February 27, 2018 UW-Madison newspapers, The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald reported on a public panel held to discuss Russian meddling in the U.S. elections. Wisconsin Russia Project experts, Scott Gehlbach, Ted Gerber, and Megan Metzger, all …
Month: February 2018
Kondakov Meets with UW-Madison Flagship Students
February 22, 2018 Alexander Kondakov visited with Flagship students over tea about LGBTQ life in Russia and the 2013 Russian law on “gay propaganda.”
Alexander Kondakov Attends Symposium at Davidson College
February 16-17, 2018 WRP post-doc, Alexander Kondakov, attended a two-day symposium at Davidson College, where he presented results of his court decisions study that showed a sharp rise in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes in Russia after the …
Vorobyev visits UW-Madison Russian Flagship
February 8, 2018 WRP post-doc, Dmitriy Vorobyev, visited with UW-Madison’s Russian Flagship students over tea. They discussed the selection process of governors for Russia’s 85 regions.
American Councils Announces Fellowship for Social Science Research in Russia
February 9, 2018 American Councils announced the launch of the Academic Fellowships in Russia (AFR) Program. Provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Councils Academic Fellowships in Russia (AFR) will …
Dmitriy Vorobyev Presents at CREECA’s Lecture Series
February 2, 2018 Dmitriy’s lecture, “Political Cycles and Corruption in Russian Regions,” discussed his research on corruption and political cycles. Opportunistic incumbent politicians, both elected and appointed, adjust public policies in systematic ways over political cycles. …