Andrey Menshikov holds degrees in Philosophy from Ural State University, Russia, and in Medieval Studies from the Central European University, Hungary. He earned his Candidate of Sciences degree in Philosophy at Ural State University (Ekaterinburg, Russia). He has held fellowships at Boston University (2004), the University of California, Berkeley (2007), the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (2007–08), and the Center for Advanced Studies – Southeast Europe (2019), and was a visiting lecturer at the University of North Carolina (2020). He served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Ural Federal University (2009–2022). During his tenure, he also directed the Centre for Comparative Studies of Toleration and Recognition and coordinated the international Master’s Programme in Political Philosophy at Ural Federal University (2016–2022).
Menshikov has participated in research projects in political philosophy and intellectual history, supported by organisations such as the Open Society Institute, the EU’s FP7, the Russian Foundation for the Humanities, and the Russian Science Foundation, among others.
