Evpatoria,
Crimea
I am an LSE Fellow in the Department of Methodology at the London School of
Economics. I have just completed a PhD in Political Science in the
Department of Government at the London School of Economics (2016).
My research focuses broadly on ethnic politics, citizenship and kin-state relations in post-Soviet space from the bottom-up. My dissertation examined the politics of co-ethnicity and citizenship from the bottom-up, in the cases of Moldova and Crimea, by analyzing the meanings of kin-state identification and engagement with kin-state practices (citizenship and quasi-citizenship). I analyze also how kin-state meanings and practices intersect with geopolitics, such as preferences for Europeanization vs. Eurasianism.
My research has been published in Democratisation, East European Politics and Societies, Social Science Quarterly and Electoral Studies. I have also contributed articles to Monkey Cage, Atlantic Council, Open Democracy, LSE's EUROPP blog and UCL's Eastern European Research Blog, as well as to my own blog.
Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine 2015, University of Ottawa
My research focuses broadly on ethnic politics, citizenship and kin-state relations in post-Soviet space from the bottom-up. My dissertation examined the politics of co-ethnicity and citizenship from the bottom-up, in the cases of Moldova and Crimea, by analyzing the meanings of kin-state identification and engagement with kin-state practices (citizenship and quasi-citizenship). I analyze also how kin-state meanings and practices intersect with geopolitics, such as preferences for Europeanization vs. Eurasianism.
My research has been published in Democratisation, East European Politics and Societies, Social Science Quarterly and Electoral Studies. I have also contributed articles to Monkey Cage, Atlantic Council, Open Democracy, LSE's EUROPP blog and UCL's Eastern European Research Blog, as well as to my own blog.
I am currently beginning a project on the effect of the EU referendum on
non-UK EU
migrants, via the
EU in UK
Survey. The purpose of the survey is to gather a large and diverse
sample of EU migrants residing in the UK to analyze the impact of the
referendum, including on their preferences for remaining in the UK and/or
acquiring UK citizenship.
Recent Publications
- The Extra-Territorial Paradox of Voting: The Duty to Vote in Extra-Territorial Elections (2016, Democratization) [pdf]
- Quasi-citizenship as a category of practice: analyzing engagement with Russia’s Compatriot policy in Crimea (2016, Citizenship Studies)
- Generating data: studying identity politics from a bottom-up perspective in Crimea and Moldova (2015, East European Politics and Societies) [pdf]
- What does it mean to be a kin majority? Analyzing Romanian identity in Moldova and Russian identity in Crimea from below (2015, Social Science Quarterly) [pdf]
Recent Talks
Identity in Crimea Before annexation: A Bottom-Up Perspective
Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine 2015, University of Ottawa
© 2015 Ellie Knott.