 arminé nalbandian fellow arminé nalbandian holds a bachelor of arts summa cum laude in political science and communication studies rhetorical theory from northeastern university and a master of science in development studies from the london school of economics arminé spent a year researching in armenia from 20082009 as a fulbright fellow and returned to armenia a year later to work as a project manager for the national competitiveness foundation of armenia ncfa armenia s first privatepublic partnership at ncfa she was responsible for developing a largescale economic development master plan focused on tourism in the southern corridor of armenia arminé is currently studying toward her master of commerce degree at the university of sydney with a focus on strategy innovation and entrepreneurship her primary research interests center on diaspora and repatriate knowledge networks and their role in economic development  