Vyacheslav Bondarenko
As a driver of globalization, the shipping industry plays a crucial role in the functioning of modern capitalism. Being part of an interdisciplinary team creates a stimulating environment for my research. Vyacheslav Bondarenko, PhD Student
About the person
Vyacheslav is employed as a PhD student at the DSM. He researches the shipping industry through the lens of the world-system analysis. In particular, he studies the role of the container shipping industry in uneven development and how it contributes to unbalanced globalisation. Vyacheslav is also an associated researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 294 "Structural Change of Property and PhD Student at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He has work experience as an analyst at several companies in the maritime sector in London, as well as BSC in Economics from University of Surrey, UK, and MA in Sociology from Free University of Berlin.
Current research project
Across the Ocean to Enrich the Few: Container Shipping Industry and Uneven Development
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Curriculum Vitae
| Since November 2025 | PhD Student at Friedrich Schiller University Jena | |
| 2023-2025 | PhD Student at Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt | |
| Since 2023 | Associated researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 294 "Structural Change of Property” | |
Since 2023 | PhD at German Maritime Museum | |
2018-2022 | Master study Sociology – European Societies at Freie Universität Berlin, Thesis title: „Breaking, Dismantling, Recycling. Analysis of Ship Scrapping Industry Using the World-Systems Approach“ | |
2017–2018 | Maritimer Analyst bei ClipperMaritime, London | |
2016-2017 | Maritimer Analyst bei Inchcape Shipping Services, London | |
2013-2016 | First Class Honours in BSc Economics an University of Surrey, United Kingdom | |
2010–2012 | BSc Economics and Business Economics an Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands | |
