Alexandra Shubenkova is an alumna of the Institut National du Service Public (formerly École Nationale d'Administration) and earned her PhD in Political Science from the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

As a Research Fellow, she gained extensive experience in scientific research and grant management. Her academic interests focus on political institutions and the behavior of political elites.

Alexandra has published on political science and public administration in Comparative Political Science, The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, and the Springer's Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance.