About
Sergei Golunov holds a Doctor of Political Science degree (the highest Russian academic degree equivalent to Habilitation) from Nizhny Novgorod State University. His previous career includes positions as a Professor at SDU University (Kazakhstan), MGIMO University (Russia), Kyushu University (Japan), and Volgograd State University. Dr. Golunov has also worked as a Lead Researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Research Fellow at the University of Tartu (Estonia), and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at Durham University (UK). Sergei Golunov is the author of around 200 academic works, including several monographs, such as "Bridging Borders: Central Asian Cross-Border Cooperation in a Comparative Global Perspective" (co-authored with Assel Bitabar), "EU-Russian Border Security: Challenges and Responses" (Routledge, 2012), "Elephant in the Room: Corruption and Cheating in Russian Universities" (Ibidem 2014), and "Russia-Kazakhstan Border: Security and International Cooperation Issues" (Volgograd State University, 2005). His research interests encompass border studies, particularly cross-border cooperation, as well as non-traditional security topics such as energy, water, and food security.