I am a political scientist with almost 15 years of experience in university leadership, teaching comparative politics, research design, and EU- and Russia-related courses, as well as conducting research in the fields of policy studies, comparative governance & regime dynamics, political attitudes & political behaviour. I typically explore these questions through the empirical cases of Russia and other post-Soviet states as well as the EU. I also write about EU–Russia relations. 

I joined the University of Glasgow in September 2023, following a visiting fellowship at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Prior to moving to Berlin and then to Glasgow, much of my professional career was linked to HSE University in St. Petersburg, where I worked for 11 years, first as a Lecturer (2012–2017) and subsequently as an Associate Professor (2017–2023). At HSE University, I served as Academic Director of the International BA Programme in Political Science & World Politics between 2018 and 2021. I subsequently served as Dean of the School of Social Sciences & Area Studies during the 2021–2022 academic year. Before joining HSE University in 2012, I worked at St. Petersburg State University (2011–2012) and the European University at St. Petersburg (2010–2011).

 

I defended my PhD dissertation in Political Science at the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, in 2015 and later completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Russian Studies Workshop at Indiana University, USA, in 2018. I hold a BA in European Studies and an MA in EU Studies from St. Petersburg State University. I am also an alumna of the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium (Charles Darwin Promotion, 2009–2010).