Education
2000-2004 Faculty of Journalism, Yerevan State University
1992-1997 Faculty of Law, Yerevan State University

Academic degree
2001 Doctor of Philology, Yerevan State University
2004 Docent of Journalism of Faculty

Work experience
1996-1998 Armenian National Radio, Producer of the Radio Program “The Law”
1998-2001 Internews Network Armenia, Radio Producer
1997- present Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Yerevan State University
2001-2015 2017-present Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia NGO, Founder and Board member
2003-2015 2017-present Reporters without Borders International organization, Country Correspondent in Armenia
2015-2017 Personal Data Protection Agency of the RA Ministry of Justice, Head

Courses
Media Law
Media Ethics

Scope of scientific interests
Legal regulation of media, freedom of information, modern methods of fight against corruption, digital data science

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, French

Professional membership
2000 - Founder and Board member of the Association of Investigative Journalists www.hetq.am
2001 - Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia NGO, Founder and Board member, www.foi.am
2003 - Reporters without Borders International organization, Member, www.rsf.org
2004 – 2006, 2010-2014 Freedom of Information Advocates Network, Steering Committee member, www.freedominfo.org
2004-2008 Scientific Council number 058, YSU, Secretary
2006 - Access Info Europe international organization, Founding member, www.access www.access_info.org
2011 - Information Disputes Council, Founding member and Secretary, www.idcarmenia.am
2018 - Internet Society NGO, Board member, www.isoc.am
2019 – Yerevan Press Club, Armenian Media Ethics Observatory Member, www.ypc.am

Professional training
December, 2014 European Union Visitors Programme (EUVP) Alumni
September-October, 2009 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni
2004 – 2005 Academic year Returning Scholar of Academic Fellowship Project (AFP), funded by International Higher Education Support Program (HESP)

Recent speeches at International Conferences
Speaker, panelist - Advancing the Integrity Reform Agendas in the Eastern Partnership, High-Level Launch of the EU for Integrity Programme, May 20, 2021.
Speaker, panelist - Stockholm Conference on the Media Freedom in the OSCE region, May 18-19, 2021;
Speaker, panelist - Community of Practice on Beneficial Ownership in the Eastern Partnership region organized by Open Government Partnership on April 6, 2021;
Speaker, panelist - The Open Talks webinar, “Access to Information, Transparency and Openness: Taking Forward Agenda 2030 in Times of Crisis,”, UNESCO, 28 September 2020;
Speaker, panelist - Access to Public Information during COVID19: Armenia, Georgia and Moldova, May 14, 2020;

Awards and prizes
2019 - YSU silver medal

E-mail
doydoyan@ysu.am