An Associate Professor at a university’s School of Education, Culture and Society has over 10 years of experience as a daycare, kindergarten, and secondary school teacher (1982-1991). He holds two PhDs (awarded in 1990 and 1998) and has worked as a senior lecturer, Head of Department, Senior Researcher, and Scientific Director of international projects across Russia and Finland. His research focuses on early childhood development, cultural-historical theory and methodology. He has published 5 books and over 120 multilingual articles/chapters, contributes to UN SDGs, and leads ARC-related projects on early childhood education. He accepts PhD students.