Leonid V. Smorgunov

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Academic degree and rank

Prof., Dr. Sci. (Philosophy)

Organization and position

St. Petersburg State University, Prof., Dr., Head of the Department of Political Governance  

Education

  • 1991 – doctor degree in the theory and history of socialism at the St. Petersburg State University.
  • 1978 – the specialist diploma in scientific communism from the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University. 

Professional experience

  • 1993 – professor at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University
  • 1986 – dozent at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University
  • 1978 – assistant professor at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University

Scientific interests

  • Theory and Philosophy of Politics
  • Comparative Politics and Public Administration

Publications in the editions indexed in the international bases of citing (Scopusi WebofScience)

  • Smorgunov L. Otchuzdenie pri socializme. Materialy kruglogo stola. In: Sotsioligitcheskie issledovania. 1986. # 2.
  • Smorgunov Leonid. Strategies of Representation: Japanese Politicians on Russian Internet and Television. In: Japan and Russia. Three Centuries of Mutual Images. Ed. by Yulia Mikhailova and M. William Steele. Kent: Global Oriental, 2008, p. 192-207.

Main publications

  • Smorgunov L. Objective Laws and Politics. Before the problem of  building democratic socialism. Leningrad: Leningrad University Press, 1990. 184 p. (in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L. Comparative Politics. Theory and Methodology of Measurement of Democracy. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Press, 1999. 376 p.  (in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L. Contemporary Comparative Politics. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2002, 472 p.(in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L. Philosophy and Politics. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2007, 176 p.(in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L. Comparative Politics. Textbook. St. Petersburg: PITER, 2012, 448 p.(in Russian)
  • Smorgunov L. In Search of Governability: Conceptions and Transformations of Public Administration in 21 Century. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Press, 2012. 362 p.(in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L., Sherstobitov A. Political Networks: Theory and Methods of Analysis. Moscow: Aspect-Press, 2014. 320 p. (in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L., V. Komarovsky (eds.) Politico-Administrative Governance. Textbook. Moscow: RAGS, 2004 , 496 p. (in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L. (ed.). Public Policy and Administration. Vol. 1, 2.  Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2006, 380 p. 2007, 495 p. (in Russian).
  • Smorgunov L. (ed.). Network Analysis of Public Policy. Textbook. Moscow: RG-Print, 2013, 320 p. (in Russian).

Grant and design activity

  • RGNF grant # 14-03-00816 (2014-2016): Governability and Competitiveness of the States Under Uncertainty: Comparative Analysis of BRICS.
  • Thematic Plan of the SPbSU # 28.0.194.2010 (2010-2014): Study of Public Administration and Policy and Transformation of Contemporary Public Space: National and Global Contexts.
  • Thematic Plan of the SPbSU # 28.37.163.2011 (2011-2013): Study of Perspectives of Cadre Policy Modernization on the Base of Public Values Management: Russian and Foreign Processes and Technologies. 
  • RGNF grant # 10-03-00330a (2010-2011): The category of “Political Event” and the Problem of Synthesis of Methodological Approaches in Contemporary Comparative Politics.

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