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Dr. Marc P. Berenson is a Senior Lecturer at King’s Russia Institute, part of King's College London's School of Politics & Economics. He joined King’s in 2013 after serving as a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex’s Institute of Development Studies (2007–2013). His research focuses on governance, state-society relations, and tax compliance in post-communist states, particularly Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Princeton University (2006) and a BA from Harvard University.
His seminal work includes the 2018 book *Taxes and Trust: From Coercion to Compliance in Poland, Russia and Ukraine*, analyzing tax policy and citizen trust dynamics. He has advised institutions like the World Bank and OECD, and his recent research explores tax reforms during Ukraine’s conflict. He teaches modules on Russian governance and policy-making at King’s, and supervises students in governance and state-building. He is fluent in Russian, Polish, and English, and conducts qualitative and quantitative research, including public opinion surveys.
He leads the European Politics and Society research group and is currently Principal Investigator for a 2024–2026 British Academy-funded project on wartime Ukrainian public opinion. Earlier grants include an Open Society Foundations award for post-Euromaidan governance studies (2015–2016).
