Andrei Shutov (academician)

He is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, and Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at Lomonosov Moscow State University and Head of the Department of History and Political Theory. He is also Chairman of the Political Science Council of the Educational and Methodological Association for Classical University Education of the Russian Federation, Co-Chair of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Society of Political Scientists," and Chairman of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission of Russia for political science. He is the author of over 120 academic publications on Russian history and political science (history of local government and civil society institutions in Russia).

Biography

He graduated from the Philosophy Department at Moscow State University in 1986 and completed his postgraduate studies there in 1988. In 1993, he defended his PhD dissertation, "The Political Process (Theoretical and Methodological Aspects)." From 1989, he worked as an assistant, and from 1991, as a senior lecturer and associate professor in the Political Science Department of the Philosophy Department at Moscow State University (Department of the Political Process of Russia). In 1999, he defended his doctoral dissertation, "The Zemstvo Electoral Process in Russia (1864-1917)."

In 2001, with the reorganization of the Political Science Department, he became head of the newly created Department of Public Policy at Moscow State University. From 2000 to 2008, he headed the Public Relations Department of the Philosophy Department at Moscow State University and oversaw the educational program "Political Management and Public Relations".

In 2008, by order of Moscow State University Rector Viktor Sadovnichiy, he was appointed Acting Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at Moscow State University. On November 12, 2012, he was confirmed in this position for a five-year term by the University's Academic Council. He has also served as Chairman of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission of Russia in Political science (since 2013).

In April 2017, Shutov was nominated to the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation by the Presidium of the Russian Society of Political Scientists and the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation, an international public foundation for promoting the spiritual and moral revival of modern society. In May 2017, he was elected a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. His areas of expertise include public diplomacy, support for compatriots abroad, strengthening traditional values, and patriotic education.

In 2017, Andrei Shutov was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Expert Institute for Social Research (EISR). According to Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers, the Expert Institute for Social Research will prepare a report on the "image of Russia's future", which Vladimir Putin could use in the 2018 Russian presidential election.

On December 18, 2018, Andrei Shutov became an honorary professor at Kalmyk State University. On March 19, 2021, by decree of the President of Russia, he was appointed a member of the Central Election Commission of Russia.