Grigory Borisovich Yudin, also known as Greg Yudin (born 1983), is a Russian political scientist and sociologist. Yudin is an expert in

public opinion Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on matters affecting them. In the 21st century, public opinion is widely thought to be heavily ...

and

polling Poll, polled, or polling may refer to: Forms of voting and counting * Poll, a formal election ** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts ** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions ** Polling pla ...

in Russia. He is columnist for the newspaper ''

Vedomosti ( rus, Ведомости, p=ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ, ) is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow. History was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Dow Jones, who publishes ''The Wall Street Journal''; Pearson, ...

'' and the online magazine ''

Republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

'', as well as the website ''

Proekt Proekt () is an independent Russian media outlet specialising in investigative journalism. In 2021, Proekt was relaunched as Agentstvo (), but restored its original name in 2022, while Agentstvo became a news website. History and activities S ...

''. He has also written for ''

Open Democracy openDemocracy is an independent media platform and news website based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2001, openDemocracy states that through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, they seek to "challenge power and encourage d ...

''.

Life

Yudin gained his BA and MA in sociology at the

Higher School of Economics HSE University (), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics () is a public research university founded in 1992 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Along with its main campus located in the capital, the university ...

, Moscow. In 2012, he received a PhD in anthropology from the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

. He is a Senior Researcher in the Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology at the Higher School of Economics, and heads Russia's first MA program in

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

at the

Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) (Russian: Московская высшая школа социальных и экономических наук) is a non-state university founded in 1995 by Teodor Shanin, a sociolog ...

. In early 2022, Yudin warned of a lack of political awareness amongst the Russian population about the Russo-Ukrainian crisis. On 22 February 2022, Yudin predicted that Putin was "about to start the most senseless war in history". After participating in protest against the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

on 24 February 2022, he was beaten unconscious by police and needed treatment at the

Sklifosovsky Institute The Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine (), known more commonly as the Sklifosovsky Institute or by the nickname ''Sklif'', is an emergency medicine research hospital in the Meshchansky District of Moscow, Russia. Named for the Russian ...

in central Moscow. In 2023-2024 Yudin is visiting research scholar at the University Center for Human Values at the

University of Princeton Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

. He is also studying at

The New School for Social Research The New School for Social Research (NSSR), previously known as The University in Exile and The New School University, is a graduate-level educational division of The New School in New York City, United States. NSSR enrolls more than 1,000 stud ...

in New York to obtain a PhD in politics. In 2024, Yudin joined other Russian academics living abroad, including Evgeny Roshchin and Artemy Magun, in creating the Institute for Global Reconstitution, a group proposing a reformed constitution for Russia in the event that the

Putin regime Since 1999, Vladimir Putin has continuously served as either president (acting president from 1999 to 2000; two terms 2000–2008, three terms 2012–present) or Prime Minister of Russia (three months in 1999, full term 2008–2012). During h ...

collapses. The proposal, for a Union of

Republics of Russia The republics are one type of federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of the Russian Federation. Twenty-one republics are internationally recognized as part of Russia; another is under its de facto control. The original republics were cre ...

, prompted debate among the

Russian opposition Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and the various Non-system opposition, non-systemi ...

on the future for a post-Putin Russia.Welcome to the Union of Republics of Russia: A group of Russian researchers have proposed a new constitution for the post-Putin era. Meduza breaks down its key points.
''Meduza'' (July 3, 2024).

Works

* (with Ivan Pavlyutkin) * * *

References

External links

Greg Yudin: From Democracy to Plebiscites. Why Voting Dominates our Democratic Imagination
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yudin, Grigory 1983 births Living people People from Fryazino Russian political scientists Russian sociologists Russian columnists Alumni of the University of Manchester Higher School of Economics alumni The New School alumni People listed in Russia as foreign agents