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Alena Ledeneva (Russian: Алена Леденева; born May 12, 1964) is a Russian-born British sociologist. She is a Professor of Politics and Society at the University College London (UCL), UK. She studied Economics at the Novosibirsk State University (1986) and Social and Political Theory at the University of Cambridge (Newnham College, M.Phil.1992; Ph.D.1996). She’s been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at New Hall College at Cambridge in 1996-1999; a Senior Fellow at the Davis Center, Harvard University (2005); a Simon Professor at the University of Manchester (2006), a Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, Paris (2010) and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Paris (2013-2014). Her expertise is on Russia and global affairs, global governance and corruption; informal economy; economic crime; informal practices in corporate governance; role of networks and patron-client relationships. She is a member expert of Valdai Disscussion Club, and currently leads the UCL pillar in the multimillion European Commission ANTICORRP research project.

Works

 * Russia’s Economy of Favours (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
 * How Russia Really Works (Cornell University Press, 2006)
 * Can Russia Modernise? Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance (2013)