I have retired from teaching

Cameron Ross is a specialist in Russian politics. He holds a BA (Hon) in Politics from the University of Keele, an MA in Soviet Politics from the University of Essex and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has taught politics at the University of Cambridge, the College of William and Mary (Virginia, USA), and OberlinCollege (Ohio, USA). He is the editor of the journal, Russian Politics (Brill/Schoningh, Leiden, Netherlands).

His most recent books are:

Cameron Ross (ed.), Systemic and Non-Systemic Opposition in the Russian Federation: Civil Society Awakens? (Ashgate, 2015).

Cameron Ross (ed.), State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia (Routlege, 2015). 

Cameron Ross (ed.), Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev (Routledge, Europe-Asia Studies Series, 2011), 176p.

Cameron Ross and Vladimir Gel’man (eds.), The Politics of Subnational Authoritarianism in Russia (Ashgate Publishers, 2010), 229p.

Cameron Ross, Local Politics and Democratization in Russia (Routledge, 2009), Federalism and Local Politics in Russia (Routledge, 2009) which is an edited volume with Adrian Campbell. 

His most recent articles are: 

Cameron Ross, Rostislav Turovsky, Marina Sukhova, 'The Covid-19 Pandemicas a Test of Russia's Subnational State Capacity', Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 31, No. 4, Fall 2023, pp. 461-484.

Yury Korgunyuk and Cameron Ross, 'Politicheskie Predpochteniya Molodykh Izbiratelei v Sovremennoi Rossii', Politeia, No 2, (109), 2023, pp. 77-112.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, Mobilised Voting versus Performance Voting in Electoral Autocracies: Territorial Variations in the Levels of Support for the Systemic Opposition Parties in Russian Municipalities', Regional and Federal Studies, Vol. 33, Issue 1, July 2023, pp. 333-354.

Cameron Ross, 'Federalism and De-Federalisation in Russia', in the Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by Graeme Gill (Routledge, 2023, pp. 149-159.

Cameron Ross, Rostislav Turovsky, Marina Sukhova, ‘Subnational State Capacity in Russia: The Implementation of the 2012 Presidential “May Decrees”’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. Online Publication 24/11/21 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/839805/pdf

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, 'Mobilised Voting versus Performance Voting in Electoral Autocracies: Territorial Variations in the Levels of Support for the Systemic Opposition Parties in Russian Municipalities', Regional and Federal Studies, online 8 August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1962307

Svetlana Mareeva, Cameron Ross, ‘The Political Values of the State and Private Sectors of the Russian Middle Class’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Volume 28, Number 4, Fall 2020, pp. 565-593.  

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘The Range and Limitation of Sub-National Regime Variations under Electoral Authoritarianism: The Case of Russia.’ Regional and Federal Studies, 29:3, 2019, pp. 355-80.

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional elections in Russia: instruments of authoritarian legitimacy or instability?’, Palgrave Communcations, Vol 4, 2018, pp. 1-9.

Yury Korgunyuk, Cameron Ross and Sergey Shpagin , ‘Party Reforms and the Unbalancing of the Cleavage Structure in Russian Regional Elections, 2012-15’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 70, No 2, 2018, pp.155-181

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘The Dynamic Nationalisation of Voting for United Russia: the Stability / Instability of Regional Deviations from National Results’, East European Politics, 18 Vol. 34, No. 1, 2018, pp. 97–114.

Cameron Ross ‘Rossiiskie Vybory i Elektoral’noe Signalizirovanie’, (Russian Elections and Electoral Signalling), Politicheskaya Nauka (Political Science), No. 4, 2017, pp. 34-60,

Cameron Ross, ‘Rossiiskii Srednii Klass: Agent Demokratii ili Oplot Konservatizma?’ (‘The Russian Middle Class: Agent of Democracy or Bastion of the Status-Quo?’), Politicheskaya Nauka (Political Science), No. 1, 2017, pp. 163-85.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘Explanatory Factors for Electoral Turnout in the Russian Federation: The Regional Dimension. Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 24, No, 3, 2016, pp. 51-70.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, 'Levels of Centralisation and Autonomy in Russia’s ‘Party of Power’: Cross-Regional Variations', Europe-Asia Studies, Vol 68, No. 2, 2016,  pp. 332-352,

Cameron Ross and Rostislav Turovsky, ‘Centralized but Fragmented: The Regional Dimension of “Russia’s Party of Power,”’ Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 23, No 2, Spring 2015, pp. 205-223.

Evgeny Gontmakher and Cameron Ross, ‘The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 67, No. 3, March 2015, pp. 269-285

Cameron Ross, ‘Das Paradox: Putins populäre Autokratie Legitimitätsquellen in einem hybriden Regime’, Osteuropa, 8, December 2014, pp. 99-112. 

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional Elections and Electoral Malpractice in Russia: The Manipulation of Electoral Rules, Voters and Votes’, REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014;

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘Patterns of Electoral Contestation in Russian Regional Assemblies: Between Competitive and Hegemonic Authoritarianism’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 21, No 3, Summer 2013;

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘Sub-National Politics in Russia: Variations in the Patterns of United Russia’s Electoral Domination of Regional Assemblies’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 65, No 4, June 2013;

Cameron Ross and Rostislav Turovsky, ‘The Representation of Political and Economic Elites in the Russian Federation Council’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization,Vol. 21, No 1, Winter 2013.

Cameron is currently working on a book on the state and society in Russia. He is the editor of the journals, Russian Politics (Brill/Schoningh)
 

Publications List 

(i) - Published Books 

1. Cameron Ross (ed.), Systemic and Non-Systemic Opposition in the Russian Federation: Civil Society Awakens? (Ashgate, 2015).

2. Cameron Ross (ed.), State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia (Routlege, 2015).

3. Cameron Ross (ed.), Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev (Routledge, Europe-Asia Studies Series, 2011), 176p.

4. Cameron Ross and Vladimir Gel’man (eds.), The Politics of Subnational Authoritarianism in Russia (Ashgate Publishers, 2010), 229p.

5. Cameron Ross, Local Politics and Democratization in Russia (Routledge, BASEES Series on Russian and East European Studies, 2009), 270p.

6. Cameron Ross and Adrian Campbell (eds.), Federalism and Local Politics in Russia (Routledge, BASEES Series on Russian and East European Studies, 2009), 306p.

7. Cameron Ross (ed.), Russian Politics Under Putin (Manchester University Press, 2004), 292p.

8. Cameron Ross, Federalism and Democratisation in Russia (Manchester University Press, 2002), 182p.

9. Cameron Ross (ed.), Regional Politics in Russia (Manchester University Press, 2002),
223p.

10. Cameron Ross (ed.), Perspectives on the Enlargement of the European Union (Brill Academic Publishers, 2002), 256p.

11. Mike Bowker and Cameron Ross (eds.), Russia After the Cold War (Longman: 2000), 368p.

12. David Lane and Cameron Ross, The Transition from Communism to Capitalism: Ruling Elites from Gorbachev to Yeltsin (St. Martin's Press: 1999) (now also translated into Japanese). 259p.

13. Cameron Ross, Local Government in the Soviet Union (St. Martin's Press: 1987), 229p.
 
(ii) - Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

Cameron Ross, Rostislav Turovsky, Marina Sukhova, ‘Subnational State Capacity in Russia: The Implementation of the 2012 Presidential “May Decrees”’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. Online Publication 24/11/21 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/839805/pdf

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, 'Mobilised Voting versus Performance Voting in Electoral Autocracies: Territorial Variations in the Levels of Support for the Systemic Opposition Parties in Russian Municipalities', Regional and Federal Studies, online 8 August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1962307

Svetlana Mareeva, Cameron Ross, ‘The Political Values of the State and Private Sectors of the Russian Middle Class’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Volume 28, Number 4, Fall 2020, pp. 565-593.  

Cameron Ross & Petr Panov (2019) ‘The range and limitation of sub-national regime variations under electoral authoritarianism: The case of Russia’, Regional & Federal Studies, 29:3, 2019, pp. 355-380, DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2018.1530221 To link to this article:  https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2018.1530221

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional elections in Russia: instruments of authoritarian legitimacy or instability?’, Palgrave Communcations, Vol 4, 2018, pp. 1-9.

Yury Korgunyuk, Cameron Ross and Sergey Shpagin , ‘Party Reforms and the Unbalancing of the Cleavage Structure in Russian Regional Elections, 2012-15’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 70, No 2, 2018, pp.155-181

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘The Dynamic Nationalisation of Voting for United Russia: the Stability / Instability of Regional Deviations from National Results’, East European Politics, 18 Vol. 34, No. 1, 2018, pp. 97–114.

Cameron Ross ‘Rossiiskie Vybory i Elektoral’noe Signalizirovanie’, (Russian Elections and Electoral Signalling), Politicheskaya Nauka (Political Science), No. 4, 2017, pp. 34-60. 

Cameron Ross, 'Rossiiskii Srednii Klass: Agent Demokratii ili Oplot Konservatisma?', Politicheskaya Nauka, 1, 2017, pp. 164-185.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘Explanatory Factors of Electoral Turnout in the Russian Federation: The Regional Dimension, Demokratizatsiya, The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 24, No. 3, Summer 2016, pp.351-370.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, 'Levels of Centralisation and Autonomy in Russia’s ‘Party of Power’: Cross-Regional Variations', Europe-Asia Studies, Vol 68, No. 2, 2016,  pp. 332-352.

Cameron Ross and Rostislav Turovsky, ‘Centralized but Fragmented: The Regional Dimension of “Russia’s Party of Power,”’ Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 23, No 2, Spring 2015, pp. 205-223.

Evgeny Gontmakher and Cameron Ross, ‘The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 67, No. 3, March 2015, pp. 269-285. A special issue of the journal edited by Cameron Ross.

Cameron Ross, ‘Das Paradox: Putins populäre Autokratie Legitimitätsquellen in einem hybriden Regime’, Osteuropa, 8, December 2014, pp. 99-112. 

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional Elections and Electoral Malpractice in Russia: The Manipulation of Electoral Rules, Voters and Votes’, REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 147-72.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘Patterns of Electoral Contestation in Russian Regional Assemblies: Between Competitive and Hegemonic Authoritarianism’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 21, No 3, Summer 2013, pp. 369-400.

Petr Panov and Cameron Ross, ‘Sub-National Politics in Russia: Variations in the Patterns of United Russia’s Electoral Domination of Regional Assemblies’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 65, No 4, June 2013, pp. 737-752.

Cameron Ross and Rostislav Turovsky, ‘The Representation of Political and Economic Elites in the Russian Federation Council’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization,Vol. 21, No 1, Winter 2013, pp. 59-88.

Cameron Ross, ‘Krizis Rossiiskovo Federalizma’, Politicheskaya Nauka, No. 4, 2012, pp. 71-96.

Cameron Ross, ‘Partii v Rossiiskie Regionakh: Vymirayushchii Vid?, Neprikosnovennyi Zapas: Debaty o Politike i Kul’ture, Vol. 81, No. 1, 2012, pp. 12-24. 

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 63, No. 4, June 2011, pp. 641-662.

Cameron Ross, ‘The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in Russia’s Regional Assemblies’, in  ‘Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev’ - a special issue of  the journal Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 63, No. 3, May 2011, pp. 429-448, edited by Cameron Ross.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations in Russia’, in ‘Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations in Russia’ - a  special issue of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2010, pp. 165-187, edited by Cameron Ross. 

Cameron Ross, ‘Munitsipal’nye Vybory i Elektoral’nyi Avtoritarizm v Rossii’, Politicheskaya Nauka, No. 3, 2008, pp. 114-129.

Cameron Ross, ‘Municipal Reform in the Russian Federation and Putin’s Electoral Vertical’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Volume 15, No. 2, Spring 2007, pp. 191-208.

Cameron Ross, ‘Local government reform in the Russian Federation: a tortuous and twisted path’, Local Government Studies, Vol. 32, No. 5, November 2006, pp. 638-658.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia’, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Volume 13, No. 3, Summer 2005, pp. 347-372.  
Cameron Ross, ‘Politika po Reformirovaniyu Mestnovo Samoupravleniya v Rossii’, Sravnitelnoe Konstitutsionnoe Obozrenie (Comparative Constitutional Review), Vol. 52, No. 3, October 2005, pp. 142-48 [A3 format], (published in Russian).

Cameron Ross, ‘Putin’s Federal Reforms and the Consolidation of Federalism in Russia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back!’ Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 36, Issue 1, March, 2003, pp. 29-47.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalisering En Democratisering’, Oost-Europa Verkenningen, December, 2001, pp. 28-39. This was a special issue devoted to the theme 'ten years after the collapse of the Soviet Union'.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Democratisation in Russia’, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, No. 4, December, 2000, pp. 403-420.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalizm i Demokratizatsiia v Rossii’, Politicheskie Issledovaniia (Polis), No. 3, 1999, pp. 16-29 (published in Russian in the most prestigious Russian social science journal)

Cameron Ross, ‘Republikanizatsii Rossii’, Konstitutsionnoe Pravo: Vostochnoevropeiskoe Obozrenie, No. 4 (29), 1999, pp. 9-16 [A3 Format]   (published in Russian).

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Russian Political Elites, 1991-1995: Recruitment and Renewal’, International Politics 34, pp. 169-192, (June 1997).

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The CPSU Ruling Elite 1981-1991: Commonalities and Divisions’, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3, 1995, pp. 339-360.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘Limitations of Party Control: The Government Bureaucracy in the USSR’, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1994, pp. 19-38.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Social Background and Political Allegiance of the Political Elite of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR: The Terminal Stage, 1984 to 1991’, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 46, No. 3, 1994, pp. 437-463.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Composition of the Politburo of the CPSU: 1966 to 1991’, Coexistence, Vol. 31, 1994, pp. 29-61. 

Chapters in Books

Cameron Ross, ‘Sources of Popular Support and Opposition to the Putin Regime’, in Gerhard Beiser and Katarzyna Stoklosa (ed.), Neighbourhood Perceptions of the Ukrainian Crisis: From the Soviet Union into Eurasia? (Routledge, 2017), pp. 52-70. 8,143 words.

Evgeny Gontmakher and Cameron Ross, ‘The Middle Class and Democratization in Russia’, in Cameron Ross (ed.), State Against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia (Routledge, 2015)

Cameron Ross, '‘Middle Class Support for Democracy and Political Protests in Russia’ in Cameron Ross (ed.), Systemic and Non-Systemic Opposition in the Russian Federation: Civil Society Awakens? (Ashgate, 2015).

Cameron Ross, ‘Rossiya: Federatsiya bez Federalizma’, in K Novoy Modeli Rossiiskovo Federalizma, edited by Andrey Ryabov, Andrey Zakharov, and Olga Zdravomyslova (Moscow, "Ves' Mir", 2013), pp. 105-118.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and De-federalisation in Russia’, Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, edited by Graeme Gill and James Young (Routledge, 2011).

Cameron Ross, ‘The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in Russia’s Regional Assemblies’, in Cameron Ross (ed.), Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev (Routledge, 2011), pp. 69-88.

Cameron Ross, ‘Sub-National Elections and the Development of Semi-Authoritarian Regimes’, in Vladimir Gel’man and Cameron Ross (eds.), The Politics of Sub-National Authoritarianism in Russia (Ashgate, 2010), pp.171-190.

Cameron Ross, ‘Reforming the Federation’, in Stephen White, Henry Hale, and Richard Sakwa, (eds.), Developments in Russian Politics -7 (Palgrave, 2010), pp. 152-170. 

Cameron Ross, ‘Municipal Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism under Putin’, in Cameron Ross and Adrian Campbell (eds.), Federalism and Local Politics in Russia (Routledge, 2009), pp. 284-304.

Cameron Ross, ‘Local government reform in the Russian Federation: a tortuous and twisted path’, in Andrew Coulson and Adrian Campbell (eds.),  Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe: The Rebirth of Local Democracy (Routledge, 2008), pp. 83-97.

Cameron Ross, ‘Russia’s Multinational Federation: From Constitutional to Contract Federalism and From the War of Laws and Sovereignties’, in Michael Burgess and John Pinder (eds.), Multinational Federations (Routledge: 2007), pp. 108-126. 

Cameron Ross, ‘From Party and State Domination to Putin’s ‘Power Vertical’: The Subjugation of Mayors in Communist and Post-Communist Russia’, in John Garrard (ed.), Heads of the Local State: Mayors, Provosts and Burgomasters since 1800 (Ashgate, 2007), pp. 173-190.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalizm i Demokratizatsiya v Rossii’, in Rafael Khakimov (ed.), Politiko-Pravovye Resursy Federalizma v Rossii (Published in Russian by the Kazan Institute of Federalism, 2006), pp.130-159.

Cameron Ross, ‘Putin’s Federal Reforms’, in Cameron Ross (ed.), Russian Politics under Putin (Manchester University Press, 2004), pp. 155-176.

Cameron Ross, ‘Political Parties and Regional Democracy’, in Cameron Ross (ed.), Regional Politics in Russia (Manchester University Press, 2002), pp. 37-56.

Cameron Ross, ‘Russia's Federal Legacy and Democratization’, in David Lane (ed.), The Legacy of State Socialism and the Future of Transformation (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002), pp. 69-86.

Cameron Ross, ‘The Republicanisation of Russia in Practice’, in Christopher Pierson and Simon Tormey (eds.), Politics at the Edge (Macmillan, 2000), pp. 227-240. This is a special Political Studies Association collection chosen from over two hundred papers delivered at the 49th British Political Studies Association Conference held at Nottingham, April 1999.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Regional Politics’, in Mike Bowker and Cameron Ross (eds.), Russia After the Cold War (Longman: 2000), pp. 85-102.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Russian Political Elites, 1991-1995: Recruitment and Renewal’, in John Higley and Jan Pakulski(eds.), Postcommunist Elites and Democracy in Eastern Europe (Macmillan: 1998), pp. 34-66.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘From Soviet Government to Presidential Rule’, in David Lane (ed.), Russia in Transition (Longman: 1995), pp. 3-20.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Changing Composition and Structure of the Political Elites’, in David Lane (ed.), Russia in Transition (Longman: 1995), pp. 52-75.

Cameron Ross, ‘Party-State Relations’, in Eugene Huskey (ed.), Soviet Politics and Executive Power: The Rise and Decline of the Soviet State (Sharpe Publishers: 1992), pp. 49-82.

Conference papers

Cameron Ross, 'The Middle Class in Russia: Liberal or Statist', Paper presented at the Conference, 'Russian Politics under Putin-4: Domestic and Foreign Policy Dimensions', University of Dundee, June 5-7, 2019.

Cameron Ross, “The Russian Middle Class: A Catalyst for Democratic Change?” Paper presented at the “Distinguished Professor Conference: Critical Issues in the Research of Contemporary Russian Politics”, University of Helsinki 1-3 June.

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional Elections and Electoral Malpractice in Russia’, Paper Presented at the British Associate of Slavic and East European Studies Conference, University of Cambridge, March 2-4, 2016. (I was ill and the paper was presented by the chair of panel).

Cameron Ross, ‘The Russian Middle Class: Agent of Democratic Change or Bastian of the Status Quo?’, St. Antony’s College, Oxford (Senior Seminar Series, Centre for Russian and East European Studies), 15 February 2016.

Cameron Ross, ‘Middle Class Support for Democracy and Political Protests in Russia’, paper presented at the 14th Annual Aleksanteri Conference, “Restructuring State and Society in Russia”, 22-24 October, 2014, Helsinki, Finland.

Cameron Ross, ‘Sources of Legitimacy in a Hybrid Regime: The Paradox of Putin’s Popular Autocracy’, paper presented at the Conference, ‘Legitimacy in Authoritarian Regimes, University of Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany, 21-23 November 2013.

Cameron Ross, ‘The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia’, paper presented to the Conference, ‘State and Civil Society in the Russian Federation: National and Regional Dimensions’, University of Dundee, 26-28 June, 2013.

Cameron Ross, ‘Russian Federation in Crisis’, paper presented to the Conference: ‘Towards a New Model of Russian Federalism’, organised by the Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow, June 28-29, 2012.

Cameron Ross ‘Political Parties in Russia: the Regional Dimension’,  Senior Research Seminar,  Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 2nd November 2011

Cameron Ross and Rostislav Turovsky, ‘The Regional Chamber under the Power Vertical: How the Federation Council Functions in the Russian Political System,’ 43rd Annual Convention of the Association of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Washington D.C., 17-20 November 2011 (this paper was delivered by Dr Turovsky as I was unable to attend the conference).

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations in Russia’, ICCEES VIII World Conference, Stockholm, 26-31 July, 2010.  (I organised the panel entitled Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations in Russia which brought together scholars from Russia, Germany and the UK).

Cameron Ross, ‘Political Parties in the Russian Federation: The Regional Dimension’, Conference on Political Parties in the Russian Federation, University of Birmingham, June, 25, 2010.

Cameron Ross, ‘The Russia Federation Council and the Representation of Federal Subjects’, 
British Association of Slavic and East European Studies, Annual Conference, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, March 28-31, 2010.

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia’, British Association of Slavic and East European Studies, Annual Conference, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, March 27-30, 2009.

Cameron Ross, ‘Regional Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia’, Senior Research Seminar,  Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, 23 February 2009.

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Democratisation in Russia’ ICCEES VII World Congress, Berlin July 2005.  (I was also the organiser of this Panel which brought together scholars from Germany, Russia and the UK).

Cameron Ross, ‘Federalism and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia’, paper delivered to the 36th Annual Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, held in Boston, USA, December 2004.

Cameron Ross, ‘Political Parties and Regional Democracy in Russia’, paper delivered to the 50th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association, held at the LSE, 10-13 April 2000.

Cameron Ross, ‘Russia's Federal Legacy and Democratisation’, paper presented to the Conference, 'The Legacy of State Socialism in Russia' held at King's College, Cambridge, 30 March - 1 April 2000.

Cameron Ross, ‘The Republicanisation of Russia’, paper delivered at the 49th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association held at Nottingham, April 1999.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Russian Political Elites, 1991-1995: Recruitment and Renewal’, European Science Foundation Conference on Political Elites, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, April 1996.

Cameron Ross, ‘Yeltsin’s Struggle for Power: Parliament versus President 1991-1993’, Cambridge Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Cambridge, April 1995.

David Lane and Cameron Ross, ‘The Changing Composition and Structure of the Political Elites’, ESRC funded Conference on Political Elites in Russia, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, December 1994.

Cameron Ross, ‘Limitations of Party Control: The Government Bureaucracy in the USSR', Conference on Political Elites in Russia and Poland, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, April 1993.

Cameron Ross, ‘Party-State Relations in the USSR’,  Seminar series on Soviet Politics, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, Munich, Germany, January 1991.

Cameron Ross, ‘Party-State Relations and Local Politics in the Soviet Union’, Kennan Institute, Washington D.C., November 1987.

Cameron Ross, ‘Local Politics in the Soviet Union, Senior Research Seminar, Department of Government, University of Essex, May, 1985

Professional Status

I have edited the journal, Perspectives on European Politics and Society (Routledge, Taylor and Francis) since 2000.

I am the chief editor of the journal, Russian Politics (Brill Academic Publishers). This is a new jounal which I founded in 2016. 

I am on the editorial board of the Russian journal: Vestnik of Perm University: Political Science.