Teaching

Teaching

My teaching combines political sociology, comparative politics, migration studies, gender studies, and mix methods. I adopt a research-led and student-centered approach that integrates theory, contemporary case studies, discussion-based learning, and hands-on engagement with survey and qualitative data.

Teaching Experience

Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy)

Gender Inequalities in Political Participation
Guest lecture for Political Behavior (2025)
[Syllabus]

University of Tokyo – Institute of Social Science (ISS)

Moral Responsibility and the Reverse Gender Gap: Political Activism Among Russian Post-2022 Emigrants
Invited guest lecture, 25 June 2026

Waseda University – Faculty of Human Sciences

Emotions, War, and Political Action in Exile: Gendered Patterns of Mobilization among Migrants from Authoritarian Regimes
Invited guest lecture, 2026
[Event page]

Summer School “Gender-Likbez 4.0”

European University at St. Petersburg

Gender Differences in Political and Civic Activism among Russian Migrants
Invited guest lecture (2023)

Public Sociology and Outreach

Documentary Cinema and Society
Public lecture series for a general audience, St. Petersburg (2021)

Courses Prepared to Teach

Political Behavior under Authoritarianism and Democratic Backsliding

Graduate level

Topics include:

  • Political participation and voting behavior
  • Protest, repression, and social movements
  • Authoritarianism and democratic backsliding
  • Political psychology and emotions
  • Political communication and digital activism
  • Contentious politics and collective action

Gender, Migration, and Transnational Activism

Advanced undergraduate / graduate level

Topics include:

  • Forced migration and exile
  • Diaspora politics and transnationalism
  • Feminist movements and resistance
  • Gendered political participation
  • Transnational repression
  • Migration, citizenship, and belonging

Survey Research and Panel Data Analysis

Topics include:

  • Survey design
  • Panel surveys and longitudinal research
  • Questionnaire construction
  • Causal inference
  • Data visualization and reproducible research

Teaching Materials

Two complete syllabi are currently available upon request:

  • Political Behavior under Authoritarianism and Democratic Backsliding

  • Gender, Migration, and Transnational Activism

Additional syllabi can be developed upon request in the areas of political sociology, migration studies, gender and feminist politics, social movements, political behavior, survey methodology, and mixed methods research.

Student Supervision Interests

I welcome supervision of undergraduate and master’s projects in:

  • Political behavior and participation
  • Migration and diaspora studies
  • Gender and feminist politics
  • Social movements and protest
  • Authoritarianism and democratic backsliding
  • Mixed-methods research
  • Survey and panel data analysis