Vladislav Siiutkin is a sociologist and a researcher with the Public Sociology Laboratory. Vladislav obtained his Master's degree in Political Science from Central European University in Austria, and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the School of Advanced Studies in Russia. His research focuses on the polarization of Russian society with regard to the invasion of Ukraine, and incremental autocratization as well as inequality reproduction in the educational system. Currently, Vladislav serves as a teaching and research assistant at the Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin.