Summary
Vladimir Yakovlevich Gelman (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Гельман; born October 6, 1965) is a Russian political scientist and writer. Candidate of political science, professor at the European University at Saint Petersburg.[1][2] He was an activist of the Russian democratic movement in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg) (1989-1996), a member of the Central Election Commission with an advisory vote from the Yabloko movement (1995).[3][4]
Vladimir Gelman | |
|---|---|
Владимир Гельман | |
| Born | October 6, 1965 |
| Occupation | Political scientist |
| Title | Finland Distinguished Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Candidate of Sciences at the Saint Petersburg State University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | European University at Saint Petersburg |
Since 2012 — Honoured Professor of Finland (Finland Distinguished Professor) at the University of Helsinki,[5] 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 edit
Vladimir graduated from the Kalinin Polytechnic Institute (now Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University) with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1988. Candidate of political science (Saint Petersburg State University, 1998), thesis topic — "Transformation of the political regime and democratic opposition in post-communist Russia: analysis of modern transitological concepts."[3]
- 1989—1990 — member of the Leningrad City Election Commission for the election of deputies of the Leningrad City Council of the 21st convocation
- 1990—1998 — research fellow at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1990—1991 — expert of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies
- 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[6]
Author and editor of 20 books, author of over 150 scientific articles on the problems of contemporary Russian and post-Soviet politics. Member of editorial boards and editorial boards of the journals Political Studies, Vestnik Perm University. Political Science ”, European Political Science, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Demokratizatsiya, Russian Journal of Economics, Associate Editor of Russian Politics. Participates in various popular science projects, is engaged in journalism.[7]
According to Russian political scientist Valery Fedorov, Vladimir Gelman is the most cited Russian political scientist in the world.[8]
Awards and honours edit
Winner of the annual competition of the journal Europe-Asia Studies (1999),[9] the Russian Association of Political Sciences (2002, 2007, 2013) and the Russian Society of Sociologists (2011).
References edit
- ^ M. Simmons, Ann; Grove, Thomas (2020-09-03). "In Novichok Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Some See a Kremlin Calling Card". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Khvostunova, Olga (2020-02-27). "Vladimir Gelman: "An intention to preserve the political status quo and Putin's authority is seen in the constitutional reform"". Institute of Modern Russia. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ a b "Владимир Яковлевич Гельман" [Vladimir Yakovlevich Gelman]. European University at Saint Petersburg (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Vladimir Gel'man". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Петербургский политолог стал заслуженным профессором Финляндии" [Petersburg political scientist became Honoured Professor of Finland]. fontanka.fi (in Russian). 2012-08-19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Vladimir Gel'man". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Vladimir Gel'man". European University at Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Fedorov, Valery (2020-11-18). "Книжная зависимость" [Book addiction]. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Гельман Владимир Яковлевич биография и пресс-портрет" [Gelman Vladimir Yakovlevich biography and press portrait]. whoiswho.dp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
External links edit
- Page at the European University at Saint Petersburg
- Blog at Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in Russian)
- Online course "Political Processes in Modern Russia" (in Russian)
- Lecture at Polit.ru (in Russian)
- Telegram channel (in Russian)