Head of the Department of Social and Economic Geography of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, a full member of the Russian Geographical Society, a full member of the Association of Russian Social Geographers.
Scientific interests: (1) theory and methodology of cultural geography, (2) cultural regionalism and regional identity in Europe and Russia, (3) problems of regional development and regional policy, (4) ethnic geography of Russia and European countries, (5) historical geography of Russia and Europe, (6) historical and geographical aspects of the genesis and evolution of local (regional) civilizations
Author of more than 150 scientific works published in Russia and abroad.