Dr Sergey Sosnovskikh

Dr Sergey Sosnovskikh joined Leicester Castle Business School as a Lecturer in Business and Management in September 2019. Previously, he worked at the University of Greenwich and Ural Federal University teaching various undergraduate and postgraduate modules including international business, economics, research methods, marketing, and business ethics. 

In 2018, Sergey completed his PhD degree at the University of Greenwich (London, UK) investigating the development of special economic zones and industrial parks in Russia. Along with the doctoral degree, he holds MSc degree in International Management from the University of Roehampton (London, UK), BSc degree in International Economics from the Ural Federal University (Ekaterinburg, Russia), and BA degree in Teaching Foreign Languages from the Ural State Pedagogical University (Ekaterinburg, Russia). He is also an Associate Fellow at the Higher Education Academy of the UK. 

Sergey has very diverse experience working in leading companies of different industry sectors, including banking, maritime transport, investor relations, construction, and public services. He conducted consultancy projects for the government and private companies both in the UK and Russia. Sergey regularly participates in various international conferences. He also peer-reviewed articles in academic journals such as the Asia Europe Journal, Post-Communist Economies, and Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research.

The Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)

Political economy, state-business relations, industrial clusters, special economic zones, industrial parks, institutional economics, and macroeconomics.

Economics, business management, marketing, research methods, emerging markets, international trade, and macroeconomics

PhD, AF HEA, MSc, BSc, BA

CORP3543: Contemporary Business Issues (Module Leader), CORP2549: European Business, CORP2181: Business Research and Analysis, CORP3400: Strategy and Management Dissertation, LBPG5017: Dissertation (postgraduate level), LCBS5064: Executive Company Project

• Higher Education Academy of the UK: Associate Fellow
• Member of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES)
• Member of the World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR)

• Evaluation of the Competitive Environment in Silicon Roundabout in London, United Kingdom (2018-2019) 
• Analysis of the trade relationships and FDI flows between the UK and countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK (2016)
• Examination of the manufacturing processes, supply-chain management and market expansions within the areas of home and personal care, health and hygiene products in Russia (2015)
• Analysis of the shareholders of PJSC Uralkali in order to facilitate a ‘buy-back’ operation organised by the company (2015) 
• ‘The concept of creating and modernising highly productive workplaces in the Sverdlovsk region’ for the Ministry of Industry and Science of the Sverdlovsk Region, Russia (2012)
• ‘Innovation based development strategy of the Sverdlovsk region 2020’ for the Ministry of Industry and Science of the Sverdlovsk Region, Russia (2012)
• Studied the Legislation, IT, Business Education, Construction and Steel industries in the Urals region of Russia (2012-13)

• Sosnovskikh S., & Cronin B., (2020) ‘The effects of culture, attitudes and perceptions on industrial cluster policy: The case of Russia’, Competition & Change. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024529420949491
• Sosnovskikh S., (2020) ‘A new form of parallel trading within economics relations between Russia and China’, Post-Communist Economies, pp.1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1745562
• Sosnovskikh S., (2017) ‘Industrial Clusters in Russia: The Development of Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks’, Russian Journal of Economics, 3(2), pp.174-199
• Sosnovskikh S., (2017) ‘Peculiarities in the Development of Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks in Russia’, European Journal of Geography, 8(4), pp.82-102
• Sosnovskikh S., (2017) ‘Role of the Government in the Development of the Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks in Russia’, The 11th International Days of Statistics and Economics, Prague, Czech Republic: September 14-17, 2017. pp.1470-1480
• Sosnovskikh S., (2017) ‘Role of the football clubs' brands and their complementary goods and services’, Conference: Marketing and branding – challenges of the 21st century, Ekaterinburg, Russia: November 7, 2017 (in the Russian language)
• Sosnovskikh S., (2016) ‘Issues in Developing Special Economic Zones in Russia: the Case of Titanium Valley”, The International Journal of Business & Management, 4(7), pp.10-18

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