Born in 1977.

1999 — Graduated from the Faculty of Sociology of St. Petersburg University.

2003 — PhD in Sociological Sciences, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences.

2005–2007 — Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg University.

2007–2011 — Senior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Sociology of Science and Education, St. Petersburg Branch of HSE.

Since 2006 — Professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the European University at St. Petersburg.

Lives in St. Petersburg.