International Projects Director Yulia Baskakova, Ph.D., manages all aspects of Langer Research Associates’ international practice, vetting and managing local fieldwork vendors and ensuring high-quality data delivery to end clients. Recent projects include her direction of our coordinating vendor role in Pew Research Center surveys across 20 countries in North and South America, Europe and Asia. In addition to her survey management duties, Baskakova co-leads our international business development and directs and analyzes domestic surveys.
Baskakova joined Langer Research after a 10-year career at the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), where she served as one of five practice directors, leading hundreds of research projects in Russia, Armenia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldavia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Transnistria, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. She developed company standards for CATI, CAPI and exit polls and launched Russia’s first daily tracking poll. Her analyses of VCIOM projects were widely quoted by Russian and international media outlets, and she was thrice honored as VCIOM employee of the year.
Baskakova has served as an associate professor of sociology and political science and a senior research fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Saratov State University and a post-doctoral Diploma as Specialist in International Relations, summa cum laude, from the Diplomatic Academy of Russia. She attended advanced professional training at the London School of Economics and Political Science in Qualitative Research Methods and Statistical Methods for Social Research.
Baskakova has written or co-written 16 books or book chapters and 30 peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals and has given dozens of presentations and invited lectures to professional research associations across the world. She serves as secretary/treasurer of the World Association for Public Opinion Research and is an active member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.