Since 08.2024: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
Since 05/2024: Head of Partnerships at Instats
Since 02/2022: Sessional Lecturer at the Australian National University
08/2023 – 10/2023: Visiting Lecturer at the University of Helsinki
04/2023 – 07/2023: Visiting Research Fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
08/2022 – 11/2022: Visiting Research Fellow at KIMEP University, Almaty
2021 – 2022: Editor-in-Chief, ENERPO Journal, European University at Saint Petersburg
2019 – 2021: Deputy Editor-in-Chief, ENERPO Journal, European University at Saint Petersburg
Education: PhD in Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University; Master’s Certificate, Russian and Eurasian Studies, European University at Saint Petersburg
Current Research
The role of the Eurasian Economic Union in Russia’s evasion of sanctions
Russia-China-Central Asia energy relations
Perceptions of China, Chinese projects and Chinese migrants in Central Asia, especially Kazakhstan