Communication Project Management in Politics and Business

• Communication Design: Methodology and Technologies
• Business Project Management
• Communication Projects for Attracting Investments
• Research Management in Project Activities
• Communication Projects in Political Relations
• Designing Communications in the System of Government Agencies
• Social Media and Crowdsourcing Projects in Business and Politics
• Designing Communication in International Relations

• The programme is the first and so far the only master’s programme in Russia that trains experts in communication design. The programme is designed to provide in-depth training of high calibre experts who will acquire new skills in the design and management of communication resources: ability to manage organisational, in-house and intercultural communications; knowledge of basic theories and research methodology in the field of communication studies; skills in analysing and solving real-world problems of creating and implementing projects in the field of PR and advertising; and ability to direct the communication management process in business and politics
• The programme is unique in that it involves students in the implementation of real-life political and economic projects commissioned by well-known Russian and international companies

• Strategic communication projects in the Internet space
• Communication audit and analysis of design engineering efficiency
• Management consulting as a metasystem for communication design
• Crisis Communications in online and offline environments
• Project-oriented management of political communications
• Design models in crisis and risk situations
• Project initiation strategies: innovative approaches and methodology

• Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
• TU Dortmund University (Germany)
• Beijing International Studies University (China)

Professions

The communications industry today is in dire need of specialists capable of designing and managing info-communications flows. Graduates of the programme will be much-in-demand in the following areas:

• corporate and industrial sectors — graduates of the programme design and manage communication projects; implement them; audit the results in the field of internal and external communications; and organise public relations activities and activities of GR departments in business structures
• government agencies of the Russian Federation
• organisations and companies engaged in political communications: political consulting agencies; political parties; and political expertise in the media
• non-profit and public organisations: non-governmental organisations and social advertising agencies
• universities, research centres and educational institutions in the Russian Federation
• state and municipal authorities engaged in developing and implementing programmes and projects (project offices)
• project departments at any level of all types of enterprises/organisations
• innovative, consulting and IT companies