Bio


Guzel Garifullina is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (AY 2022-2023). Her research interests include comparative political behavior and authoritarian governance with a focus on Russia. Her previous projects use a variety of methods, including lab and survey experiments, as well as the analysis of open biographical data on public officials and local-level governance indicators. She earned her PhD in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2021.

Professional Education


  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2021)
  • Bachelor of Arts, HSE Lyceum Myasnytskaya, Political Science (2007)
  • Master of Arts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2016)
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Political Science (2021)
  • MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Political Science (2016)
  • MA, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Political Science (2009)
  • BA, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Political Science (2007)