Igor Fedyukin

Igor Fedyukin is a Russian academic and former government official with expertise in history and education policy. He is an Associate Professor of History at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow.1 Fedyukin served as a Member of the International Academic Board at Ural Federal University from January 2014 to March 2022.2

Fedyukin's academic background includes:

• Ph.D. in Russian History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill13
• Research focus on the history and politics of education1
• Upcoming monograph on administrative entrepreneurs in Russian schooling under Peter I and his successors1

His professional experience encompasses:

• Associate Professor at ShanghaiTech University (current position)5
• Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Russia (2012-2013)14
• Director for policy studies at the New Economic School in Moscow (2007-2012)1
• Reporter and editor at leading Russian newspapers, including Vedomosti and Kommersant1

Fedyukin has also held academic appointments as a Diderot Fellow at the Foundation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris and a visiting fellow at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna.1