Dmitry Krasilnikov

Dmitriy Georgievich Krasilnikov (born 5 May 1971, in Kungur, USSR) is a Russian politologist, a public character, Doctor of Political Science, a professor, and a rector of the Perm University (since 2020). A chairman of the Perm Civic Chamber.

A vice-rector for Strategic Development, Economics and Legal Affairs (from 2011 to 2018), a vice-rector for common questions (from 2018 to 2020), a Head of Chair of State and municipal management (from 2011 to 2018) of the Perm University. A researcher of the administrative reform in contemporary Russia and transitional political developments.

Biography In 1993, he graduated from the Department of History of the Perm University.

From 1993 to 1994, he was a research assistant. From 1994 to 1997, he was a post-graduate student at the Department of Russian History. In addition, he is a student of Mikhail Suslov. In 1997, he defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Historical Sciences. The name of dissertation is “The authority in the Transitional Periods of Russian History (1917–1918, 1985–1993): comparative analysis”. In 2002, he defended his doctoral thesis “Intersystem political situations in Russia in the XX century” and was awarded the rank of associate professor.

From 1997 to 2003, he worked as an assistant, Senior Lecturer, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor and professor of Political Sciences of the Perm University. From 2004 to 2013, he was the Head of the Regional Institute of Continuing Education.

From the end of 2013 to 2020, he acted as the Head of the Department of State and Municipal Management. Since 2011, he has been working as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal «Ars administrandi» .

On 2 November 2011 Krasilnikov had become a Prorector for Strategic Development, Economics and Legal Issues of the Perm University. From 2012 to 2013, he studied at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. Moreover, he was on probation in the UK, Spain and the United States.

A chairman of the Perm Civic Chamber (since 2014). In 2015 he was a candidate for Chief of Staff of Governor of Perm Krai instead of Viktor Basargin.

From July 2020, he is a rector of the Perm University.

Public work Since 2014 he has been a chairperson of the Civic Chamber of Perm Krai. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly. He is a member of the Public Council of the Volga Federal District for the Development of Civil Society institutions under the Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District. He is a member of the Academic Councils of Perm State University and the Faculty of History and Political Science. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Russian Association of Political Science. He is a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of the Perm Krai. He is a member of the Advisory Council under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Perm Krai. Since 2013 he has been a member of the council of Education under the Governor of the Perm Krai.

Scientific activities The range of scientific interests is wide. It is connected with the study of transitional political processes, political institutions of modern Russia, the analysis of Russian public administration. He studied the directions of administrative reform, researched the forms of the regional governance and socio-economic development of territories in Russia.

Dmitriy Krasilnikov is the author of many researches that are used at the universities and the Head of a number of major scientific projects.