Tomila Lankina

Awards

Best Article Award and Prize, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics; Scatcherd European Scholarship, Oxford; Jowett Senior Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford; Dulverton Scholarship, Oxford; Overseas Research Scheme Award, Oxford

Experience Keywords

Russia and Eurasia domestic politics and foreign policy; democratization; regionalism, federalism, sub-national governance in Russia, India, and China; the legacies of colonialism and empire; transnational influences on sub-national democracy and development

Research Summary

Current research focuses on the dynamics of popular protest in Russia and Ukraine; and on historical influences on sub-national democracy and authoritarianism in Russia and other states. In particular, Dr Lankina explores the imperial and colonial human capital legacies and their developmental and democracy effects in these settings by analysing sub-national data that she has gathered. She has also conducted research into external influences, such as those of the Council of Europe and EU, on sub-national democracy in post-communist settings. Recent publications include articles in the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, World Politics, Post-Soviet Affairs, Europe-Asia Studies, and other journals. She has also published two books: Governing the Locals: Local Self-Government and Ethnic Mobilization in Russia (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006); and Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe, co-authored with Anneke Hudalla and Hellmut Wollmann (Palgrave and University of Oxford St. Antony''s Series, 2008).

In 2015, the British Academy awarded Tomila Lankina a one-year Mid-Career Fellowship to analyse popular mobilization in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. For this project, she is gathering data on protest and studying the media’s role in manipulating street discontent, and in furthering the political elite’s domestic and foreign policy objectives.

Research Countries

China; Eurasia; India; Russia

Languages

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]; German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Intermediate]; Russian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Urdu [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]