Oleksandra Tarkhanova
Oleksandra Tarkhanova
Dr.
Research Associate
SHSS-HSG
Büro 52-7138
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
9000 St Gallen
Büro 52-7138
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
9000 St Gallen
Publications
Main Focuses
Citizenship and welfare state in Eastern Europe
Conflict and displacement
Gender politics
Education
2019 Dr. phil. Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University
2009-2011 MS in Gender Studies with minor in Sociology, Lund University
2005-2009 BA in Sociology, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Certificate in Conflict Studies and Social Psychology
Professional Career
Since 2022 Lecturer for Contextual Studies
Since 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe
2020 - 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
2017 - Visiting Fellow, Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University
2014 - 2020 Research Associate and Lecturer, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld
Projects
"Displacement in Ukraine: Decision-making, routes, and prospects," 2022. Project leader, funded by the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe, University of St. Gallen. Qualitative, interview-based research project on decision-making processes and choices during forced displacement following Russian aggression in Ukraine.
“ReStart Ukraine,” 2022. Project coordinator, funded by the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe
Collective of researchers and practitioners developing strategies for restoring and rebuilding war-affected
urban and rural areas in Ukraine.
Postdoctoral research project 2020 - 2023: “Negotiating citizenship on the margins of the Ukrainian state,” University of St.Gallen
Doctoral research project 2014 - 2019: “Ukrainian Gender Politics and the Subject of Woman,” Bielefeld University. Monograph “Compulsory Motherhood, Paternalistic State? Ukrainian Gender Politics and the Subject of Woman,” 2021, Palgrave Macmillan