Shifting Global Priorities Network Plus – Contribute to Research Project/Report
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UKRI Network Plus/Polarities; University of Manchester
Fluency in Russian and English required.
The research student will contribute to a research project led by Dr Marco Biasioli (University of Manchester) on the cultural activities of the Russian diaspora in places of high migration after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The project is an element of the work of the UKRI Shifting Global Polarities Network, led by the University of Birmingham, on which Dr Biasioli is a Co-Investigator. The project fits with, and builds on, the research priorities and expertise already present within the Network, particularly:
• the ongoing reconfigurations shaping Eastern Europe, including patterns of human mobility;
•the interactions between diasporic communities and host societies;
•forms of resistance to illiberal regimes;
•Russian culture in exile.
The project will explore how post-2022 Russian diaspora communities maintain or adapt cultural practices in their host countries, and what these practices reveal about identity and belonging. The chosen placement student will develop their skills in qualitative research (coding, thematic and discourse analysis), migration and mobility research, and policy and academic writing, including publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
The student will be expected to work collaboratively with Dr Biasioli to:
-transcribe, code and qualitatively analyse the interviews (which have already been completed)
-produce a policy-oriented report, which will be shared with the Network and the Network partners and will inform the Network’s activities moving forward.
-co-produce an article in a peer-reviewed journal with Dr Biasioli on the cultural practices of the post-2022 Russian diaspora.
Deadline 30th April

