Ph.D., CEFIR Lead Economist, SUEK Assistant Professor of Economics
Centre for Economic Research (CEFIR)
New School of Economics
KSonin@cefir.ru
Konstantin Sonin is SUEK Professor of Economics and Vice-Rector at the New Economic School in Moscow. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Moscow State University, was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard in 2000–01, a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 2004-2005, and a visiting professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in 2009-10. His research interests include political economics, transition and development, economic institutions, and economics of media.
In 2004, Sonin received the Gold Medal of the Global Development Network for his paper on the sources of political demand for bad institutions (silver medals were awarded for his research in 2006 and 2008). His papers appeared in leading academic journals in economics (Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization) and political science (American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science).
His column on economics and politics appears weekly in Vedomosti, the leading Russian business daily, published jointly by WSJ and FT, and forthnightly in The Moscow Times. He is a frequent contributor to Russian leading printed and electronic media, and a prominent blogger on economic and political matters.
