Vladimir Gelman
Vladimir Yakovlevich Gelman is a Russian political scientist and writer. Candidate of political science, professor at the European University at Saint Petersburg. He was an activist of the Russian democratic movement in Leningrad , a member of the Central Election Commission with an advisory vote from the Yabloko movement.
Since 2012 — Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki, head of the research direction "Authoritarian market society as a challenge" at the Centre for Russian Studies at the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki. As a visiting lecturer, he lectured at the Central European University, the University of Texas at Austin, the Russian School of Economics, Pennsylvania State University.
Biography
Vladimir graduated from the Kalinin Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1988. Candidate of political science, thesis topic — "Transformation of the political regime and democratic opposition in post-communist Russia: analysis of modern transitological concepts."- 1989—1990 — member of the Leningrad City Election Commission for the election of deputies of the
- 1990—1998 — research fellow at the St. Petersburg Branch of the
- 1990—1991 — expert of the
- 1992—1993 — consultant for information and analytical work at the Representation of the President of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg,
- 1993—1996 — deputy director at the Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies
- 1994—1997 — expert of the Yabloko faction of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
- 1995—1998 — member of the commission with an advisory vote at the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
- 1996—2005 — Associate Professor at the European University at St. Petersburg, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
- 2005—2023 — Professor at the European University at St. Petersburg, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
- 2012—2022 — chairman of the International Advisory Council at the North-West Institute of Management, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Faculty of International Relations and Political Studies
- 2012—2017 — Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki, Aleksanteri Institute
- 2017 — present — Professor of Russian Politics at the University of Helsinki, Aleksanteri Institute
According to Russian political scientist, Vladimir Gelman is the most cited Russian political scientist in the world.