions to social security funds. He strongly discouraged short-term stimulation of economics planned by the government in 2017-2025. In 2010-2019, Mau participated in meetings and assessed the Federal Taxation Service performance, as well as the ‘Association of the Innovative Regions of Russia’.
Class rank and Academic degrees Honoris causa • June 20, 2001:
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation; • Honorary professor of the
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University — for a significant contribution to the development of the theory and practice of economic reforms, for long-term fruitful scientific and pedagogical activity, for high professionalism in all aspects of activity.
Publications Author of more than 20 books and over 600 articles published in scientific magazines, journals, and newspapers in Russia, England, France, Germany and Italy, including: •
Development of the Theory of Socialist Economy Conformity to the Plan (late 30s-early 60s): Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Eng.) Dissertation. Moscow, 1986. •
In search of conformity to the plan: From the history of Soviet economic thought in the late 30s-early 60s. Moscow, 1990. The book is dedicated to one of the most dramatic periods in the history of Soviet economic thought. It addresses the deep crisis that swept science in the context of administrative system formation and repression against prominent academic economists, and the first attempts to get out of this crisis related to the theoretical preparation of the economic reform of 1965 in the USSR. While analyzing the theory of the planned economy, the author reveals the inner logic of the development of science, the contradictions inherent in it, and quantum leaps, the relationship between political economy views and concepts of economic mechanism. •
The regularities of the revolution, the experience of restructuring and our perspectives. Moscow, 1991 (co-author). •
Restructuring as a revolution: past experience and attempts to forecast. Kommunist. 1992, No. 11 (co-author). •
Reforms and dogmas. Moscow, 1993. Analyzes the state and the economy in the age of reforms and revolutions (1860-1920), examines the history of the economy and economic policy of Russia and the USSR in the first third of the 20th century; it shows the integrity of this period, including the continuity of economic decisions by successive governments of Russia (Tsar, Interim, and Bolshevik governments). It analyzes how different governments searched for the measures to steer the country out of social and economic crisis and to expedite economic growth. •
Economy and power: interim results. Moscow, 1994 •
Economy and power. Political history of economic reform in Russia, 1985–1994. Moscow, 1995. The book considers the relationship and the impact of economic and political problems that arose during the period of perestroika and after the collapse of the Soviet system. It reveals the reasons for decisions made by the highest authorities of the USSR and Russia, as well as the root of the authorities’ illusions and delusions. The book was published in Delo Publishing House in 1994, and in 1996, it was released in the UK under the title
The Political History of Economic Reform in Russia, 1985-1994 (L.: Centre for Research into Communist Economies). •
The political history of economic reform in Russia, 1985–1994. London: Centre for Research into Communist Economies, 1996. •
Macroeconomic stabilization, trends and alternatives in the economic policy of Russia. Moscow, 1996. •
Economics and law. Constitutional problems of economic reform in Russia. Moscow, 1998. •
Economic reform: through the lens of the constitution and politics. Moscow, 1999. The book represents one of the first forays into constitutional economics research with regard to modern Russia. The book explores constitutional (and even broader – legal) problems of Russian economic reforms, based on the experiences of developed and developing countries. Economic problems are considered through the lens of noneconomic factors, i.e. political, constitutional, and legal. The book was first published in the AdMarginem Publishing House in 1999. •
Russian economic reforms as seen by an insider: success or failure? London: RIIA, 2000. •
Intellectuals, history and the revolution // The New World, No. 5, 2000. •
The great revolutions. From Cromwell to Putin. Moscow: Vagrius, 2001, also published by Oxford University Press under the title
The Challenge of Revolution: Contemporary Russia in Historical Perspective (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). Co-authored with I.V. Starodubrovskaya. The book considers the events of 1985–2000 in Russia in the context of the great revolutions of the past — the English civil war, the French Revolution, and the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century. The authors show that the post-communist transformation in Russia can be better understood based on historical analysis. It is proved that Russia experienced a full-scale revolution in the late 20th century, which, in its main features, is remarkably similar to the great revolutions of the past. This concept not only explains the causes and consequences of many key events in the country since 1985, but makes it possible to understand the logic of further events in contemporary Russia. •
The Challenge of Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2001. (Co-authored with I.V. Starodubrovskaya). •
Constitutional economics for higher education institutions. Textbook. Moscow, 2002, 2003, 2010. (co-author). •
Constitutional economics for schools. Moscow, 2003, 2006 (co-author). •
Marxism: between scientific theory and ‘secular religion’ (liberal apology) // Economic Matters, No. 5-6, 2004 (co-authored with Ye.T. Gaidar). •
Constitutional economics. Textbook for legal and economic higher education institutions. Moscow, 2006 (co-author). •
Kaliningrad region: from the ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ to ‘unsinkable assembly workshop’. Moscow, 2002. (co-author). •
From Crisis to Growth. (London, CRCE, 2005). •
Reforms and Dogmas. The state and the economy in the age of reforms and revolutions (1861-1929). Moscow, 2013. •
The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy, 2013. Written by a unique, distinguished team of Russian and western authors. Chapter 2 "Modernization and the Russian Economy: Three Hundred Years of Catching Up" Vladimir Mau and Tatiana Drobyshevskaya • ''Russia's Economy in an Epoch of Turbulence: Crises and Lessons''. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Moscow: Gaidar Institute Publishing House, 2016. The book is devoted to the study of crises in contemporary Russian history. The analysis was conducted in the context of last century's large-scale crises. In the publication, special attention is paid to the problems of contemporary global crisis and its development in Russia. The book is intended for economists, historians, and all those interested in the realities of economic policy and economic history. == Awards ==