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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

After 4 years, 3 universities, 2 cities & far too many apartments, I’m leaving the US for Europe. I’m deeply grateful to colleagues at Columbia, NYU and Harvard, and to my US friends for welcoming CM & I. Next up: a postdoc in Copenhagen @ CBS/DIIS, continuing work on Ukrainian politics and society

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Work on Ukraine? Based in the UK (or willing to come to the UK)? Join us the the first conference of the British Association for the Study of Ukraine! Apply to present your research in progress, deadline 30th June. 📅 Sept 23-26 📍Manchester University thebasu.com/basu-nationa...

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BASU National Conference 2026

The BASU Chairs and Working Group Chairs Committee want you join us 23–26 September 2026 Submit Your Paper Proposal Deadline for Proposals: 25 June 2026 Register Your Attendance We are thrilled to …

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We have a new paper out on civilian wartime engagement in Ukraine - using survey data to identify high levels of engagement (>80%!), and explore the relationships between civic duty, support for democracy, and engagement. Take a look! Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A duty to defend: survey analysis of citizen wartime engagement in Ukraine

When a society comes under attack, what distinguishes citizens who engage in the war effort from those who do not? Moreover, recognising the multi-dimensionality of citizen wartime engagement, what...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 27/01/2026

#OpenAccess from @nationalitiesp.bsky.social - ‘Together We Are Many’: Activist Networks and Regional Protest in Ukraine 1990-2004 - cup.org/4q3X7NL - @emmamateo.bsky.social #FirstView

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

📢 New peer-reviewed (and open access!) article out with @nationalitiesp.bsky.social “Together We Are Many”: Activist Networks and Regional Protest in Ukraine, 1990–2004. I examine the regional dimension of mass protests in Ukraine, and the activist networks that shaped them. cup.org/4q3X7NL 1/4

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Harriman Institute's 2-year postdocs are open for applications. It's a dream postdoc gig in NYC for early career researchers working on Ukraine or wider Eastern Europe. My first job out of PhD and I loved it. Please share - it's tough out there for ECRs! harriman.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...

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Postdoctoral Scholars

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I wrote about Ukraine's recent anti-corruption protests for Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. 28+ cities rapidly mobilised to defend democracy. Ukraine's civil society is vibrant as ever. Ukrainians will not accept a terrible deal in an attempt to end the war www.huri.harvard.edu/zelenskys-an...

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Nights in Kyiv increasingly resemble scenes from a film about the Nazi bombing of London: machine gun crews on the roads, air raid sirens that lasted for hours, metro stations packed with people, searchlights in the night sky, searching for Russian drones, explosions from ballistic missiles... - 1/2

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I'm now a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, continuing my work on protest & wartime civil society in 🇺🇦. I'm excited and grateful to be joining the Harvard/HURI community. Thankful to @nyujordancenter.bsky.social‬ and lovely colleagues there for a great year!

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A powerful piece of work by Dafna on what drives social workers who risk their lives to help the marginalised during russia's war on Ukraine

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Childhood in Ukraine, thanks to putin and all who enable him.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Join us in NYC this week at @nyujordancenter.bsky.social to hear @oxanashevel.bsky.social speak about Russia's invasion and Ukraine's resistance, for the inaugural Rybak Family Ukrainian Lecture. 24 April, 5pm, 19 University Place. Registration required. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/russi...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15/04/2025

On Palm Sunday, Russia launched a brutal double-tap attack on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing at least 35 people. The Kyiv Independent visited Sumy on April 14, the day after the attack. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0RA...

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Deadliest Russian attack on Sumy leaves residents in shock

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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

1/ #Belarus remains in a deep human rights crisis. Since 2020, over 8,100+ people have faced politically motivated prosecution. Repression of activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens continues. Here’s a latest update ⬇️

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Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Excited to share our new article "Reframing #Reflexivity: Collaborative Ethics, Collective Responsibility, and Learnings from Researching Russia's War against Ukraine" with @marniehowlett.bsky.social in @cpcs.bsky.social. DM us if you need a copy! online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article...

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Reminder that this is happening tomorrow, 9th April. A wonderful opportunity to learn more about Ukrainian activism and culture in Eastern Ukraine, from the brilliant scholar Kateryna Zarembo. Zarembo combines academia with volunteering as a paramedic on the frontlines.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

📢 Join the Harriman Institute and NYU Jordan Center for an online book talk on Eastern Ukraine’s history & activism with author Kateryna Zarembo & translator Tetiana Savchynska! Thrilled to see this important book translated. 📅 April 9 | ⏲️ 11am ET 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/UAsunrise

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tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I spoke at yesterday’s Vigil for Democracy at Columbia. Here is an excerpt.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This is a very interesting read, and very cool to see data on diverse protest events across the US that are not necessarily being widely reported. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...

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Resistance is alive and well in the United States

Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

Chart showing double the number of protests in 2025 than occurred during the same time period in 2017.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

And yet Europe has the problems with freedom of speech. This is wild. This country is really blowing my mind every single day. Not in a good way. (I wonder if I can get deported for saying that)

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Classic russian negotation tactics - ceding nothing, and manipulating the situation to its own benefit. Putin has allegedly already given the order to halt energy attacks, but air alerts ongoing across Ukraine right now. I guess we all know russia targets civilians, not just infrastructure.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Нью-Йорк вчора. Yesterday there was a last minute protest in NYC organised in solidarity with Ukraine. Turnout was in the hundreds, despite the short notice. New Yorkers care about Ukraine. Similar events were being organised in 20 cities across the US.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Funded PhD opportunity at University of Warwick (UK) for a student working on forced migration. - particularly from Ukraine. Nice to see 🇺🇦 opportunities. Please share with relevant students. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMC570/p...

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PhD Studentship: PEACERETURN: The Peaceful Return of Victims of Forced Displacement at University of Warwick

Apply for a PhD Studentship: PEACERETURN: The Peaceful Return of Victims of Forced Displacement. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

JD Vance lectures the UK & Europe on freedom of speech. Then the US administration does this. Watch them be highly selective in how they define 'illegal'. Note how this also puts pressure on universities to prevent/stop protests, or they lose funding - creating a climate of fear.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

On my way to Madison, WI to give a talk tomorrow on civilian engagement in Ukraine's war effort at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I'll be talking about the nature and drivers of Ukrainians' impressive wartime mobilisation. Join us! 📅 27 Feb📍206 Ingham Hall ⏲️ 4pm creeca.wisc.edu/event/creeca...

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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

In a new article in @foreignaffairs.com, @marniehowlett.bsky.social, @carlmc.bsky.social & I argue that Trump is making a strategic mistake by sidelining Zelensky & #Ukraine in talks with #Russia. Ukraine Will Not Surrender to Russia foreignaffairs.com/russia/ukrai... via @foreignaffairs.com

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Ukraine Will Not Surrender to Russia

The country Is open to talks, but will fight a forced deal.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 25/02/2025

latest in ukrainian dictatorship: unanimous vote in parliament affirming legitimacy of president zelensky’s mandate, unconstitutionality of elections because of ongoing russian invasion and calling for immediate elections after war is over.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

3 years of full-scale invasion. 11 years of russia's war in Ukraine. This anniversary reminds of russia's crimes, but also Ukrainian resistance. A "3 day" war ongoing, 3 years later. Those on the side of justice, freedom & democracy stand with Ukraine. 📷: Outside Ukrainian Institute, 5th ave NYC

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 21/02/2025

🗿"This is a dictator": pro-Trump newspaper issues special clarification for Trump

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

One-year fellowship at the University of Oxford, highly relevant for scholars studying literature or culture of Ukraine. Please share with early career colleagues! St Antony's college is a great place to be working on Eastern Europe, I did my masters there. www.sant.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ma...

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Max Hayward Visiting Fellowship 2025-26 - St Antony's

Applications are invited for the Max Hayward Visiting Fellowship at the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre (RESC), St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, for the academic year 2025/26. The holder...

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

And yesterday a russian drone attack damaged a children's hospital and a kindergarten. Never doubt for a single second that russia is the aggressor.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

“In the past six months Russia has been humiliated in Syria, failed to dislodge three Ukrainian brigades from the Kursk region, and taken more than 200,000 casualties in advancing roughly the distance from central London to Heathrow airport.”

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Maryia Rohava @marrohava.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The University of Warwick’s Ukraine-Belarus Hub is offering 4 grants of £500 to support research on the theme of ‘Ukraine, Belarus & the Complex Geopolitics of Europe’. Expected results: policy brief & conference participation in London on 26 June. Deadline: 3 March ℹ️ ⬇️ warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sch...

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Polls: "63% of Ukrainians approve of Zelensky’s performance as president"; "large majorities view him as a patriot (74%)" Meanwhile Trump brazenly lies & repeats russian propaganda in an attempt to resume business with a dictator who hates the US and Europe

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

New Yorkers, this Sun 23 Feb the Ukrainian Institute has an amazing lineup of Ukrainian documentary films for their Film Forum. Free entry. Let's remind ourselves of Ukrainians' resistance, sacrifice and struggle, and the true cost of this war russia started ukrainianinstitute.org/event/ukrain...

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Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The fact that the US is meeting with Russia first tells you everything. What people organizing these “talks” fail to understand is that in Russia it only matters what one man says and does in Ukraine any deal that is not accepted by ordinary citizens has the potential for extreme destabilization.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Amongst all the chaos of US domestic politics I am increasingly concerned that many (especially but not only in US) are not paying attention to the fact that Trump is appeasing Putin in a way that not only screws Ukraine but emboldens dictators, imperialism, & upends global security. Am I wrong?

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Today there was an effort to organise protests across all US states against Trump/Musk under the umbrella of the #50501 movement, which seems to have started on reddit. I've seen limited media coverage (big news day) but social media suggests protest events nationwide www.amny.com/news/thousan...

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Thousands march in Manhattan on Presidents’ Day against Trump/Musk actions | amNewYork

Thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets on Presidents Day, protesting the second Trump administration’s actions.

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This Wednesday (12 Feb) the wonderful Oleksandra Keudel will be joining us in NYC at @nyujordancenter.bsky.social to give a talk on local governance and resilience in Ukraine since the Russian full-scale invasion. Open to all, registration required. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/socie...

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Societal Resilience and Polycentric Governance: Learning from Ukrainian Local Communities’ Response to the Full-Scale Russian Invasion

The Russian full-scale invasion since 24 February 2022 subjected Ukraine to overlapping war-related crises, such as physical insecurity, internal...

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Maryia Rohava @marrohava.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Call for papers for researchers working on Belarus, Belarusian history, IR, economy or human rights. ‘Belarus in Brussels’ workshop will take place on 19 June, it is organised by @umceehub.bsky.social. For more information, see the thread ⬇️

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Job! Our department just advertised a 4-year Lectureship in Eurasian Studies at Glasgow University. This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe's top Area Studies departments, building up our expertise on Central Asia or the Caucasus. More details: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

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Lecturer in Eurasian Studies

Job Purpose The School of Social and Political Sciences is seeking to appoint a fixed-term lecturer in Eurasian Studies with specific expertise in one or more countries of the post-socialist Eurasi...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/02/2025

Kateryna Zarembo’s “Ukrainian Sunrise: Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s,” now available in English translation, draws on field research to challenge long-standing Soviet-era myths about Ukraine’s east.

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‘Donbas is fiction’ — Kateryna Zarembo’s book dismantles Russian myths about Ukraine’s east

For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture oriented toward Moscow. Yet to accept this as the regions’ defining reality ...

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Big news week, but worth noting that Georgia, Slovakia and Serbia are all experiencing ongoing, large protests against governments with pro-Kremlin stances - either due to these to ties with Russia and/or corruption (the latter most relevant in Serbia's case) (links in thread)👇

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Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Trump's foreign aid freeze is causing great concern for Ukrainian organisations across sectors, from veteran support, to local media & humanitarian aid. Unclear how things will develop. Ukrainian civil society is a vital part of the country's resistance kyivindependent.com/trump-suspen...

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Trump suspends aid to Ukraine, vital NGOs 'don't know if they'll survive'

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze foreign development assistance for 90 days has thrown Ukrainian organizations into turmoil, in some cases threatening their very existence and leaving ...

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Volha Charnysh @vcharnysh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Great opportunity for students working on East Central Europe!

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