Staff

Director: Joakim Ekman

Administrative staff: Vit Kysilka

Director of Doctoral Studies: Florence Fröhlig

Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS) Doctoral Students:

Visit this webpage for the full listing of all doctoral students affiliated with BEEGS.

Researchers and other employees:

Cvetanka Aleksandroska

Cvetanka Aleksandroska

Doctoral Student

My current research explores the intersection of identity, religion, and security perceptions in the Western Balkans.

Social Sciences

ME615

Mattias Alvarsson

Mattias Alvarsson

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student, Sociology

Social Sciences

ME223

Tove Andersen Tormod

Tove Andersen Tormod

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

MA715

Anna Balazs

Anna Balazs

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Social anthropology, Eastern Europe, Urban studies, Memory studies

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA791

Luisa Bandeira Coelho

Luisa Bandeira Coelho

Doctoral Student

My research is about Deaf experiences in the Health and well-being field and civil society.

Social Sciences

ME141

Mark Bassin

Mark Bassin

Senior researcher

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA717

Sofia Beskow

Sofia Beskow

Doctoral Student

Doctoral Student in Sociology. Research focus: Consequences of policiary measures against radical nationalist social movements

Social Sciences

ME229B

Thea Bisander

Thea Bisander

Doctoral Student

I am a PhD student in Environmental Scienes. In my research I study greenhouse gas exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere, specifically in coastal regions.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD471

Johanna Björksten

Johanna Björksten

Doctoral student and lecturer at the Department of Social Work. My research concerns intimate partner violence.

Social Sciences

ME141

Erik Browaldh

Erik Browaldh

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD458

Asiya Bulatova

Asiya Bulatova

PhD

Researcher

I am a researcher working on Soviet, European, and Anglo-American modernist literatures in their cultural, scientific, and biomedical contexts.

Culture and Education

MA791

Helene Carlbäck

Helene Carlbäck

Associate Professor

Researcher

I do research on fatherhood, gender and the family in Russia, in a perspective of contemporary history , 1950-1990s,

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA788

Victoria Colesnic

Victoria Colesnic

Doctoral Student

My thesis explores journalists' work-related emotions, how journalists navigate their feelings alongside professional norms and the effect of emotional labor on their well-being.

Social Sciences

ME348

Cagla Demirel

Cagla Demirel

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research focus: memory politics and peace and conflict studies, particularly in Turkey and the Western Balkans. I also teach courses on nationalism and international co-operation.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA713

Dmitrii Dorogov

Dmitrii Dorogov

PhD

Researcher

Principal investigator: Östersjöstiftelsen-funded project The Return of Repressive Psychiatry: Biopolitics of Mental Health in Putinite Russia

Culture and Education

PC224

Joakim Ekman

Joakim Ekman

Director

Professor

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA789

Mounia El hajjari Borg

Mounia El hajjari Borg

Doctoral Student

Doctoral Researcher: corporate sustainability- sustainable management- social enterprises- Innovation and entrepreneurship- writing differently

Social Sciences

ME419

Vera Ericson von Bahr

Vera Ericson von Bahr

Doctoral Student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1004

Hugo Faber

Hugo Faber

Doctoral Student

PhD student. My research concerns energy politics and the phasing out of nuclear and fossil energy.

Social Sciences

ME613

Florence Fröhlig

Florence Fröhlig

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Associate professor in Ethnology, Director of studies of the Baltic and East European Graduate School and officer within the Commission for the Revitalisation of Romani Chib.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

MA721

Yulia Gradskova

Yulia Gradskova

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

I am Associate Professor and Lecturer in History. Also I am the PI in the project "Maternity in the time of "traditional values" and femonationalism" supported by the ÖSS.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F832

Kajsa Gustavsson

Kajsa Gustavsson

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student.

Culture and Education

MA716

Saga Hansén

Saga Hansén

Doctoral Student

PhD candidate in Media and Communication Studies. My research is about textbook production, EdTech and digitization of education in Sweden and Estonia.

Culture and Education

PC205

Wilhelm Hultin

Wilhelm Hultin

Doctoral Student

My research interests are in political economy, migration and social policy.

Social Sciences

Lars Kleberg

Lars Kleberg

Professor

Professor emeritus/emerita

Russian literature, translation history

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA709

Rositsa Kratunkova

Rositsa Kratunkova

Doctoral Student

Social Sciences

ME139

Vit Kysilka

Vit Kysilka

Officer

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA724

Agnes Käll

Agnes Käll

Doctoral Student

I am a researcher in business studies with primary research interests in institutional organization theory and socio-legal perspectives on regulatory governance.

Social Sciences

ME419

Tora Lane

Tora Lane

Associate Professor

Researcher

Nicholas Lawrence

Nicholas Lawrence

Doctoral Student

Victoria Leukavets

Victoria Leukavets

Researcher

I am a political scientist specializing in democracy promotion and electoral authoritarianism, with a regional focus on the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA712

Gustav Lundberg

Gustav Lundberg

Doctoral Student

My research concerns the politization of ethnicity in the Latvian party landscape. I also teach in political science.

Social Sciences

ME611

Thomas Lundén

Thomas Lundén

Professor

Professor emeritus/emerita

Political geography, particularly sociopolitical analysis of cross-border contacts History of geopolitics Authochtonous minorities The concept of region The history of geographyy

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA709

Jay Lunze

Jay Lunze

Doctoral Student

Doctoral researcher in the History of Ideas. My focus is on how time was contextualized in the Baltic Region 1500 to 1800.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F801

Julia Malitska

Julia Malitska

PhD

Researcher

I am historian with a research focus on imperial and spatial histories of Eastern Europe. I also conduct research on human–animal relations from a historical perspective.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

MA711

Johanna Mannergren

Johanna Mannergren

Professor

I am Professor in Political Science and International Relations, with a research focus on peace processes. I have a part time position as Research Coordinator at CBEES.

Social Sciences

ME616

Payam Masarrat

Payam Masarrat

Doctoral Student

My doctoral research focuses on the notion of dialectical negativity as it has been reconceptualised by Slavoj Žižek.

Culture and Education

PD223

Nataliia Murashko

Nataliia Murashko

Doctoral Student

PhD student i Media and Communication Studies

Culture and Education

MA795A

Ninna Mörner

Ninna Mörner

Editor for the scholarly journal Baltic Worlds and its website, and editor for the CBEES Annual State of the Region Report Series.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA793

Pejvak Oghazi

Pejvak Oghazi

Professor

Dr.Pejvak Oghazi is Professor and head of department of Business Studies. He is also head of Logistic Program at Sodertorn University, School of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences

LO629

Lovisa Olsson

Lovisa Olsson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F933

Jennie Plate Blomberg

Jennie Plate Blomberg

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student in the theory of practical knowledge. I'm writing a thesis on Swedish and Finnish teachers' lived experience of boredom.

Culture and Education

PD229

Olena Podolian

Olena Podolian

Researcher

Kirill Postoutenko

Kirill Postoutenko

Professor

Sarah Ramsay

Sarah Ramsay

Doctoral Student

I research the relational and emotional factors that underlay decision-making processes in agricultural governance.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD458

Aleksandra Reczuch

Aleksandra Reczuch

Doctoral Student

PhD-candidate in Ethnology at the Baltic and Eastern European Graduate School. My research interests include populism, political anthropology, state policies, gender, and identity.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1026

Jane Ruffino

Jane Ruffino

Doctoral Student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F823

Sanita Rugina

Sanita Rugina

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

I am researching refugees and entrepreneurship in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, focusing on how it supports economic and social integration despite structural challenges.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

Paulina Rytkönen

Paulina Rytkönen

Senior Lecturer

I am associate professor in Economic history and lecturer in Business Studies at the School of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences

ME429D

Tatiana Sokolova

Tatiana Sokolova

Doctoral Student

I research the interface between knowledge and governance for sustainability transformations: how knowledge, imagination and action are co-produced by diverse actors.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD476

Helen Sundberg

Helen Sundberg

Doctoral Student

In my PhD project, I research ways of translating Managed Aquifer Recharge in a way that is practically implementable in a local context. I deal with sustainability in practice.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD421B

Adrienne Sörbom

Adrienne Sörbom

Professor

I am Professor of sociology, studying issues related to political organization, globalization and democracy. I mainly teach on the use of qualitative methods and democracy.

Social Sciences

ME224

Åse Teiner

Åse Teiner

Doctoral student

Culture and Education

MA795A

Oscar Törnqvist

Oscar Törnqvist

PhD

Researcher

Using archaeological and historical sources, I investigate the pre-modern ecology of the Baltic to form better ecological baselines for managing marine resources, mainly fish.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

Benjamin Wagner

Benjamin Wagner

Doctoral Student

Doctoral researcher with a thesis on poetry books with visual art from East- and West Germany.

Culture and Education

PC219

Jan Weis

Jan Weis

Doctoral Student

Doctoral Student

Social Sciences

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