1. Vladimir V. Podkopaev.
2. Year of birth - 1975.
3. In 1997 he graduated from the Belarusian State University, Faculty of Law with a degree in Political Science.
4. In 2001 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Republican Institute of Higher Education, Department of Sociology and Political Science.
5. Candidate of political sciences since 2001, associate professor since 2006.
6. From 1997 to 2002 - Researcher at the Institute for Social and Political Studies.
7. Since 2002 - Head of the International Relations Sector of the Headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, since 2009 - Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, since 2017 - Head of the Main Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation of the Headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
8. More than 80 scientific papers on topical issues of social and humanitarian knowledge have been published, including 13 monographs and study guides.
9. Areas of scientific research:

- international scientific and technical cooperation;

- international science and technology policy;

- globalization processes.