Sergei Guriev
Dean; Professor of Economics
Professor Sergei Guriev is an economist whose research focuses on political economics, the economics of development and transition, contract theory, corporate governance, and labour mobility. His work examines how institutions shape economic outcomes and how political systems influence economic behaviour, with particular attention to emerging markets and economies in transition. He has published extensively in leading academic journals and is the author of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century, which has been translated into thirteen languages and received significant international recognition.
Before joining London Business School as Dean in August 2024, he was a tenured professor of economics at Sciences Po in Paris, where he also served as Provost from 2022 to 2024. He was Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2016 to 2019 and Rector of the New Economic School in Moscow from 2004 to 2013.
Professor Guriev is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, a Member of the Group of Thirty, a Global Member of the Trilateral Commission, a Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and an Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2006.
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Academic and professional experience
Dean and Professor of Economics, London Business School (2024-present)
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2010-present)
Ordinary Member, Academia Europaea (2020-present)
Senior Member, Institut Universitaire de France (2022-present)
Honorary Foreign Member, American Economic Association (2023-present)
Global Member, Trilateral Commission (2021-present)
Member, Group of Thirty (2025-present)
Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris (2022-2024)
Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris (2013-2024)
Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2016-2019)
Rector, New Economic School, Moscow (2004-2013)
Vice-Rector for Strategic Development, New Economic School (2002-2004)
Professor of Economics, New Economic School (2008-2014)
Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure), New Economic School (2004-2008)
Assistant Professor of Economics, New Economic School (1999-2004)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University (2003-2004)
Lecturer in Economics, New Economic School (1998-1999)
Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997-1998)
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematical Modelling of Economic Systems, Computing Centre of Russian Academy of Science (1993-1998)
Awards and honours
Zerilli-Marimo Prize, France's Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (2022)
Arthur Ross Book Award Bronze Medal, Council for Foreign Relations (2022)
Best Book of the Year in Politics, Financial Times (2022)
Best Book of the Year, New Yorker (2022)
Best Book of the Year, Foreign Affairs (2022)
Best Book of the Year, The Atlantic (2022)
2009 Bill Maynes Award, Eurasia Foundation, Washington D.C. (2009)
"Independent Director of the Year" Prize (2009, 2010), National Association of Independent Directors, Moscow, Russia
Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2006)
First Place Medal for Outstanding Research on the Conflict, Security, and Migration, Global Development Network (2005)
Teaching Excellence Award, 10th Anniversary of the New Economic School (2002)
Gold Medal for Best Research on the Institutional Foundations of Market Economy, Global Development Network (2000)
Best Academic Manager, Russian Academy of Sciences (2001)
Young Economist Essay Prize, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (2001)