Professional Affiliation

Sociologist at the Levada Center

Expert Bio

Stepan Goncharov joined the Levada Center as an analyst in 2013. He conducted various researches on political and economic behavior, media consumption in Russia. He is the co-author of analytical reports published by Levada-Center and other institutions. Some of his publications include:

• Denis Volkov, Stepan Goncharov. Russian Media Landscape–2019 / Levada Center
• Dina Smeltz, Lily Wojtowicz, Stepan Goncharov. Russians Want Crimea; Prefer Luhansk and Donetsk Independent / Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
• Dina Smeltz, Lily Wojtowicz, Stepan Goncharov. Americans and Russians Agree on Priorities for Syria, Differ on Urgency of North Korea / Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
• Dina Smeltz, Lily Wojtowicz, Stepan Goncharov. American and Russian Opinion at a Standoff on Crimea Sanctions / Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

He has been the Head of Levada Lab (Research laboratory of Levada-Center) since December 2018. He works on development of research products and special projects on economic behavior, customer experience. He has an MA in Political Science from Moscow State University.