Publications

Ljiljana Saric has written an article about metaphorical patterns with the target-domain word "nada".

Daniela Slabinski has written an article about the potential and opportunities for mass protests against the war in Ukraine.

Iryna Shuvalova has written an article that examines representations of the enemy in the Ukrainian satirical songs pertaining to the Russo-Ukrainian war in the Donbas.

Anastasia Kriachko Røren has written an article about TV documentaries in Russia today and why they are important to watch.

Anna Chebotarova has written an article about the impact of the War in Ukraine on Ukrainian society and identity.

Nele Poldvere, Elizaveta Kibisova and Silje Susanne Alvestad has written an article about challenges and the opportunities, of investigating the language of fake news across cultures.

Pål Kolstø has written an article about the legitimacy surrounding the claim that Ukrainians and Russians are one people.

Pål Kolstø has written an article about the Russian Orthodox Church's fight against abortion since the enthronement of Partiarch Kirill.

Helge Blakkisrud has written an article about Abkhazia's strategic orientation in a changing geopolitical context.

Helge Blakkisrud has written a chapter in The Routledge handbook of Self-determination and Secession about how De facto States manage to survive without international recognition

Helge Blakkisrud has written a chapter in Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society about ethnic relations in Russia.

Pål Kolstø and Helge Blakkisrud have written an article about Western literature relating to de facto states in the post-Soviet space.

Helge Blakkisrud has written an article about ethnicity and national identity in Russia in the post-Soviet era.

Atle Grønn has written a chapter in the book Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses about complements in Russian grammar.

Eva Sarfi has written a chapter on European organizations working with issues related to ethnic and national minorities in the new book Living Alliances, Leaving Alliances - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2022).

Ljiljana Saric has written an article reviewing Putz's (2019) Metaphor and National Identity, providing an alternative conceptualization of the Treaty of Trianon.

Knut Andreas Grimstad has contributed to The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature, with a chapter on Witold Gombrowicz's exile novel in Norway.

Fabian Heffermehl has edited and co-authored a brand new book on the Gulag writers Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Varlam Shalamov. 

In this article, Geir Flikke investigates the way in which regimes based on 'limited access orders' respond to socially driven discontent, and the drivers of contentious politics in a state where the authorities assert control over society. The article is a contribution to the RUSECOPOL project.

In this article, Pål Kolstø and Helge Blakkisrud examine Russia's policy towards Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, investigating whether authoritarian regimes engage in active export of their political systems or whether they are primarily concerned about their geopolitical interests. 

In this article, Pål Kolstø, investigates Russia's patron-client relations with Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 

Roar Lishaugen's contribution to the book Lire en Europe. Textes, formes, lectures (XVIIIe-XXIe siècle) investigates how post-1948 Communist authorities in Czechoslovakia utilized the national classics and strategies of collective reading to reinterpret the national past and transform the cultural memory in order to legitimize their power. 

In this article, Anastasia Kriachko Røren gives her review of the film The Crimean Bridge. Made with Love! (Krymskii most. Sdelano s liuboviu! 2018) by Tigran Keosayan. 

In this article, Maryia Rohava discusses citizens and their participatory roles in the symbolic production of state celebrations.   

Pål Kolstø's article discusses the post-Soviet de facto state of Abkhazia, and its relationship to its main patron, Russia.