Core Members
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
Theodore Romanoff Assistant Professor of Russian Studies; Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies
Affiliation
University of Oklahoma
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Public Opinion, Political Communication in Non-Democracies, Russian and Post-Soviet Regional Politics
Professor and Chair, Department of Politics
Affiliation
Oberlin College
Links
Expertise
Politics, Russian and East European Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
Associate Professor, Political Science; Chair, Global Leadership Institute
Affiliation
University of California San Diego
Expertise
Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States, Central Asia, Caucasus, Russian-Speaking World
Teaching Fellow; Political Scientist
Affiliation
OSCE Academy in Bishkek; Crossroads Central Asia
Expertise
Political Institutions and Processes, Central Asian Politics
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
Research Professor, Public Policy and Governance
Affiliation
Kyiv School of Economics
Expertise
Democratization, Authoritarian Regimes, Contentious Politics, Good Governance
Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Links
Expertise
Caspian Energy, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Political Institutions, Public Policy, Governance of Natural Resources
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Oklahoma State University
Expertise
Non-Democratic Politics, Electoral Manipulation, Post-Communist Politics, Protest
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 Geography
Affiliation
University of Arkansas
Expertise
National Minorities, Religion, Political violence, Russia, Caucasus
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
Founding Director, Caucasus Institute
Affiliation
Caucasus Institute, Armenia
Links
Expertise
Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Post-Communist Transformations, Post-Soviet Institutions, Elites and Identities, Media Development, Migration, Sovereignty, Governance
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies
Affiliation
Pitzer College
Links
Expertise
Comparative Political Organizations and Institutions, Authoritarianism, Democratization, Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Professor of Sociology
Affiliation
Pitzer College
Links
Expertise
Post-Soviet Central Asia, Public Opinion, Survey Research
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Senior Expert, ASEAN Centre
Affiliation
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Links
Expertise
International Relations in Asia, Security in the Asia-Pacific Region, Regional Transformations in Asia, Russian Foreign Policy in East Asia
Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Expertise
Theory of International Relations, China, Russia, Eurasia
Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer; Senior Analyst; Associate Professor
Affiliation
Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Georgian Institute of Politics; Ilia State University
Expertise
Theories of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Governance
Jean Monnet Professor of European Security
Affiliation
National University Odessa Law Academy
Expertise
Conflict Prevention and Settlement, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Associate Professor, Department of Regional and Analytical Studies
Affiliation
College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University
Expertise
Police and Military Reform, Terrorism, Irregular Warfare, Organized Crime, Regional Security Cooperation, Eurasia, South Asia
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Rowan University
Links
Expertise
State Failure, Social Movements, Russia, Central Asia