Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My PhD dissertation analyses the changes and continuities in the sphere of government-organised youth organisations in post-communist Russia and Belarus. I am interested in how and why centralised state-supported mass membership youth associations have developed in the last 25 years. In addition to exploring the dissimilar historical trajectories of Russia and Belarus, I am also interested in the individual experience of state-endorsed youth activism in contemporary societies. In this research project I employ a variety of methods and data ranging from archival data to ethnographic field work data collected on site in Belarus and Russia.
Education/Academic qualification
International Relations and European Studies, MA with Distinction, Central European University
1 Sep 2014 → 26 Jun 2015
Central and East European Studies & Russian and Polish languages, MA with Honours: First class, University of Glasgow
20 Sep 2009 → 23 Jun 2014
Fields of Science
- 5201 Political History
- Soviet History
- Russia, Soviet Union
- 517 Political science
- Russia, Soviet Union
- Belarus
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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From State to Society The Komsomol in Yeltsin's Russia
Silvan, K., 2022, In: Kritika (Bloomington). 23, 2, p. 289-314 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Legacies of the Komsomol : Afterlife of the Leninist Communist Youth League and Contemporary State-Affiliated Youth Activism in Post-Soviet Belarus and Russia
Silvan, K., 2022, Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
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"Foreign Agent" as an internal representative of "the West" in Russia’s geopolitical discourses
Laine, V. & Silvan, K., 2021, Remapping Security on Europe’s Northern Borders. Laine, J. P., Liikanen, I. & Scott, J. W. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 62-81 20 p. (Routledge Borderlands Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Russian Youth Forums: Sites of Managed Youth Empowerment
Silvan, K., 1 Nov 2021, In: Young. 29, 5, p. 456-474 19 p., 1103308821990932.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Russia’s latest foreign agents law undermines EU’s Russia policy
Laine, V. & Silvan, K., 24 Feb 2021, Friends of Europe.Research output: Other contribution
Projects
- 1 Finished
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GLASE: Globaalin turvallisuuden monikerroksiset rajat - Multilayered Borders of Global Secutiry
Kettunen, P., Rentola, K., Kähönen, A., Pellander, S., Laine, V., Silvan, K. & Kotilainen, N.
01/04/2016 → 31/03/2019
Project: Research project
Activities
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Belarusian Post-Election Protests 2020: Context, Responses, Future Scenarios
Kristiina Silvan (Speaker)
4 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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From apathy to activism? Young people's mobilization in 2020
Kristiina Silvan (Speaker)
1 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Valko-Venäjän kansalaisyhteiskunnan ja ruohonjuuritason toiminta ja rooli
Kristiina Silvan (Speaker)
21 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Internal dynamics of Belarus crisis: Options for Lukashenko and the opposition and possible scenarios
Kristiina Silvan (Speaker)
16 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Vallanvaihdokset Keski-Aasiassa
Kristiina Silvan (Speaker)
22 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation