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Associate Professor Stephen Charles Fortescue is affiliated with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he holds roles as Deputy President of the Academic Board and Director of Postgraduate Research in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). He is a political scientist in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, specializing in Russian policy-making, mining and metals industries, and resource politics. His research explores the interplay between personalist and institutionalized politics in Russia, with a focus on taxation and resource governance. Recent work includes analyzing oligarchs' influence in post-Soviet Russia and modernizing northern Russian economies through mining. He supervises students researching Russian gas industries, environmental policy, and business-politics dynamics.
Fortescue teaches on Soviet/Russian politics, business-government relations, and resource politics. His current projects include studying policy-making dynamics in Russia and a Norway-funded initiative on mining's role in northern Russia's modernization. He has advised PhD candidates such as Nan Li (media politics in China) and Ion Urs (Russian state ideology). His publications include monographs like Russia’s Oil Barons and Metal Magnates (2006) and over 30 journal articles.
