Doctor of Social Sciences (Specialisation in Cultural Policy), Project Researcher
Previous education:
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the project Wartime Putinism (WARPUT): The ideologization of Russian politics and society (Norges forskningsråd, 2026-2028). My focus is on the post-2022 developments in Russian cultural and educational policies.
Past Projects
‘Russian World’ Next Door: discourses of the Russian political communication and cultural diplomacy in Finland (team project led by Dr Vera Zvereva, Kone Foundation, 2022-2026).
Grant from the multidisciplinary study programme ExpREES for an MA course "Three Epochs of Cultural Policy in Soviet, Post-Soviet and Putin's Russia", University of Jyväskylä, Autumn 2024.
Ph.D. research ‘Development of Contemporary Russian Cultural Policy: from Liberal Decentralization towards Conservative Cultural Hegemony’ (Kone Foundation, January 2020-May 2021, December 2021-March 2022; Grant of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences June-November 2021; April 2022-March 2023), Doctoral programme of the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä.
Grant from the multidisciplinary study programme Expertise in Russian and Eastern European Studies (ExpREES) for an MA course "Applying Discourse Analysis to Contemporary Russian Society and Culture: Methodology and Case Studies", Tampere University, Spring 2022.
Finnish-Russian Cross-Border Neighbourship: Political Perspectives and Cultural Resilience (personal research project; Kone Foundation, April 2018 – March 2019).
