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Igor Rubinov

Education: PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University; MA in International Development & Social Change from Clark University; MA in Anthropology from Princeton University; BA in Anthropology from Cornell University

Recent projects include: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Open Society Foundations, Center for a New Economy, PBLWorks, Coro Northern California, JVS, Northern California Grantmakers, The James Irvine Foundation, Clean Energy Works, Equity Learning Lab, Fund for Nonviolence, Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, Boston Opportunity Agenda, United Way of Greater Cleveland, Springboard to Opportunities, CFLeads

Personal interests include: Backpacking, bicycle touring, banjo, Soviet design


Igor Rubinov is a Project Lead with Public Equity Group. Igor’s PEG clients have included Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity Learning Lab, Boston Opportunity Agenda (a city-wide cradle to career collaborative hosted at The Boston Foundation), Open Society Foundations, Coro Northern California, James Irvine Foundation, Clean Energy Works, Center for a New Economy (economic think tank in Puerto Rico), PBLWorks, JVS, Northern California Grantmakers, Fund for Nonviolence, among others.

Igor was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship, along with other support for his doctoral research on climate adaptation in Asia. This research has led to a number of peer-reviewed articles and policy reports. He has also published on global AI ethics and nonprofit strategy, most recently co-authoring Efficacy Before Scale in SSIR. He also cofounded Dovetail Labs, a social science consulting firm working to ameliorate the social harms of AI and other technologies.

Prior to graduate work, Igor was a program manager and educator at nonprofits working with diverse communities including underserved youth and adults with developmental disabilities.

Igor is a first-generation immigrant from the Soviet Union and holds a BA in Anthropology from Cornell University, MA in International Development & Social Change from Clark University, and MA & PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University.