Publications and Media

Peer-reviewed Articles

‘Great, Great Sorrow and Eternal Silence’: An Experiment in Sociological Dream Interpretation after the 24th of February 2022. The February Journal, 2023, 01-02: 63-82 (EN, RU).

Abstract

The article is devoted to reflecting on silence and speaking in the dreams of people in Russia after the 24th of February 2022. Our two-stage analysis of dream narratives and dreamers’ comments on them uncovers several key topics related to speaking and silence. Interpreting them with the apparatus of sociology, we conclude that these dreams provide a space for restoring agency that had been lost in real life.

Reports

Полтора года спустя: прогресс и барьеры в интеграции российских эмигрантов. Аналитический отчет по третьей волне опроса проекта OutRush. Kamalov E., Sergeeva I., Zavadskaya M., Nugumanova K., Kostenko V. January, 2024

Publications in Media

How do you sleep during the war?. Posle Media, 23 March, 2023. (EN)

Как тебе спится во время войны?. Posle Media, 23 March, 2023. (RU)

‘I had a dream about Putin’. What war-time dreams tell us about reality. Republic., 8 April (RU, English version available on request)

Working Papers

Gendered Response to War: Analysing Patterns of Political Activism of Post-War Russian Emigrants, 2022-2023. Co-authored with E. Kamalov and I. Sergeeva.

Abstract

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, gender dynamics in political activism have come to the fore. While the media has reported extensively on the rise of a feminist anti-war resistance movement, the question remains whether there are indeed tangible gender differences in the political behaviour of post-war migrants and, if so, what factors underpin these differences. Although historical narratives depict politics as a predominantly male domain, with women traditionally showing lower levels of political engagement, recent shifts suggest a more complex landscape. Analyzing data from the OutRush panel survey, this study reveals that women, despite reporting heightened feelings of depression and a bleak outlook, consistently exhibit increased political and civic activism compared to men—except in assistance to fellow Russians. Intriguingly, conventional indicators, such as political interest and trust, displayed no gender disparity. A regression analysis posits that feelings of responsibility and the urge for reparations account for the observed gender gap, suggesting that these emotions might play a pivotal role in fueling women’s political fervor. To refine our understanding of gendered motivations, a forthcoming Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis will examine whether emotions such as responsibility and reparations drive political and civic engagement differently across genders. The quantitative data is complemented by extensive qualitative research, including interviews with numerous feminist anti-war resistance activists. These interviews explore their personal views on the contrasting experiences of male and female activists, and examines how gender norms and institutional frameworks in their host countries either support or hinder their activist endeavours. This research hopes to illuminate the intricate tapestry of gendered political activism in post-war migration scenarios.

Feminism in Action: Unveiling the Transformative Power of the Feminist Antiwar Resistance (FAR). K.Nugumanova, Communist and Post-Communist Studies.

Public Speaking

Guest on the podcast “What happened”. Meduza. Что о россиянах говорят их сны?. 2 January, 2024

Participant of International online conference “In the footsteps of emigrants: in search of a new world”. (Po sledam emigrantov: v poiskah novogo mira), Academic Bridges, Kovcheg, Science at Risk, in Russian, 23-25 June 2023). War doesn’t have a woman’s face? Political behaviour and civic engagement of Russian post-war migrants: the gender dimension from the OutRush Longitudinal Study.

Guest speaker for the popular science lectures in one of St Petersburg’s cultural spaces on fiction and documentary film. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2022.

Guest speaker for the public lecture at the summer school GENDER-LIKBEZ 4.0. European University at St Petersburg, 21 April, 2023. The lecture focused on the difference between female and male political and civic activism among Russian migrants.

Выборы: что это было и будет ли это еще?. Политика Заново, issue 1, 2021 (Political vlog)

Interviews

«Уехавшие россияне более феминистски настроены»: социологи из проекта OutRush — о новой волне российской эмиграции. Sigma, 15 Sept, 2023.

«Кому-то снилось, что дыхание стало платным». Что социологи узнали из 900 снов россиян после 24 февраля. Paper paper , 30 Nov, 2022.

Студентка ЕУ Каролина Нугуманова рассказала об обучении на программе «Социальные институты и практики». Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге, 18 March, 2021.

References & Acknowledgements

A Year and a Half in Exile: Progress and Obstacles in the Integration of Russian Migrants Sergeeva, I., Kamalov, E. 15 January, 2024).

Voice after Exit? Exploring Civic Activism among Russian Migrant Communities in Eurasia after February 24, 2022.Zavadskaya, M., Sergeeva, I., & Kamalov, E. (2023, December 23). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/3dnsv

Dreaming Under Russian Terror. Raimondo Lanza, 27 June, 2023.

Six Months in Exile: A New Life of Russian Emigrants. Kamalov, Emil, Ivetta Sergeeva, Margarita Zavadskaya, and Veronica Kostenko. SocArXiv, 20 May, 2023.

«Шульман снится чаще, чем Кадыров». Как студентки-социологи изучают сны россиян после 24 февраля. Paper paper, 8 April, 2022.