Vladimir Gelman Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Vladimir Gelman
Native Name:Владимир Гельман
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:6 October 1965
Birth Place:Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Education:Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Candidate of Sciences at the Saint Petersburg State University
Occupation:Political scientist
Workplaces:European University at Saint Petersburg
Finland Distinguished Professor

Vladimir Yakovlevich Gelman (; 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]

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

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."

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, Vladimir Gelman is the most cited Russian political scientist in the world.[8]

Awards and honours

Winner of the annual competition of the journal Europe-Asia Studies (1999),[9] the (2002, 2007, 2013) and the Russian Society of Sociologists (2011).

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Notes and References

  1. News: M. Simmons. Ann. Grove. Thomas. 2020-09-03. In Novichok Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Some See a Kremlin Calling Card. The Wall Street Journal. 2021-03-22. 0099-9660.
  2. Web site: 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". 2021-03-22. Institute of Modern Russia.
  3. Web site: Владимир Яковлевич Гельман. Vladimir Yakovlevich Gelman. 2021-03-22. European University at Saint Petersburg. ru.
  4. Web site: Vladimir Gel'man. 2021-03-22. University of Pittsburgh Press.
  5. Web site: 2012-08-19. Петербургский политолог стал заслуженным профессором Финляндии. Petersburg political scientist became Honoured Professor of Finland. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150531043505/http://fontanka.fi/articles/6499/. 2015-05-31. 2021-03-22. fontanka.fi. ru.
  6. Web site: Vladimir Gel'man. 2021-03-22. University of Helsinki.
  7. Web site: Vladimir Gel'man. 2021-03-22. European University at Saint Petersburg.
  8. Web site: Fedorov. Valery. 2020-11-18. Книжная зависимость. Book addiction. 2021-03-22. Russian Public Opinion Research Center. ru.
  9. Web site: Гельман Владимир Яковлевич биография и пресс-портрет. Gelman Vladimir Yakovlevich biography and press portrait. 2021-03-22. whoiswho.dp.ru. ru.