Biography
Lecturer in Sociology
I am a sociologist and gender scholar specialising in feminist thought, decolonial theory, and critical organisation studies. My current research agenda is situated within two fields: sociological research on global masculinities and interdisciplinary scholarship exploring the durability of empire and imperial violence in contemporary world. The central question driving my work is how local and global imperial imaginaries and discourses produce present-day politics, identities, aspirations, inequalities and injustices. With a long-standing research focus on post-Soviet Russia, I use the case of contemporary Russian masculinities and Russia’s ongoing colonialism to explore the life of imperial imaginaries and discourses in today’s world.
Before joining Â鶹ÉçÇø in 2022, I was a postdoctoral scholar on two collaborative research projects: first exploring the gendered implications of workplace competition under neoliberalism in the UK (Newcastle University, 2018-2021), and second, investigating practical and theoretical approaches to organisational culture change and advancing gender equality in Higher Education institutions across five European and Middle Eastern countries (Lancaster University, 2021-2022). I also held a funded visiting position at the University of Helsinki (2019) and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stony Brook University (2011-2012). I earned my PhD from the University of Manchester in 2017.
My work has been published in leading journals including Sociology, Gender, Work and Organisation, Slavic Review, Organisation Studies, Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, and Management Learning. I also co-edited two interdisciplinary volumes: Gender and Choice After Socialism (2018, Palgrave Macmillan) and Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Â鶹ÉçÇø (2014, Oxford University Press).
I am keen to collaborate on and supervise projects within the areas of my expertise.