Anna Zhelnina, Ph.D.

Anna Zhelnina, Ph.D.Anna Zhelnina, Ph.D.Anna Zhelnina, Ph.D.

About me

I am a sociologist, writer, and educator interested in cities and politics.


In August 2020, I defended my Ph.D. dissertation “Engaging Neighbors: Housing Strategies and Political Mobilization in Moscow's Renovation” at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. 


In September 2020, I joined the Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria) as a postdoctoral researcher.


You can learn more about me on my Wordpress Blog or look at my CV and other materials below.


CV

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other materials

Popular writing

Public Lectures - Video

Public Lectures - Video

  • “The Question:” What do the latest studies tell us about political views among young people in Russia?
  • Fortress Under Siege: Moscow’s Renovation “Republic” (in Russian)
  • Mortgage Ghettos “Republic” (in Russian)
  • Social Movements Research in Russia: Sociology of the ignored activism “Critical Mass” Bulletin 
  • New laws that cast NGOs as “foreign agents” illustrate the threat to academic collaboration in Russia. With Elena Omelchenko for LSE Blog

Public Lectures - Video

Public Lectures - Video

Public Lectures - Video

  • Public lecture on housing issues in Russia (in Russian), “New Holland” in Saint Petersburg, April 25, 2018


  • “Relative victories: success and failure of social movements and political campaigns,” (In Russian) 2016.

Academic Profiles

Public Lectures - Video

Academic Profiles

  • GoogleScholar


  • ResearchGate


  • Publons (WoS ResearcherID)


  • https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6558-2281 

how to pronounce my name

Zhelnina?

That’s a tricky one! In Russian, желна́ [ʐel-nah], is one of the names for the black woodpecker, Dryocopus Martius. One of my ancestors, probably, was either very talkative or persistent, that’s why he got the nickname (pure speculation here!). All his offspring were referred to as “zhelnin,” meaning “of Zhelna.”


Zhelnina?

[ʐel-nee-nah]


The emphasis is on the first syllable; the first letter sounds something like the middle in “leisure” or “vision.” The rest of the syllables sound like the name “Nina,” but without emphasis.

 📷Author: Steffen Hannert – http://www.vogelruf.de/galerie/, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.

Contact

Email: anna.zhelnina (at) helsinki.fi


University of Helsinki

Yliopistonkatu 3, 00100

Helsinki, Finland

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