Biography

Andrei Chugunov was born in Leningrad in 1956. He  graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the then-Leningrad State University (the former name of St. Petersburg State University) and authored over 100 papers on the issues of the information society, the creation of research and educational information resources, and the implementation of e-government technologies. 

He actively participates in projects and public initiatives aimed to promote the Russian internet and co-organizes the National Conference “Internet and Modern Society,” which has been held annually in St. Petersburg since 1998. 

Andrey Chugunov is a member of the interdepartmental working group on forming an e-government in Russia under the Presidential Council on the Development of Information Society. Since 2002, he has been actively engaged in the activities of the non-profit partnership E-Development Partnership in the North-West (PRIOR North-West) that he headed in 2004. Since 2002, he has been an active participant in international and national projects designed to develop the technologies of the information society and e-government, as well as communicate the Russian and foreign experience in implementing interactive services to the governmental bodies. 

In 2009, Andrey Chugunov founded and headed the eGovernment Center at the then-St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University), which laid the foundation for the establishment of the Department of State Information Systems Management in 2011. 

Professional activity

• 2011-present – the head of the Department of State Information Systems Management, ITMO University;
• 2009-present – the head of the eGovernment Center, ITMO University;
• 2006-present – associate professor at the Department of Information systems in Art and Humanities, St. Petersburg State University (part-time since 2009);
• 2004-present – the general director of non-profit partnership E-Development Partnership in the North-West (PRIOR North-West);
• 1996-2007 – the deputy head of the Interdisciplinary Professional Development Center of St. Petersburg State University (the Interdisciplinary Center of the Institute of Philological Research in 2006-2007);
• 1993-1996 – the deputy head of the center of international postgraduate education and information, the Special Faculty of Staff Retraining, St. Petersburg State University;
• 1978-1992 – an operator, the deputy head of the automation sector, the deputy head of the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Central Scientific Agricultural Library.

Education

• 2000 – received his PhD in political science from St. Petersburg State University;
• 1998-2000 – a PhD student at the Faculty of Political Science, St. Petersburg State University;
• 1973-1982 – studied philosophy at Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg State University).

Research and professional interests

• e-government: the efficacy of the implementation of information and communication technologies in public administration;
• interdisciplinary research of social, economic, and political processes in the context of the information society;
• applied political and sociological studies, analysis of development and transformation trends of social institutions in the conditions of extending cyberspace and global telecommunications;
• scientific services on the internet, the development of scientific and educational information resources and e-libraries, and the integration of information resources. 
• pedagogical potential of remote educational technologies. 

Selected publications 

Andrey Chugunov has over 150 publications, including papers and conference proceedings. 

• Bershadskaya L., Chugunov A., Dzhusupova Z. Understanding E-Government Development Barriers in CIS Countries and Exploring Mechanisms for Regional Cooperation // Technolgy-Enabled Innovation for Democracy, Government and Governance. 2nd Joint International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, and International Conference on Electronic Democracy/ Eds. A.Ko, C. Leitner, H. Leitold, A. Prosser. 2013. Springer Edition. P. 87-101.
• Bershadskaya L., Chugunov A., Trutnev D. e-Government in Russia: Is or Seems?// 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2012, Albany, New York, United States, 22-25 October 2012). Proceedings / Ed. by J.Ramon Gil-Garcia, Natalie Helbig, Abegboyega Ojo. N.Y.: ACM Press, 2012.P.79-82.
• Bershadskaya L., Chugunov A., Trutnev D. Monitoring methods of e-Government development assessment: comparative analysis of international and Russian experience// 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2012, Albany, New York, United States, 22-25 October 2012). Proceedings / Ed. by J.Ramon Gil-Garcia, Natalie Helbig, Abegboyega Ojo. N.Y.: ACM Press, 2012. P.490-491.
• Bershadskaya L., Chugunov A., Trutnev D. IT Awareness of Senior Servants and Its Influence on the Results of E-Gov Projects in Russia // 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2011, Tallinn, Estonia, 26-28 September 2011). Proceedings / Ed. by E. Estevez, M. Janssen. N.Y.: ACM Press, 2011. P. 244-248, etc.