Professional activities

• Research fellow; researcher; senior researcher - Department of Social Problems of Science and Technology;  Institute for Social and Economical Problems of Soviet Academy of Sciences; Leningrad (1980 - 1986);
• Head of the Social Problems of Education and Professional Training Laboratory ;  Institute for Social and Economical Problems of Soviet Academy of Sciences; Leningrad (1986-1990);
• Deputy director of the Sankt-Petersburg Centre for Public Opinion Studies, Institute for Social and Economical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences; (1990-1995) Sankt-Petersburg;
• President of the National Institute of Political Studies (1992-1995), Sankt-Petersburg;
• Director of the Sociological Research Centre of Sankt-Petersburg State University (1996 - 2000), Sankt-Petersburg;
• Professor of the Sociological Faculty of Sankt-Petersburg State University (1997 - 2004), Sankt-Petersburg;
• Professor of the Faculty of Journalism of Sankt-Petersburg State University (2000 - now), Sankt-Petersburg;
• Chair and Director of the Department of Communications, Faculty of Journalism Sankt-Petersburg State University (2000 - 2010).
• Chair of the Public Relations Department, Faculty of Journalism Sankt-Petersburg State University (Since 2010).
  • Scientific Director of the Mass Communications Institute, School of Journalism Sankt-Petersburg State University (Since 2004).
  • Professor of Political Science St.-Petersburg State Police Academy (1997 – 2007).
  • Visiting professor of Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, USA) (1992-1993);
  • Visiting scholar, Danish Cultural Institute  (Copenhagen, Denmark) 1994, 1995, 1996.
  • Visiting professor of the Bielefeld University (Germany, 1996-2001).
  • Visiting scholar, Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden). 1998, 1999.
  • Expert of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) (2000-2001).
  • The Media Tenor Institute for Media Analysis Senior Partner, Media Tenor Russia (2005 – 2006).
  • Chief expert for social problems of the Legislative Assembly of Land Sankt-Petersburg (1995 - now), Sankt-Petersburg.
  • Member of the Advisory Council of the Committee for Mass Communications, Government of St-Petersburg (1999-2004).
  • Member of the Council for Regional Image Building, Government of Republic Sakha (Yakutia) (since 2006).
  • Member of the editorial board "International Journal of Social Welfare" (Stockholm);
  • Member of the editorial board "Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology" (St.-Petersburg).
  • Member of the editorial board "Journalism and Mass Communications”
  • The chairman of the Governmental Exam Committee in Public Relations in St-Petersburg State Polytechnic University (since 2003).
  • The chairman of the Governmental Exam Committee in Public Relations in Ukhta State Technical University (Ukhta, Komi Republic) (since 2005).
  • The chairman of the Governmental Exam Committee in Public Relations in North-West President's Academy for the State Service (since 2006).
  • The chairman of the Governmental Exam Committee in Public Relations in Educational Center of Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Energy.
  • The chairman of the Governmental Exam Committee in Public Relations in St-Petersburg Engineering and Economics University (since 2008).