team

We are sociologists, psychologists, linguists, economists, data analysts, education and communication specialists. The publications of the team members can be found below.

Part of our team is still based in Russia, so some faces will remain hidden for the time being.

If you’d like to get involved in any of the projects, drop us a line at contact@tharesearch.center and let’s get to know each other.

Mariia Vasilevskaya

founder of the project, social scientist with a mathematical background

Studied state violence and, in pre-war Russia, practices of digital civil society participation. She developed open-source code for researchers working with administrative data. Managed the data analysis department and directed mixed-methods research at the Center for Advanced Governance. Now she is teaching a course on computational methods in social research at The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences.

Daria Rud

works in applied sociology using mixed methods

Co-authored a study on the situation of vulnerable groups in the corona crisis. She analyzed the effects of the relocation of civil servants to Moscow City. She defended her master's thesis on working with urban heritage in a post-communist environment.

Danila Valko

data analyst, researcher

Engaged in automated data collection, preparation and analysis, development of quantitative research designs.

Maria Bunina

engaged in social research and policymaking

Studied oncology, domestic violence, and disabilities until 2022, and switched to state violence, civil society, war trauma, and peacebuilding processes after the full invasion.

Anna

works as an anthropologist while also being involved in social projects

She worked in educational initiatives for children with different migration and language backgrounds, and did educational projects on the topic of ethnocultural diversity. She gradually moved on to the anthropology of migration and the study of diasporas.

Anna Kalinina

researcher, studies issues of organization and organizational practices in both online and offline environments

Her dissertation focuses on overt and covert forms of resistance and self-organization processes.

Vlada Baranova

sociolinguist, field linguist, researcher of urban linguistic diversity and migration, language activist

She studies the Kalmyk and Chuvash languages, and has written about the Mariupol Greeks , Urums and Rumei, in Eastern Ukraine, and about language activism in Russia.

Elena

creates methodological materials and participates in work on research products

Psychologist. Worked in HR, helped people live in harmony with themselves and others. Main areas of interest: children, school education, the future generation of Russia and their opportunities.

Yakov Lurye

social anthropologist and applied researcher

He is writing a PhD at the University of Amsterdam about roadside trade in Russia. He is engaged in research of Russian society after February 24, has collaborated with PS Lab, OutRush and CISR Berlin. He has a sincere attitude towards classical academia and does not romanticize the format of "lone anthropologist". He is passionate about joint applied research and texts in an interesting and understandable language. He loves working with NGOs, activists, artists, urbanists.

Marina

social and feminist researcher, activist

She studies the relationship between gender and political violence. She is currently writing a dissertation on cultural counter-narratives in an authoritarian state.

Nadia Polikarpova

computer scientist

Nadia is a Computer Science professor at UC San Diego. She is excited about harnessing the power of AI in social research and activism. She collaborates with the Hannah Arendt Research Center on projects that analyze large-scale social media data to map civil society networks and detect human rights abuses.

Julia Kuzevanova

involved in the management and public communications of the center, and helps to devise and implement products based on research results

Communications specialist. Set up marketing and created infoproducts for psyhologists and scientists, worked on educational technologies.

Anastasia Emelyanova

Nastya worked with us - she was engaged in mathematical linguistics and data analysis, organized and managed, hurried, joked, supported.

Thank you for everything. We will try not to let you down.

works by team members created outside of HARC

team

works by team members created outside of HARC

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