Evgeny Klochikhin joined the PhD program in Business and Management at Manchester Business School in September 2010. Previously he was studying at a PhD program in Political Science at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He got MA in International Relations and BA in Regional Studies (Northern Europe) from the same university. Prior to moving to Manchester Evgeny has worked as a journalist in a central Russian ¡°Nezavisimaya¡± newspaper, press officer of the President of European Jewish Congress and Assistant to the Rector of MGIMO-University. At the latter position he realized several education and research projects including cooperation project with the State University of New York and international conference.