WORK ADDRESS
Penza State University
40 Krasnaya St., 440026 Penza
E-mail: VALERIYA_ZINOVEV@MAIL.RU

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of juridical sciences, doctor of historical sciences, professor

POSITION HELD
Head of the theory of state and law and political science sub-department, Penza State University.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Theory of state and law
• Political science
• Comparative law
• Global politics
• History of state and law
• Comparative federalism

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND GRANTS
2014 - Head of the creative team for the project of the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation “Strategy for the development of justice in the context of globalization”
2013 - Honored worker of higher education

TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
2009 - Ageeva E.A. Activities of the US Supreme Court under the chairmanship of E. Warren (specialty 12.00.01. Theory and history of law and state. History of doctrines about law and state.)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Head of the regional branch of the Russian Political Science Association
Head of the regional branch of the Association for European Studies

MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS
• "University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences"
• "Civil Society in Russia and Abroad"
• "Electronic scientific journal "Science. Society. State"

INVITED AND PLENARY REPORTS AT CONFERENCES
All-Russian Conference “Sukharev Readings” (Saransk, 2011). Report: “State paternalism in the system of social attitudes of citizens of the Russian region” (in co-authorship)
Dylnovskie Readings: “Everyday life of Russians: a sociological design”. All-Russian Scientific Practical Conference (Saratov, 2014). Report: “The ratio of factual, interpretative and value aspects of worldview conflicts”
“Social Innovations in the Life of Russians: Trends and Paradoxes”: V International Scientific and Practical Conference “Dylnovskie Readings” (Saratov, 2018). Report “Mechanisms for the formation of a positive state identity: from myth to ideology”

PUBLICATIONS
• ORCID ID 0000-0002-2752-6243
• Web of Science Researcher ID O-9327-2015
• SCOPUS ID 57200082273 
• Elibrary.ru AuthorID 428289