Vladimir Snurenco is a Research Fellow at the Acton Institute and teaches Economics at Calvin University. He founded and ran the American Language Center, a private language school, in Chisinau, Moldova. Vladimir taught Economics at Merchiston Castle School in Scotland and was a Research Assistant in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is passionate about poverty and sustainable human development. Vladimir has an MA in Sociology from The University of Warwick in the UK and a BA in Economics from the Academy of Economic Studies in his home country, Moldova. Vladimir also studied at the Lutheran School of Theology at Gothenburg, Sweden, Central European University (formerly) in Budapest, Hungary and Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey.