Sergej A. Medvedev

Faculty of Politics: Deputy Dean for International Affairs
Faculty of Politics | Department of Comparative Politics: профессор

Education and degrees

Candidate of science: Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (defended in 1995, speciality: Historical Sciences and Archaeology, thesis: European Politics of Pope John Paul II)

Master: Columbia University (graduated in 1990, speciality: International Affairs)

Bachelor: Univerzita Karlova (graduated in 1988, speciality: International journalism)

Diploma: Lomonosov Moscow State University (graduated in 1988, faculty: School of International Journalism)

Political and business consulting

1998-2005 Consulting on Russia and political risk assessment for companies and business communities in the United States, Germany, Finland Italy, and Switzerland
2004-2005 Policy consulting to the Presidential Administration, Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian-European Center for Economic Policy (RECEP), Moscow

Courses

History, Politics and Semiotics of the Russian Space

The course examines the ways in which geography shaped Russian history. The enormous Russian space has largely determined the format of the Russian state: indeed, governance in Russia is about the relations between space and the state.

The lectures outline various forms of governance and state-space relations in Russia. This is a journey across five centuries of Russian history and across numerous disciplines: from political economy to semiotics; from sociology to security. Each lecture treats Russian space from a different perspective, giving a colorful multi-dimensional picture of Russian politics and civilization.

Plan of Lectures and Seminars

Projects

Over 20 academic and consulting projects, including:

1992-1993 "Security Risks in Russia and the CIS", project coordinator (Russian Security Council)
1994-1995 "Post-Soviet Puzzles" (Körber Stiftung, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)
1997-1999 Strategy Group for Central and Eastern Europe, co-director (EastWest Institute and EU PHARE and TACIS Program)
1998-1999 "Russia's Futures", Conflict Prevention Network (EU Analysis and Evaluation Center)
1999-2000 "Elites and Interest Groups in Russian Foreign Policy", project director (Bank of Finland, Finnish MFA)
2001-2003 "Russia and the West at the Millennium", project director (Marshall Center, RAND Corporation, Friederich-Ebert-Stiftung)
2004-2005 Projects on Kaliningrad Socio-economic Development, the Bologna Process (Integration of Higher Education), Good Governance and Administrative Reform in Russia, eGovernance at the Russian-European Center for Economic Policy (RECEP), Moscow