Carol Scott Leonard

Carol Scott Leonard

Carol Scott Leonard is an economist and historian specializing in Russia's regions. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow.13

Leonard previously held an Emeritus Fellowship at St Antony's College, University of Oxford, where she was a University Lecturer in Regional Studies of the Post-Communist States from 1997 to 2011.2 She has also been a Professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.35

Leonard's research interests include long-run developments, reforms, governance and growth in Russia. She has published extensively on the political economy of agrarian reform in Russia over the 150-year period from the emancipation of the serfs to the present day.7

Leonard is an active member of the academic community, with profiles on various platforms such as LinkedIn1, Academia.edu5, ResearchGate6, and RePEc/IDEAS4, where her current contact information and research are listed.