Vera Zabotkina
Prof.Dr.Vice-Rector for International Cooperation,
Director, Centre for Cognitive Programmes and Technologies at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia
Participation in research projects
2022 - present time: Russian Science Foundation Project No. 22-18-00594 "Cognitive models of identification and counteraction to manipulation in the media space"
2017 - 2020: Russian Science Foundation Project No. 17-78-30029 "Cognitive mechanisms and discursive strategies for overcoming socio-cultural threats in historical dynamics: multidisciplinary research"
http://cognitive.rsuh.ru/en/project-cognitive-mechanisms-and-discursive-strategies-for-overcoming-socio-cultural-threats-in-hist/
2007 - 2010 : Russian Foundation for the Humanities Project No. 07-04-00130a "Russia: the changing image of time through the prism of language"
2010 – 2012 : RF Ministry of Education and Science project “Cognitive-psychological mechanisms of professional qualifications enhancement of a new type experts in context of modernization in Russia” (Supervisor of the project)
2010 - present : Coordinator of ShanghAI Lectures on artificial intelligence
2011 - 2012 : Russian Foundation for the Humanities Project No. 12-04-16174. Publication of the monograph "Russia: the changing image of time through the prism of language. Representation of the concept of time in Russian, English and German languages"
2011 - 2013 : Russian Foundation for the Humanities Project Project No. 11-06-00301/12a "Cognitive analysis of word semantics: computer-corpus approach"
2011 : Russian-German seminar “Präsens” (Coordinator of the project)
2013 : Cognitive modeling in linguistics
2014: Russian Foundation for the Humanities Project No. 14-06-07022 "Cognitive analysis of word semantics: computer-corpus approach"
Participation in international projects on higher education
EU projects
a) Tempus projects:
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2012 : Contact person of the Tempus project 'Independent Quality Assurance model for degree programmes in Russia (IQA)' 530663-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-SE-TEMPUS-SMGR
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2010-present: Contact person and coordinator of subject area group 'Languages', Tempus project 'Tuning-Russia' 511135-TEMPUS-I-2010-1-ES-TEMPUS-JPCR
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2004-2007: Coordinator of the Tempus project ‘Russia and the EU – an Innovative Curriculum Development Initiative to Introduce a European Dimension’ at Kaliningrad State University
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1994-1997: Contact person of the Tempus project ‘Updating and upgrading of the English language teaching and teacher training’ at Kaliningrad State University
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1998-2001: Contact person of the Tempus project ‘Education for sustainable development in the Kaliningrad Region’
b) Erasmus Mundus projects:
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2012-2016: Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus project Aurora at RSUH
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2010-2013: Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus project Triple I at RSUH
UN projects
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2012: Coordinator of the UNICEF project ‘Children’s Rights network of Russian and Ukrainian universities’
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2011: Coordinator of UNICEF project on Children’s Rights in cooperation with the Ombudsmen office under the auspices of the President of Russian Federation
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2008-2010: Chairholder of UNESCO Chair “Intercultural Dialogue and Social Interaction” at Moscow State Linguistic University
British Council projects
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2012: Coordinator of the British Council project “Internalizing higher education: knowledge economy partnership. Electronic translation tools.”
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2005–2008: Coordinator of the British Council project BRIDGE from IKSUR side (dual degree MA in ELT and MA in Tourism) with UWE (UK)
Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) project
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2000-2007: Coordinator of the EuroFaculty project at I.Kant State University of Russia /IKSUR/
Participation in Selecting Committees
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2004-2008: Member of the Selecting Committee of the Kant-Stipendium ZEIT-Stiftung, Germany
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2003-2008: Member of the Selecting Committee of the SABINUS-Stipendium Programme at Kurt und Marga Möllgard-Stiftung, Germany
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2002-2008: Member of the Selecting Committee at Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), Germany
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1996-2008: Member of the Selecting Committee of the ALBERTINA-Stipendium Programme at Kurt und Marga Möllgard-Stiftung, Germany
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1993-2004: Member of the Hermann-von-Helmholtz Visiting Professorship Selecting Committee at G.Daimler- und K.Benz-Stiftung, Germany
Projects of the Center for Cognitive Programs and Technologies:
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2010-present: Coordinator of the project 'ShanghAI Lectures' on artificial intelligence (annual lectures series transmitted via videoconference from University of Zurich to 16 universities of the world)
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2011-2013: Cognitive-Psychological mechanisms of raising new specialists’ efficiency in modern Russia
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2016: Conference in RSUH “Events Representation: Integrated Approach in Cognitive Sciences” within Annual International Forum “Readings in Humanities 2016 at RSUH”
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2017 - 2020 : Russian Science Foundation Project No. 17-78-30029 "Cognitive mechanisms and discursive strategies for overcoming socio-cultural threats in historical dynamics: multidisciplinary research"
Others
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2008-2013: Higher Education Reform Expert, EU Expert in TEMPUS Project
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2004-present: Member of the Board of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) / USA
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2002-present: Alumna of the Salzburg Seminar programs
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2002-present: Expert of the National Training Foundation, Moscow
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1998-present: member of the Advisory Board at Prof. W.Petersen-Stiftung, Germany