Olga Troitskaya

Olga Troitskaya is a senior professional in project management and decision-making studies. She directed the MGIMO Strategic Project Management Office in 2020-2022 and taught Cognitive Science and Decision Making for undergraduates and graduate students.

Dr. Troitskaya taught the undergraduate and graduate English-medium programs at MGIMO in 2018-2022. She specializes in the psychology of decision making and its application to international politics. Dr. Troitskaya holds an MA from University College London and a doctoral degree from Nizhny Novgorod State University. She has 10 years of experience teaching and researching international relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Lomonosov Moscow State University. Dr. Troitskaya has published in Russian and English on international migration, nationalism, and national self-determination. In 2020-2022, Olga Troitskaya directed the University Project Office, coordinating the implementation of MGIMO development strategy and participation of the university in the nation-wide academic excellence program, Priority 2030. She is the founder and CEO of Icognito.app — an innovative cognitive-behavioral therapy and mental health application. Her article on couples therapy technologies has appeared in Family Process (Q1 Scimago).