Core Members
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Muskingum University
Expertise
Comparative Politics, International Relations, Nationalism, Cossack Movements, Ethnic Violence, Hate Crimes
Rector and Professor
Affiliation
Kyiv School of Economics
Links
Expertise
Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Post-Communist Transformations, Post-Soviet Institutions, Elites and Identities, Media Development, Migration, Sovereignty, Governance
Executive Director
Affiliation
Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives foundation (DIF), Ukraine
Expertise
History, Comparative Analysis, Constitutional Law, Security Policy, Energy Policy, International Relations, Propaganda
Professor and Chair, Department of Politics
Affiliation
Oberlin College
Links
Expertise
Politics, Russian and East European Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
Lecturer, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Visiting Research Associate, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
Affiliation
University of Michigan; Stanford University
Expertise
Authoritarianism, State-Society Relations, State Capacity, Civil Society, Contemporary Russia
Professor of Government and Acting Chair of Russian Department
Affiliation
Bowdoin College
Links
Expertise
Russian Politics, Eastern Europe, Environmental Politics, Social Movements, Civil Society, BRICS, Arctic, Environmental and Climate Politics, Indigenous Rights
Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
Affiliation
Kennesaw State University
Links
Expertise
Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Emerging Technologies and Disinformation, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, War-Related Environmental Degradation, Ukraine, Russia
Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Marketing, Communications, and Branding
Affiliation
School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg
Expertise
Tolerance and Xenophobia, Attitudes toward Immigrants, Religion in Public Spaces, Emancipative Values, Media Discourses, Comparative Research, Quantitative Methods
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Miami University, OH
Expertise
International Relations, Ethnography, Political Demography, Migrants’ Identity Evolution, Self-Legitimation of Authoritarian Governments, Politics of Memory in Autocracies
Research Fellow, Institute of Slavic Studies
Affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin
Expertise
Political Sociology, Social Movements, Political violence, Nationalism, Marxism, Civil Society, Politics of Memory, Far Right, Far Left
Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Governance
Affiliation
Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
Expertise
Multi-level Governance, Democratization, Crisis Governance, Societal Resilience, Ukraine
Links
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Affiliation
Wake Forest University
Links
Expertise
Nationalism, ethnic politics, security, historical legacies, political development
Jean Monnet Professor of European Security
Affiliation
National University Odessa Law Academy
Expertise
Conflict Prevention and Settlement, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Rowan University
Links
Expertise
State Failure, Social Movements, Russia, Central Asia
Associate Professor, Department of International Business
Affiliation
University of South Carolina
Expertise
Political Economy and Risk, Non-Market Strategies, Economic Development, Property Rights, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Engagement
Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Expertise
EU Eastern Neighborhood, Russian Policy in the Post-Soviet Space, Domestic and Foreign Policies of Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics
Affiliation
Middlebury College
Links
Personal Website (Bio)
Expertise
Russian economy, household and firm behavior, political economy, public opinion
Senior Research Fellow; Political Analyst
Affiliation
Russia Political Insight; Liberal Mission Foundation; Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Levada Center
Expertise
Russian Intellectual and Cultural History, Political Development, Post-Soviet History
Professor of Government
Affiliation
Wesleyan University
Expertise
Contemporary Russian Politics and Political Economy, Nationalism
Director, Russia Matters Project; Assistant Director, U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
Affiliation
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Links
Expertise
Russia, International Relations, International Security, Space Security, Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Military Intervention, Nuclear Programs & Terrorism
Postdoctoral Fellow, Walsh School of Foreign Service; Fellow, Illiberalism Studies Program
Affiliation
Georgetown University; George Washington University
Links
Expertise
Democratic Backsliding, Populist Actors (in East Central Europe), Russian Domestic and Foreign Policy, Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Professor
Affiliation
The University of British Columbia
Expertise
Climate and Environmental Politics, Comparative Politics, Democratic Theory and Practice, Europe, Gender in Politics, International Relations, International Organizations
Vice Rector, International Relations Department
Affiliation
St. Petersburg State University
Expertise
EU, Economics, Russian Foreign policy, International Political Economy
Visiting Scholar
Affiliation
Indiana University, Ostrom Workshop
Expertise
Authoritarian Politics, Elections, Electoral Manipulation, Political Opposition in Autocracies, Russian and Eurasian Politics, Transitional Justice
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Notre Dame
Expertise
Comparative and International Political Economy, Post-Soviet Transitions (Russia in particular), Food and Agricultural Systems