On June 2-3, 2022, about 60 experts on Russian social sciences from across Europe, Russia, and the United States took part in the Third Wisconsin Russia Project Young Scholars Conference, held in Madison, Wisconsin. The …
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Political Science Ph.D. Candidate, Anton Shirikov, on the PBS NewsHour
Anton Shirikov (Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department) discusses false narratives about Russia-Ukraine war on the PBS NewsHour https://www.pbs.org/video/information-war-1646951156/
WRP 2019-2020 postdoctoral scholar Natalia Savelyeva is cited in the Atlantic article
WRP 2019-2020 postdoctoral scholar Natalia Savelyeva is cited in the Atlantic article, “‘We Can Only Be Enemies’: One family’s experience of Vladimir Putin’s invasion offers a path to the end of the war,” by Peter …
Political Science Professor, Yoshiko Herrera, on WTMJ podcast
What is Vladimir Putin’s motivation behind the military build-up along the Ukrainian border? WRP Steering Committee member, Political Science Professor, Yoshiko Herrera, talks with WTMJ’s Erik Bilstad. You can listen to the podcast at the …
WRP Alumnus Alexander Kondakov Published in European Journal of Criminology
Dr. Alexander Kondakov’s latest article, “The influence of the ‘gay-propaganda’ law on violence against LGBTIQ people in Russia: Evidence from criminal court rulings” has been accepted to publication in European Journal of Criminology. The article …
WRP Team of Shirikov, Kofanov, and Herrera Announce Forthcoming Paper
Anton Shirikov, and Dmitrii Kofanov, and Yoshiko Herrera, “The Smart Way to Use a Postcommunisty Dummy” November 8, 2019
Kofanov, Shirikov, and Herrera publish “Sovereignty and regionalism in Eurasia”
Dmitrii Kofanov, Anton Shirikov, and Yoshiko Herrera, publish “Sovereignty and regionalism in Eurasia,”. The article can be found in Anssi Paasi, John Harrison, and Martin Jones, eds. Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories, …
Herrera, Shirikov, and Kofanov Publish in East European Politics and Societies
Wisconsin Russia Project Faculty member Yoshiko Herrera, along with WRP fellows Anton Shirikov and Dmitrii Kofanov, announce a new collaborative paper, “Eurasia and Postcommunism: Weasel Words?” in “Weasel Words and the Analysis of “Postcommunist Politics: …
Kosyakova and Gerber Publish New Article in Sociology of Education
Yuliya Kosyakova and Theodore P. Gerber have recently published “Adult education, stratification, and regime change: upgrading and sidestepping in Russia, 1965-2005.” The article may be found in Sociology of Education. Vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 124-49, …
Chapman and Gerber Publish New Article in International Studies Quarterly
Wisconsin Russia Project Alumni, Hannah Chapman, with WRP faculty member Ted Gerber, published “Foreign Media Broadcasts as a Tool of Soft Power: Opinion Formation and Issue Framing Effects of Russian News in Kyrgyzstan”. The article …