Leonid V. Smorgunov

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

Scientific interests

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.