Vadim Volkov

Received his PhD in sociology from Cambridge University in 1995 and his Doctor of Sciences degree in Sociology, specializing in economic sociology, in 2005.

Taught as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and UC Berkeley. Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin).

In 2006-2008, as Director of the “Technology of Development” Foundation, he conducted research and consulting projects on the development of Russian regions

As dean and organizer, he participated in the creation of two departments: the EUSP Department of Political Sciences and Sociology (1995) and the Department of Sociology at the Higher School of Economics, SPb (2002).

Presented at the Senate Readings in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with the report “Sudeiskoe soobshchestvo i sudebnaia vlast’ v Rossii: sotsiologicheskii analiz [The Judicial Community and Judicial Power in Russia: A Sociological Analysis]” (2011).

Gave a public lecture at the polit.ru: “Transformations in the Russian Government after 2000” (2009).

Appeared on the list of the ten most influential sociologists and economists in Russia from 2000-2010 (“Russkii reporter”).

The most-cited Russian sociologist in foreign language publications according to the Web of Science (2003-2008).

Author of various articles in the following journals: “Sotsiologicheskii zhurnal”, “Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya,” “Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsial’noi antropologii”, “Voprosi Ekonomiki,” “Pro et Contra,” “Sotsiologicheskoe obozrenie,” “Demokratizatsiya,” Review of Central and East European Law,” “Europe-Asia Studies,” “Social Research,” “Politics and Society,” etc.

Author of the “Vedomosti” column Extra Jus, slon.ru.

Author of the books “Silovoe predprinimatel’stvo [Violent Entrepreneurs]” (2002, 2005, 2012) and “Teoria praktik [Theory of Practice]” (2008). Academic editor of the following books from the Extra Jus series: “Pravo i primenenie v Rossii: mezhdistsiplinarnye issledovania [Law and Enforcement in Russia: Interdisciplinary Studies]” (2011) and “Kak sud’i prinimaiut resheniya: empiricheskie issledovaniya prava [How Courts Make Decisions: Empirical Studies of Law]” (2012).

The book “Silovoe predprinimatel’stvo XXI vek [Violent Entrepreneurs of the 21st Century]” was chosen by slon.ru as one of the best examples of non-fiction work from 2011 (“Greatest Hits 2011”).

Cited in an interview with filmmaker David Cronenburg in which the director tells the story of making the film “Eastern Promises”: