Prof Alena Ledeneva
Professor of Politics and Society
SSEES
UCL SLASH
- Joined UCL
- 1st Sep 1999
Research summary
Alena Ledeneva is Professor of Politics and Society at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of University College London in the United Kingdom.
She received her PhD in Social and Political Theory from Cambridge University (1996). Currently, she is the pillar leader of the multi-partner ANTICORRP.eu research project and works on the following projects:
Latest Publications:
A special issue ‘Innovations in Corruption Studies,’ Slavonic and East European Review, 50(1) 2017:
- Corruption Studies for the Twenty-First Century: Paradigm Shifts an Innovative Approaches
- Where Does Informality Stop and Corruption Begin? Informal Governance and the Public/Private Crossover in Mexico, Russia and Tanzania
- Managing Business Corruption: Targeting Non-Compliant Practices in Systemically Corrupt Environments
Teaching summary
Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance (MA)
Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies (MA)
Modern Russia Patterns of Social and Cultural Complexity (MA)
Education
- University of Cambridge
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1996
- University of Cambridge
- Other higher degree, Master of Philosophy | 1992
- Novosibirsk State University
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts | 1986