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Andrey Semenov
Position:
Assistant professor
Office Phone:
9229
E-mail:
andrey.semenov@nu.edu.kz
Website:
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Research Interest

Russian Politics, Eurasian Politics, Comparative Politics

Biography
Selected Publications
Courses Offered

Andrei Semenov is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University. He received his specialist (MA-level) degree from Tyumen State University (2006) and Candidate of Science in Politics (Ph.D.-level) from Perm State University (2010). He taught classes on international relations, comparative politics, political sociology, political science methodology, contentious politics, and different aspects of Eurasian politics at Tyumen State University, Perm State University, University of Tampere (Finland), Higher School of Economics (Saint-Petersburg), and Yale. He also received fellowships from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington D.C.), Bard College (New York), Finland Academy of Science, Sverker Astrom Foundation (Sweden), and Hans Koschnick Scholarship (Germany).

Andrei Semenov’s research interests encompass political mobilization, social movements, civic and urban activism, electoral and subnational politics, the effects of economic shocks and responsibility attribution for the economic hardships, and political consequences of the climate change. His research has been supported by Harvard University, Volkswagen Foundation, Russian Scientific Foundation, Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research, and Russian Scientific Foundation for Humanities. His most recent research appeared in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Demokratizatsiya, East European Studies, European Political Science, Problems of Post-Communism, Russian Politics, and Social Movements Studies journals and elsewhere. His co-edited book “Varieties of Russian Activism” (with Regina Smyth and Jeremy Morris) was published in spring 2023.