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 …
Year: 2018
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. …
WRP Fellows Arrive to Madison for the Spring Semester
The Wisconsin Russia Project welcomes post-doctoral fellow, Alexander Kondakov, and three graduate student fellows, Kristina Butaeva, Dmitri Trifonov, and Mariia Ukhvatova! The scholars arrived to Madison in January and have already begun working with their …
“As U.S.-Russia Tensions Rise, Rekindle People-to-People Relations”
This op-ed piece on “The National Interest” website mentions Ted Gerber’s study of Russian studies in the U.S. and the response by the Carnegie Corporation of NY.