Thesis title: Europe on the Caucasus, Caucasus in Europe: how Europeanisation changes local communities and how local communities change Europe
Funding: self finding with GA UK
Thematic research group: REGPOL
Begun: March 2021
Project:
The study attempts to establish the relationship between the actions of the European Union beyond its borders, the spread of specific values as the main core by which the EU is recognised, and their perception on the territory of regions adjacent to Europe, which may not become part of the Сommunity in the future, but which will guarantee security for the EU. On the other hand, the connection of Caucasian diasporas within the EU member states with their native territories on the North Caucasus (Dagestan/North Ossetia and Ingushetia) as a channel for spreading values in both directions will be studied. The North Caucasus has been chosen as such a region, as a territory that culturally, geographically and historically can be challenged as the natural geographical boundaries of Europe. The current study has never been covered in the Academia before. Therefore it will be an innovation for a key understanding of European foreign policy, as well as the perception of EU values beyond its borders.
Qualifications:
2014 - 2019 - MA in Political science at University of Vienna;
2018 - Postgraduate diploma in Translation and Intercultural communication at MSU
2009 - 2014 - BA in Political science at RUDN University (People’s Friendship University of Russia).
Additional courses with Diplomas done via Coursera study portal:
2020 - Diploma in Diaspora studies and global policy at Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO);
2019 - Diploma in Constitutional conflicts in Muslim societies at University of Copenhagen.
Teaching:
Seminar on „Nationalism and Historiography in Central Asia“ together with PhDr. doc. Slavomir Horak PhD
Seminar on „Contemporary Political Geography and Geopolitics“ together with RNDr. Libor Jelen PhD
Publications:
Institute and Demoracy promotion in the South Caucasus: the example of Georgia. Experiencing Europeanisation in the Black Sea and South Caucasus. Ibidem Verlag.
Transforming Chechen Identity. Selmeczi Bt. (SBT), Hungary.
2018 FIFA World Cup and Visualisation of Power. RUDN Journal for Public Administration.
External activities
Internship under supervision of Petr Kratochvíl at the Centre for European Politics (Institute of International relations Prague)
Research affiliate at the Central European University and member of Democracy institute
Member of Ponto Think Tank Gassrots für Europa und Außenpolitik, Association of European Studies for the Caucasus, International Centre for advanced and comparative studies EU-Russia.
Participation and submitting research paper in the conference on "Culture and Politics" headed by the Dialogorum Foundation (Hungary);
Participation and submitting research paper in the II. Congress for European Caucasus Studies (Tbilisi) headed by DESCNET (Georgia).
Participation in summer school on «European Law and Integration in the Caucasus» headed by DESCNET, Batumi state University.