She graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University and obtained her Ph.D in Mathematics from Russian Academy of Sciences Computation Center in 1995. She also received her Master’s degrees in Economics from HSE jointly with Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1999. Her main research interests are in applied microeconometrics, spatial econometrics, comparative economic studies. Her research has been published in Economic Systems, Eastern European Economics, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics , International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, International Journal of Public Administration, China-USA Business Review. Olga is also a Lecturer on Econometrics at Faculty of Economic Sciences and Academic Director of Doctoral School of Economics in HSE.