I am currently researching the effect of national identities among migrants on the perception of political events in their country of origin. More precisely, I want to look at how different values in Russian migrants affect their perception of Russian nationality, and how the latter leads to more or less support for the Ukrainian war.
Prior to Oxford I completed a BA in International Relations at the University of Geneva, and an MS in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The latter allowed me to work for one year as a research assistant at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. I mainly contributed to projects focused on international aid and vaccine diplomacy. Moreover, during my bachelor studies I had the chance to participate to the Honour Students Program of the Institute of Economics and Econometrics. This allowed me to work as a research assistant on a project focussing on internal migration and climate change.
Teaching
During my bachelor, I delivered tutorials with undergraduates for the following subjects:
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Statistics
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Mathematics
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Econometrics
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Macroeconomics
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Probability
Research
My research focuses on three main areas:
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political sociology of former states of the Soviet Union
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propaganda in authoritarian regimes
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national identities among migrants
Areas of expertise
I have experience and training in the following research methodologies:
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Causal inference
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Statistical analysis
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Ethnographic research
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Quantitative text analysis
Languages
I am fluent in Russian (native), Italian (native), English, French and German.
