Ustinkin Sergei Vasilyevich (born October 12, 1957) — head of the Department of Political Science at NGLU named after N.A. Dobrolyubov.
Education
Gorky State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky, degree in "History", 1979.
Main areas of scholarly work
The study of Russia's political history and culture, the theory of politics, contemporary world political institutions and processes, ethno-confessional relations, and problems in the evolution of Russian socio-political thought.
Key facts of his career
Author of 4 textbooks and a study guide (endorsed by the Russian Ministry of Education), 17 monographs, 18 teaching aids, 5 collections of documents, 2 encyclopedias, 2 dictionaries of terms and concepts, and more than 200 scholarly and teaching articles in books, journals, collections of academic papers, and conference proceedings in total. Under S.V. Ustinkin's scholarly supervision, 3 doctoral and 30 candidate dissertations have been defended.
Membership in scholarly and public organizations
From 2000 to 2007 — deputy chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) special council at UNN, Dissertation Council D 212.166.10, for the defense of doctoral dissertations. Member of the VAK specialized council at NGSU. Member of the academic council of the UNN Faculty of International Relations; heads the forecasting department in UNN's security directorate; member of the academic council of the Minor Academy of Public Administration; member of the academic council of the Center for Distance Education; member of the academic council of the Institute of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies. Member of the Russian Political Science Association. Member of the working group implementing the action plan to train specialists with in-depth knowledge of the history and culture of Islam; member of the scholarly-methodological council for political science of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Member of the Heraldic Commission of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region. Member of the consultative council under the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region. Member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. Full member (academician) of the Academy of Military-Historical Sciences; the Academy of History and Political Science; the Academy of Political Science; the International Academy of Pedagogical Education Sciences; chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation. Member of the UN-affiliated Academy of Sciences of the Peoples of the World — "Elite". Member of the scholarly literature editorial board of UNN's editorial and publishing directorate. Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation. Honored Worker of UNN.
Awards
Medals "200 Years of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs" and "For Combat Cooperation"; the Order medal "For Service to the Fatherland" of the Holy Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy and the Venerable Abbot Sergius of Radonezh, 3rd class; the Order of Lomonosov for services and a major personal contribution to the development of national science and education; the Ministry of Internal Affairs badge "For Distinction in Service," 2nd class; Certificates of Honor from the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region and Certificates of Honor from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Foreign language
Speaks German.
Hobby
Russian poetry.