Publications and Media

Peer-reviewed Articles

Nugumanova, K. (2023). ‘Great, Great Sorrow and Eternal Silence’: An Experiment in Sociological Dream Interpretation after the 24th of February 2022. The February Journal, (01-02), 63-103 (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.

Non-Peer-reviewed-Articles

Nugumanova, K. (2024).Men’s Words, Women’s Work: Exploring the Reverse Gender Gap in Post-2022 Russian Emigration. Russian Opposition in Exile, Part 1: Internal Heterogeneity, 10(316), 13. DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000692533

Reports

Kamalov E., Nugumanova K., Sergeeva I. (2025, March). On the Move: Mobility, Integration, and Dynamics of Russian Emigration in 2022-2024.

Nugumanova K.(2024, May) Mapping and gathering Russian artists and cultural workers in exile.

Kamalov E., Sergeeva I., Zavadskaya M., Nugumanova K., Kostenko V. (2024, Jan.). Полтора года спустя: прогресс и барьеры в интеграции российских эмигрантов. Аналитический отчет по третьей волне опроса проекта OutRush (One and a Half Years Later: Progress and Barriers in the Integration of Russian Emigrants. Analytical Report Based on the Third Wave of the OutRush Survey) (RU)

Publications in Media

Nugumanova K. How do you sleep during the war?. (EN), Как тебе спится во время войны? (RU), Posle Media, 23 March, 2023.

Nugumanova K. «Приснился Путин». Что сны времен войны рассказывают нам о реальности. (‘I had a dream about Putin’. What war-time dreams tell us about reality) Republic., 8 April 2023 (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.

Public Speaking

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? (Elections: What Was That, and Will It Happen Again?). Политика Заново, issue 1, 2021 (Political vlog).

Interviews and Podcasts

Invited guest on the radio ‘SBS Русский’. Double Cancel. Российские работники культуры в изгнании (Double Cancel: Russian Cultural Workers in Exile), 12 Feb., 2025.

Invited guest on the podcast “What happened”. Что о россиянах говорят их сны? (What Do Russians’ Dreams Say About Them?). Meduza, 2 Jan., 2024.

«Уехавшие россияне более феминистски настроены»: социологи из проекта OutRush — о новой волне российской эмиграции. (Russians Who Left Are More Feminist-Minded’: Sociologists from the OutRush Project on the New Wave of Russian Emigration), Sigma, 15 Sept., 2023.

«Кому-то снилось, что дыхание стало платным». Что социологи узнали из 900 снов россиян после 24 февраля. (‘Someone Dreamed That Breathing Had Become Paid’: What Sociologists Learned from 900 Dreams of Russians After February 24), Paper , 30 Nov., 2022.

Студентка ЕУ Каролина Нугуманова рассказала об обучении на программе «Социальные институты и практики». (European University Student Karolina Nugumanova Spoke About Studying in the ‘Social Institutions and Practices’ Program) European University at Saint Petersbirg, 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 Jan., 2024).

Voice after Exit? Exploring Civic Activism among Russian Migrant Communities in Eurasia after February 24, 2022.Zavadskaya, M., Sergeeva, I., & Kamalov, E. (2023, Dec. 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 (Shulman Appears in Dreams More Often Than Kadyrov’: How Female Sociology Students Study Russians’ Dreams After February 24), Paper, 8 April, 2022.