Alexey Makarevich is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Stanford University. He holds an M.Phil. degree in Sociology from Nuffield College, Oxford (2004), an MSc degree in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2002), and a BA in Economics (with Distinction) from the International University of Moscow (1999).

Makarevich has previously held an appointment as Research Associate at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. He has also done internships in Management Consulting with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Arthur D. Little in Germany as well as in Auditing with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Russia.

Makarevich is interested in Economic Sociology, Sociology of Organizations, and Social stratification/Inequality.