Education
1996 - 1999 Postgraduate Studies at the RA National Academy of Sciences
1991 - 1996 YSU Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
1981 - 1991 Secondary School # 8 after A. Pushkin

Degree
2002 RA Higher Attestation Commission, Candidate of Technical Sciences
2017 RA Higher Attestation Commission, Docent

Professional Experience (main job)
2009 – 2019: YSU Vice-rector on Students, Alumni and Public Relations
2017 - present Associate Professor at YSU Chair of Public Administration,
2012 – 2017 Assistant Professor at YSU Chair of Public Administration
2008 - 2009 Head of the Division of International Cooperation and Public Relations of the Social Security State Service of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
2005 - 2008 Head of the Department of International Cooperation and Public Relations of the RA Social Insurance State Foundation
2004 - 2005 Head of the Division of Foreign Affairs of “All-Armenian International Youth Centre” Foundation
1999 - 2009 Researcher at the Institute of Microbiology of the RA National Academy of Sciences
1998 - 2001 Chairman of YSU Student Scientific Society

Additional Courses and Trainings
2009 Civil Servant’s Training Course at the RA Academy of Public Administration. Awarded the rank of 2nd class counselor of civil service.
2007, November World Bank Institute, Washington, USA. Basic pension course of the World Bank.
1998 - 2002 Directorate of Youth of the European Council, youth centers in Strasbourg and Budapest. Has participated in a variety of short courses and workshops on the youth policy, conflict resolution, intercultural training, non-formal education and other issues.
1995 - 1996 American University of Armenia, Extension Education. Scientific training on English Technical Writing.

Public Involvement
2010 - 2012 Secretary of the National Youth Policy Council at the RA Prime Minister
2003 – present Member of the Standing Group of Experts (trainers) of the Directorate of Council of Europe
1998 - 2000 Delegate at the founding congress, member of board of the National Youth Council of Armenia
1994 - 1998 YSU Student Council (delegate at the founding congress, chairman of the election commission, executive secretary), YSU Student Scientific Society (delegate at the founding congress, First Deputy Chairman)

Expert Work
2011 - 2012 Consulting during the designing of the model on the provision of complex (integrated) social services in the area of social security of the RA.
The World Bank’s Social Security Administration Project, Armenian Association of Social Workers, long-term expert
2011 - 2012 Report “Aspirations and Expectations of the Armenian Youth”, expert at the Armenian Office of the UN Development Program, member of the editorial board of the report
2011 Armenian National Youth Report (research part), written by the order of the RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. Expert at the Institute for Political and Sociological Consulting (IPSC)
2003 - 2009 Expert at a series of workshops, organized by the Directorate of Youth of the Council of Europe (Armenia, Georgia, France)
2007 – 2008 Expert, author of the Armenian National Youth Report at the RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs

Languages
Armenian, Russian and English

Personal Information
Married and has one daughter

rmarkosyan@ysu.am