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Prior to joining King’s College London, Marc Berenson served as a Senior Lecturer at the King's Russia Institute starting in September 2013. His prior roles included being a research fellow at the Governance Team of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex where he focused on governance, public administration, state capacity, and state-society relations in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Berenson's influential book 'Taxes, Trust: Coercion and Compliance in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine,' published in 2018 by Cambridge University Press, addresses crucial themes in post-communist governance. His research employs qualitative and quantitative methods, notably public opinion surveys, to examine the interaction between states and societies. He teaches modules at the King's Russia Institute related to policymaking and governance and supervises research students in related fields. Fluent in Russian, Polish, and English, Berenson has received numerous academic grants and fellowships throughout his career.
King's Russia Institute • London, United Kingdom
Teaching modules related to governance and policymaking, supervising research, and conducting research in state-society relations.
Institute of Development Studies • Brighton, United Kingdom
Focused on governance and state capacity in post-communist countries.
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