My project here at UZH centers on the urban and everyday geopolitics of Ukraine. 

Overall I’m interested in geopolitics, soft power, urban development, and the cultures of protest and resistance. I often work from a micro-perspective informed by everyday life and minor theory.

Aside from this, I focus on mega-events, particularly through the dual lenses of sustainable urban development and geopolitics. I also work on authoritarian politics and practices, and have a growing interest in digital geographies.

2019                           University of Lausanne | Switzerland 

                                    PhD Geography

2016                           University of Zurich | Switzerland

                                    MSc Geography, Geographies of Global Change: Resources, Markets and Development

2014                           European University St. Petersburg | Russia

                                    MA Political Science, Russian and Eurasian Studies, with distinction

1999                           Grinnell College | United States of America

                                     BA Russian language, literature, culture, with honors

2022 - 2023         University of Zurich: Oberassistent / Postdoc 

2019 - 2022         University of Lausanne: Premier Assistant / Postdoc

2017 - 2019         University of Lausanne: PhD student

2016 - 2017         University of Zurich: PhD student

2014 - 2016         University of Zurich: Research Assistant