PhD in Political Science (2011). Associate professor at the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Program Committee member of the European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), International Conference “Electronic Governance and Open Society: Challenges in Eurasia” (EGOSE), International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV),  International Conference “Topical Issues of International Political Geography” (TIPG) . Executive editor of the journal “Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations”. Academic secretary of the Research Committee “ICT & Politics” (Russian Association of Political Science). Editor of the Proceedings of Topical Issues in International Political Geography (published by Springer), Proceedings of International Conference “Internet and Modern Society” (CEUR), Proceedings of the International Conference “Digital Transformations & Open Society” (Springer).

Scientific interests: online political discourse, cybersecurity and digital strategies of post-Soviet countries.