At the IfL since August 2020

Education

2019: DPhil in Human Geography, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment (thesis title: "The present taxidermied: Soviet ‘common unsaids’ in Russian krayevedcheskiy museums")

2013: PhD degree in GIS and cartography, "Methods of GIS analysis in the prediction of natural disasters", Moscow State University, Geographical department

2012: Masters in Contemporary Arts, Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia Art named after Alexander Rodchenko

2009: Specialist degree in cartography and GIS, Moscow State University, Geographical department

Professional experience

2020–2023: Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition, collaborative research centre SFB 1199, funded by DFG, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig. Postdoctoral Researcher

06/2022–12/2022: Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe research project, postdoctoral researcher, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig

2021–2022: "Gulag Echoes" research project, Alexanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, HGIS specialist

2019–2020: Landscapes of Soviet repressions project (www.gulagmaps.org), funded by Christ Church research fund, University of Oxford, Christ Church. Postdoctoral researcher

2013–2015: Mapping the Gulag, funded by ERC, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Research Associate

2012–2015: Cartographer, Memorial NGO, Moscow (www.topos.memo.ru project.)

Coordination and administrative experience

2020: Curator of the workshop series in "Terraforming" project, Strelka institute, Moscow

2018–2019: Scientific coordinator of "Russian Readings" series of conferences at the University of Oxford 

2017–2018: Coordinator for the Digital Humanities Research Centre and Msc Higher School of Economics, Moscow – responsible in setting up a DH centre in HSE, Moscow, securing initial funding and launching the masters program in Digital Humanities (https://hum.hse.ru/en/digital)

2017: Scientific coordinator of the Antarctic Art Biennale (conference program on board of the expedition ship, publishing of the collection of talks for the Venice Biennale Pavilion http://www.antarcticbiennale.com)

Pedagogical Experience

2021–2021: Seminar instructor in "Deconstructing Europe" seminar series, MSc, University of Leipzig

2021–2022: Seminar instructor in "National Identity and Memory Wars in Russia" seminar series, MSc, University of Leipzig

2014–2017: Tutor in the History of the Soviet science, Introduction to Russian Memory politics, Introduction to the post-colonial approach to Russian studies Undergraduate, Gradutae levels; University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment

2015–2018: Seminar instructor in Research methods, MPhil, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment

2015–2020: Co-lecturer in Recoding Sociology, Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism Higher School of Economics, Moscow

2009–2014: Lecturer and seminar instructor in GIS methods in prediction of the Natural Disasters, Moscow State University, Geographical Department, Moscow

2010–2013: Lecturer and seminar instructor in Spatial Analysis and GIS methods, Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Member of editorial committee: Urban Theory and Practice, Studies of Transition States and Societies

Geovisualisations, Soviet atlases, spatial knowledge