Research Colloquium

The Research Colloquium provides a forum for faculty members and PhD students to present and discuss their current research. The aim of the colloquium is not a presentation of finished work, but rather work in progress that would benefit from the criticism and commentary of colleagues. The format includes a 15-20 minute presentation on a precirculated draft of recent research (usually an article or chapter), a 10-15 minute comment by a discussant, followed by 40-45 minutes of open discussion with all those present. Please note that this semester (unless otherwise indicated) the Research Colloquium will start promptly at 16:00 and end at 17:15 in Lossi 36-305. We are starting the colloquium a bit earlier and ending a bit earlier as well in hopes that colleagues with families and other evening commitments will find it easier to attend.

Colloquia for the 2024/2025 Academic Year

Spring semester

• 12 March: Ville Taapanen, "Same Plant, Different Soils: Variation in Party Environmentalism"
• 26 March: Kimmo Makkonen, "The electoral pledges of the Finnish parliamentary parties in 2011, 2015 and 2019 campaigns: their fulfilment and inclusion in the coalition agreements"
• 9 April: Oleksii Kolesnykov, "Crisis, Resilience, and Governance: Crafting a Model for Wartime Democracy" (working title)
• 16 April: Vanessa Ruget, "Russia’s renationalization and weaponization of citizenship: A study of the 2023 citizenship law"
• 23 April: Azniv Tadevosyan, "Politics of Aesthetics and Resistance Studies"
• 7 May: Akbar Mammadov, "The Impact of the War on Far-Right Parties in the Baltic Sea Region"
• 28 May: PhD Dissertation Prospectus Presentations:
  ⸰ 16:00-17:00. Ronek Jäär, "The Impact of Representation on Policy Outcomes: A Study of Leadership Dynamics in the European Parliament Between 2004 to 2024." Advisor: Stefano Braghiroli
  ⸰ 17:00-18:00. Aigerim Nurseitova, "Navigating imperial shadows and nationalist waves: A comparative analysis of ethnic minority identity construction in Estonia and Kazakhstan." Advisor: Catherine Gibson

Autumn Semester

• 18 September: Rein Taagepera (and Miroslav Nemčok), book presentation and discussion: More People, Fewer States
• 2 October: Christopher Brucker (visiting scholar from Jena), "Advocating for Rebellion - Rebel Diplomacy and International Advocacy in the Bougainville Crisis."
• 16 October: Urmas Hõbepappel, “Cynics don’t build empires: towards countering the rationality argument in the literature of Chinese nationalism.”
• 30 October: Leonore Riitsalu, “Development and Testing of a Three-Dimensional Financial Well-Being Scale”
• 13 November: Maria Grigoryeva (visiting scholar from Helsinki in Finno-Ugric Studies), "Russian-Finnish film co-production as a reflection of the Russian-Finnish relations"
• 27 November: Elena Pavlova, "A New Method for New Situation: Gadamer's legacy for Russian Studies"
• 11 December: Art Alishani, “To Use or Not to Use Government Chatbots: A Survey Vignette Experiment in Estonia.