Galina Khmeleva, professor at the Chair for World Economics of the Samara State University of Economics. PhD in economics ("Organization mechanism of innovation development in the region"), 2015. Doctor of Economics, 2012 ("Development of innovative activity in the region from the perspective of the process approach: theory, methodology, practice"). A supervisor and participant for research teams for the grants: methodology and tools for modeling the dynamics of sectoral regional business cycles for balanced and sustainable spatial development of Russia, modeling of processes of individual regions' integration in the world economic system, and the innovative development of Russian regions in terms of sanctions: impact assessment, differentiation, capabilities of outrunning development 2017-2018). Currently supervising the grant "The development of Russian and Hungarian border regions in the face of global challenges".