Igor Chirikov

Job title: 
Senior Researcher and SERU Consortium Director
Bio/CV: 

Igor Chirikov is the Director of the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium and Senior Researcher at CSHE. SERU Consortium is an academic and policy research collaboration based at Center for Studies in Higher Education at the UC Berkeley working in partnership with the University of Minnesota, the International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate) and member universities. The Consortium is a group of leading research-intensive universities that increase student success by generating and analyzing comparative data on the student experience.

As SERU Consortium Director Igor Chirikov has broad responsibilities for overall SERU Consortium coordination, research and development. This includes coordinating the SERU North American and International Divisions, directing the SERU research priorities and development projects, and exploring new approaches to the use of data to assess the student experience.

Throughout his career, he has successfully balanced research, teaching, and senior leadership roles in higher education. He has experience in designing and implementing large-scale international research projects in higher education, including randomized controlled trials (RCTs). His research involves student experience and learning outcomes, the use of technology in universities and international comparative higher education. His papers were published in Science Advances, Nature Human Behaviour, PNAS, Studies in Higher Education, Educational Researcher and other journals.

Key Publications

Research interests: 

Student Experience and Success, Learning Outcomes, Technology in Higher Education, International Comparative Higher Education

Contact

Office:
Center for Studies in Higher Education
University of California, Berkeley
773 Evans Hall #4650
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 642-5040
Fax: (510) 643-6845