Irina Lapenkova
Biography
Since April 2023 Irina Lapenkova is the Scientific Coordinator at FSR Transport responsible for planning, designing and coordinating Summer School on Transport Regulation.
Irina was a Research Associate at FSR Transport from February 2018 to February 2023. Irina coordinated activities of FSR Transport and was responsible for the organisation of the Florence Transport Forums and Annual Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures. Irina was a managing editor of the Network Industries Quarterly (NIQ).
Before joining the FSR team in 2018, Irina was employed by the City of Turku (Finland). Irina was responsible for establishing and promoting cooperation between Finnish and Russian city authorities and institutions, science parks, SMEs, research centers and NGOs. Prior to that Irina worked in the area of Public Relations.
Irina holds a MA Degree in EU Studies from the Centre International de Formation Europeenne (CIFE, Berlin) and a MA degree in Finnish Language and Culture from St. Petersburg State University. In 2016 Irina gained a qualification of Policy Officer in European and International Organizations (CIFE, Berlin).
