Anna KULESHOVA
Independent researcher, Ph.D. in Sociology, M.D. in Journalism
Independent researcher, Ph.D. in Sociology, M.D. in Journalism
Anna Kuleshova is a sociologist and journalist, and co-author of the books “Open Question: Public Opinion in Contemporary Russian History” and “Parenting 2.0”. She served as Chair of the Council on Publication Ethics (2016–2022) and was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Commission on Counteracting the Falsification of Scientific Research (2018–2022). She has conducted a series of studies on the wave of emigration from Russia in 2022, Russian-language media in exile, and anti-war Russians remaining in the country. In 2024, she founded in Luxembourg a non-profit organization bringing together anti-war Russian-speaking people from post-Soviet countries.
Latest news
My projects:
- Ideas for Russia is a research initiative co-founded by the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom in partnership with the Faculty of Social Sciences (Charles University) and Prague-based Institute for International Relations.
- As part of the sociological project Skrytye mneniia (“Hidden Opinions”), which I started on my own initiative in 2022 and continued in 2023, I talked with Russians of different ages, professions, identities and lifestyles, both those who stayed in Russia and those who left.
- The Social Foresight Group is an independent research group that includes social scientists and researchers with extensive experience in sociological research and international projects such as the World Values Survey, European Values Study, and Values in Crisis. A deep interest unites the group members in the multifaceted study of the social processes taking place in modern Russia and around it.
- The Association of Social researchers across borders was initiated by Russian researchers who left the country after February 24, 2022. It was created with the aim of cooperation, support for transnational academic activities, and solidarity.
- The Council on the Ethics of Scientific PublicationsThe Council on the Ethics of Scientific Publications was created in response to the formalized regulation of Russian science, which ignores the institution of reputation (science is assessed not by the quality of the work performed, but by nominal indicators, which are not difficult to simulate); the dominance of the most aggressive players from the academic environment, aimed at demonstrating external signs of research results; the emergence of various kinds of conspiracies (scientometrics turned out to be a convenient means of authoritarian-bureaucratic stimulation of imitation of research activity).
My Videos
My books
-
Avdeeva A., Isupova O., Kuleshova A., Shpakovskaya L., Chernova Zh. (2021) Parenthood 2.0: Why Do Modern Parents Need to Understand Everything? Moscow, Alpina Publisher Publ., 2021
- Bratersky A., Kuleshova A. (2021) Open (in)survey: Public Opinion in the Modern History of Russia. Moscow, EKSMO Publ.
My articles
- Пока мир хрупок, взрослые возвращаются в детство — охотятся за зубастыми монстрами, LEGO и другими игрушками, а в России ещё и танцуют под «Смешариков»
- Социолог Анна Кулешова — о внезапной неоднородности взглядов среди уехавших последней волны
- One of them is sociologist Anna Kuleshova. Now 44, she works as an independent researcher for foundations and media outlets. Over the past three years, she says, she has spoken almost daily with opponents of the Putin regime and the war in Russia: "These people are forced to hide their existence. They cannot reveal their identity publicly because the mechanisms of oppression are very strong."
- Sociologists on the dangers facing survey participants in Russia and how respondents can protect themselves.
- War against the backdrop of love. Sociology of adaptation.
The Moscow Times. Anna Kuleshova & Polina AronsonWhat do people call love after two and a half years of full-scale war? What actions are they prepared to do for it? By studying the attitudes, values and interests that Russians associate with love, we can discern fundamental ideas about the common good, justice and, finally, peace. - Sociologist Anna Kuleshova writes about how, as the war drags on, Russians who initially were against it but stayed in Russia are gradually changing their views.
- Многие из россиян, покинувших родину в 2022 году, по разным причинам вернулись обратно в РФ. Многие из них стараются влиться в антивоенное комьюнити, но часть начинает поддерживать Путина. DW собрала несколько историй.
- За время, прошедшее с начала войны, число политических репрессий в России заметно выросло. В первую очередь это касается антивоенных выступлений — но не только. Где государство склонно сегодня видеть проявления экстремизма и как с ними борется? Насколько политически или идейно мотивированы действия, которые власть считает противозаконными? Данными по этому поводу с T-invariant поделились руководитель Исследовательского центра «Сова» Александр Верховский и эксперт центра Наталия Юдина.
- Kuleshova A. (2024) «Выбираем, что лучше — сидеть тише воды, ниже травы или прыгать выше головы». Как 2023 изменил мысли, настроения и надежды несогласных россиян// Republic. URL: https://republic.ru/posts/111064
- Kuleshova A., Volkova M. (2023) What
Life Is Like For Russian Emigrants // Russia.Post. URL: https://russiapost.info/society/russian_emigrants - Kuleshova A. (2023) "Now everyone understands what to discuss and what not to discuss over the phone." How the Everyday Life of Dissenting Russians Has Changed After February 24 // Republic
- Why are Russians who oppose the war not taking to the streetsKuleshova A. (2023) Why are Russians who oppose the war not taking to the streets// OpenDemocracy
- Russian migration to Armenia and Georgia in 2022: Enclave Economy and Local EmploymentKuleshova A, Baranova V. et al. (2023) Russian migration to Armenia and Georgia in 2022: Enclave Economy and Local Employment // The Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation.
- Portrait of Russian Emigration-2022 on the Example of Those Who Found Themselves in Armenia and GeorgiaKuleshova A. (2022) "We already knew before lunch that we were leaving". Portrait of Russian Emigration-2022 on the Example of Those Who Found Themselves in Armenia and Georgia // Republic
- In Russia, there is a battle going on – for the future of scienceKuleshova A. (used pseudonym) (2021) In Russia, there is a battle going on – for the future of science// OpenDemocracy
- Walking the razor’s edge: how to avoid self-plagiarism when you recycle your texts.Kuleshova A.V., Chekhovich Yu.V., Belenkaya O.S. (2019) Walking the razor’s edge: how to avoid self-plagiarism when you recycle your texts. Science Editor and Publisher. 4(1-2):45-51. (In Russ.)
- Kuleshova A. V. Flywheel of Publication Inflation Troitsky Variant. No. 273. 26.02.2019.
- Kuleshova A., Podvoyskiy D. (2018) Paradoxes of Publication Activity in the Field of Contemporary Russian Science: Genesis, Diagnosis, Trends. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes. No. 4. P. 169—210. https://doi.org/10.14515/monitoring.2018.4.10.
- The Council’s on the Scientific Publications Ethics AddressKuleshova A. (2017) The Council’s on the Scientific Publications Ethics Address. Sociological Studies. No. 5. P. 159—164.
- Kirillova O., Kuleshova, A. et al. (2017) Methodological recommendations for the preparation and design of scientific articles in journals indexed in international scientometric databases. Publisher: Association of Science Editors and Publishers.
- Kuleshova A. (2017) Work of the Council on Publication Ethics: First Results In the collection: Scientific Publication of the International Level – 2017: World Practice of Preparation and Promotion of Publications Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific and Practical Conference. P. 66-69.
My Interviews
I live in Luxembourg and cooperate with people and companies all over the world.
