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Alexander Jakovlevich VINNIKOV
PERSONAL
Gorochovaja str. bld. 32. apt. 55
Saint Petersburg Russia 191023
home. Tel. (812)3109718 fax. (812)3284124
e-mail: vinal@comset.net vinal@AV11416.spb.edu
Date of birth: 01.02.1945; Place of birth: Moscow; Citizenship: Russia; Gender: male.
ACADEMIC DEGREE
1984- Candidate of Science, PhD Equivalent. State Optical Institute named after Vavilov. Speciality: Physics of Semiconductors and Dielectrics. The Theme of Thesis: "The Electro Conductivity Theory of Disordered Polycrystalline Semiconductors"
EDUCATION
1969 - Diploma of Engineer - physicist, Specialist in "Physics of Dosimetry and Defense", Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Physic Mechanical Department. The Theme of the Diploma "Some Questions of the Quantum Theory of Channeling the Charged Particles in Crystals"
EXPERIENCE
2000-2003 Director, Research and Education Programs Center, The St.-Petersburg Union of Scientists and Scholars
1997-1999 Leading Expert, National Institute of Internal Political Researches (Saint Petersburg)
1994-1997 Senior Scientist, Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Science, St.-Petersburg Branch
1990-1993 Vice-President, Standing Commission on a Science and the Higher Education, St.-Petersburg City Council
1993 Head of Working Group, Committee of Property of Russian Federation on Law Development "About State's and Municipal's Educational Institutions Privatization"
1978 – 1990 Senior Scientist, State Optical Institute named after Vavilov
1970 – 1978 Engineer, Department of Mathematics, Scientific Research Institute "POSITRON"
CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS
March 2002 - Second Scientific Conference of the St.-Petersburg's Union of Scientists and Scholars. The Report: "The Use of Disciplinary Criteria of Demarcation in Interdisciplinary Researches and Problems of a Legal Protection of Scientific Knowledge"
June 2002 - Symposium "Petersburg's Fragments of a Scientific Picture of the World", Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science. The Report: "The Role of Criteria of Demarcation in Social Transformations of the Russian Scientific community"
June 2001 - Symposium "Petersburg's Fragments of a Scientific Picture of the World", Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science. The Report: "Pseudoscience as a Phenomenon of Traditional Knowledge"
June 2001 - XV Session of the International School on Sociology of a Science and Technology. St.-Petersburg. The Report: "Changes of the Russian scientific community and accompanying transformation of innovative process"
September 2000 - the First All-Russian Sociological Congress "Society and Sociology: New Realities and New Ideas". St.-Petersburg. The Report: "To a Problem of Interpretation of Social – Cognitive Transformations Process in Russian Scientific Community".
August 2000 - VI World's Congress of Central and East European Studies. The Paper: "The History of Democratic Movement in St.-Petersburg"
September 1998 - The International Conference "A Comparison of Reforms of Science and Higher Education in Russia and East Germany". St-Petersburg. The report: "About reform of the Russian Higher Education".
July 1994 - The International Sociological Congress. Bielefeld, Germany. The Report: "Municipal Authorities and Scientific Community"
SCHOLARSHIPS
2002 - Participant of Collective Research "Creation of Legal Mechanisms Counteractions to Displays of Racism, Fascism and Xenophobia", Grant of Soros Foundation
2000 – 2002 Head of the Research Project "Studying Influence of Demarcation's Criteria on Process of Transformation in Russian Scientific Community". Grant of the Russian Foundation of Basic Researches ¹ 00-06-80063
1999 - Participant of Research "Study of Political Orientations of St.-Petersburg's scientists". Grant of the Finnish Academy of Sciences
1997-1998 Participant of joint Russian -Finnish Research "Russian Idea: the Interpretation of Rights"
1994-1996 Individual Research Grant on Writing a Book about history of Democratic Movement in Leningrad-St.-Petersburg "The Price of Freedom". Grant of the Finnish Academy of Sciences
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
since 1989 till present - Member of the St.-Petersburg's Union of Scientists and Scholars, Repeatedly Selected Member of Coordination's Council of SPASS
in 1998-1999 Elected by Co-chairman of SPASS Member of SPASS Working Group of National Minorities Rights.
since 1999 till present - Member of EUROSCIENCE - the European Association of Sciences Promotion Member of Working Group of Scientific Policy
PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
Since 1991 till the present activist of human rights movement
1990 – 1993 Deputy of St.-Petersburg's City Council (of XXI Convocation). A.J.Vinnikov was elected from the list of the Leningrad People's Front
1991 Member of the Central Political Council of Democratic Party of Russia
1990-1995 Member of Political Movement "Democratic Russia"
1989-1990 One of Founders and Member of Coordination's Council of the Regional Organization of the Leningrad People's Front
since 1989 till 1994 Participant of all Large Regional and All-Russian Conferences and Congresses of Democratic Movement
LANGUAGES
German, English
PUBLICATIONS
A.J.Vinnikov wrote more than 50 articles on physics and sociology of a science, which was published in scientific journals and reports. The basic publications which corresponds to the theme of the represented project are following: 1. A.J.Vinnikov. The Price of the Freedom. Kikimora Publications. – St.-Petersburg. Publishing house "Bibliopolys", 1998, 656 p. 2. Alexander Vinnikov, The End of Soviet Power in St.-Petersburg: An Insider's View. EUROPA-ASIA STUDIES, Vol. 46, ¹ .7, 1994, pp. 1215-1230.