Presentations & Outreach


2023

  • January 2023: Interview, WEB.DE, "Hat Putin eine langfristige wirtschaftliche Strategie?"

  • January 2023: SPSA Annual Convention, St. Pete Beach, Florida (Program)


2022

  • December 2022: Interview, Deutschlandfunk, "Die Rolle der Oligarchen in Russland"

  • December 2022: Interview, ZDF, on the effect of the sanctions on Russia's economy

  • December 2022: Arbeitskreis Russland, SWP, Berlin

  • December 2022: Podcast Zaren.Daten.Fakten, "Zwischenbilanz: 10 Monate Sanktionen"

  • November 2022: Seminar on Analytical Sociology, LMU Munich, San Servolo, Venice

  • November 2022: Interview on buten un binnen about the effect of the war in Ukraine on scientific collaboration with Russia (text and video)

  • October 2022: DGO-Congress of Central and East European Studies, FU Berlin (co-organizer, chair of the opening panel)

  • September 2022: Workshop "Topics in the Political Economy of Development", Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Columbia Global Center Istanbul)

  • September 2022: Podcast on the Consequences of Russia's War in Ukraine on Trade Relations in Europe, Bremen Chamber of Commerce

  • September 2022: Workshop "The Future of Social Research in and on Russia and Ukraine" (co-organizer, with Jan Matti Dollbaum), Delmenhorst, Germany

  • September 2022: Workshop "Russian Regional Politics: The Kremlin, Regional Actors and Regime Longevity prior to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine", University of Uppsala

  • August 2022: Lecture at the European Summer Academy of the German Studienstiftung, about Artificial Intelligence in Authoritarian Regimes (Vilnius)

  • July 2022: Interview with the Chinese TV Channel Phoenix Television

  • July 2022: Podcast of the German Chamber of Commerce in Moscow, about the effect of the sanctions on the Russian economy

  • July 2022: Public Lecture at the "House of Science" in Bremen, about Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Authoritarian Regimes

  • June 2022: Lagerfeuergespräch ("camp fire talk") about the war in Ukraine, Universum, Bremen

  • June 2022: Presentation about the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine, Industrieclub Bremen

  • June 2022: Presentation about the implications of the sanctions against Russia for German SMEs, Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA), Frankfurt am Main

  • May 2022: Interview in “The Sun” about Putin’s inner circle, together with Daniel Treisman

  • May 2022: Interview in “Frankfurter Neue Presse“ about the war in Ukraine

  • May 2022: Discussion on the Algerian TV Channel Al24news about the war in Ukraine

  • April 2022: Presentation about the war in Ukraine and the economic consequences for Russia, Ukraine and Germany, Bremen Chamber of Commerce

  • April 2022: Online Presentation about the war in Ukraine and its economic consequences at the Volkshochschule Delmenhorst

  • April 2022: Interview on RadioEins RBB about the effect of the sanctions on Russia’s economy

  • April 2022: Interview on SWR 2 about the role of the oligarchs in Putin’s Russia

  • April 2022: Expert Interview on the TV Show “Galileo” (Pro 7), about Putin’s inner circle and the influence of the siloviki and the oligarchs on politics in Russia

  • April 2022: Podcast with Norbert Häring (“Die Zukunftsmacher“) about Russian politics

  • April 2022: MPSA, Chicago

  • April 2022: Invited Seminar, Faculty of Political Science, University of Wisconsin / Madison

  • March 2022: Special edition of the Podcast “In der Wirtschaft” about the war in Ukraine

  • March 2022: Interview in buten un binnen, about the effect of the sanctions on Russia’s economy

  • March 2022: 2 interviews on RBB Kultur and RadioEins RBB about Russia’s war in Ukraine

  • March 2022: Interview on Swedish national radio for a special issue of the program "Konflikt"

  • March 2022: Television interview about the role of the oligarchs in Russian politics (Spiegel TV)

  • March 2022: Interview in the Weser-Kurier about the effect of the Ukraine war on Russia’s economy

  • March 2022: Roundtable Discussion, "What is Happening in Ukraine? Facts and Critical Reflections", Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan (online)

  • March 2022: Interview in Deutsche Welle about the risk of the nationalization of foreign firms in Russia

  • January 2022: SPSA, San Antonio (online, mini-conference on "The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes")


2021

  • December 2021: FU Berlin, Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science (invited lecture)

  • November 2021: ASEEES, New Orleans

  • November 2021: LMU Munich / German Academy of Sociology, Annual Seminar ‘Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications’, San Servolo, Venice

  • November 2021: ICSID / Harriman Workshop (Higher School of Economics / Columbia University), "Emerging Topics in Russian and Eurasian Studies" (online)

  • September 2021: Podcast "Der Nachhaker" (about the Russian Duma elections)

  • June 2021: 10th ICSID Conference (online)

  • June 2021: Podcast "In der Wirtschaft" (about Russia's economic transformation)

  • May 2021: Book presentation, Södertörn University (online)

  • May 2021: Podcast "Roundtable Osteuropa" (about Russia and Belarus)

  • April 2021: Panel discussion, German Historical Institute, Moscow (online, about the 1990s in Russia)

  • April 2021: Podcast "EuropaPunktBremen" (on 35 years Chernobyl)

  • March 2021: Keynote Lecture, "International Conference on Federalism, State and Society", Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan (online)

  • March 2021: Guest Lecture, Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich (online)

  • January 2021: TriECON Workshop Medienökonomie, University of Trier (online)

  • January 2021: Diginomics Conference, University of Bremen (online)

  • January 2021: Interview "Bilanz am Abend", Saarländischer Rundfunk (about Biden's new China policy)


2020

  • November 2020: LMU Munich / German Academy of Sociology: Annual Seminar ‘Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications’ (online)

  • November 2020: ASEEES (online)

  • November 2020: Podcast "Day of Silence" (about the role of collective memories in Russian politics, in Russian)

  • September 2020: Virtual Workshop on Authoritarian Regimes (VWAR)

  • June 2020: Mod-Block-DDR Kolloquium (online)

  • June 2020: Invited Seminar, Bank of Finland (BOFIT), online

  • February 2020: Invited Seminar, University of Groningen

  • January 2020: IERP Seminar, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen


2019

  • December 2019: Inaugural Lecture, University of Bremen

  • November 2019: ASEEES, San Francisco

  • November 2019: Bremen-Shanghai Workshop, University of Bremen

  • November 2019: Invited Seminar, University of Urbino, Italy

  • November 2019: Third Ghent Russia Colloquium, University of Ghent, Belgium

  • October 2019: ICSID / University of Bremen Workshop "Quality of Governance and the Legacy of Socialism", Bremen (co-organizer, together with Jutta Günther)

  • October 2019: Book Presentation, Department of Social Sciences, HSE St. Petersburg

  • October 2019: Book Presentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Branch - Economic Research Institute (Khabarovsk)

  • September 2019: Interview, WDR 5 Morgenecho (about the Moscow City Duma elections)

  • August 2019: Podcast, Morning Briefing by Gabor Steingart (about economic development in Russia and China)

  • June 2019: SIOE 2019, Stockholm School of Economics

  • June 2019: 8th ICSID Conference, HSE Moscow

  • February 2019: Workshop "Eastern European Politics and Society ", LMU Munich

  • February 2019: Invited Seminar, Department of Political Science, Central European University, Budapest


2018

  • December 2018: ASEEES, Boston

  • November 2018: LMU-ChAN 4th Scientific Forum, Peking University, Workshop "The Political Economy of Institutional Change in China" (workshop convener)

  • November 2018: Research Colloquium, Research Center for East European Studies, University of Bremen

  • November 2018: UAEU-HSE-NYUAD Workshop, Abu Dhabi

  • October 2018: UAEU-HSE Workshop "Political Economy of Development: Challenges and Perspectives", Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (keynote speaker)

  • July 2018: University of Freiburg, Faculty of Economics (invited seminar)

  • July 2018: Workshop "Dynamics of Russian Authoritarianism", LMU Munich

  • June 2018: Panel "China's Role and Interest in East and Southeast Europe", Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies, LMU Munich

  • June 2018: 7th ICSID Conference, HSE Moscow

  • April 2018: University of Passau, Faculty of Economics (invited seminar)

  • March 2018: Workshop “Russia’s 2018 Presidential Elections through the Regional Lens”, King’s College London

  • February 2018: Forschungskolloquium "Osteuropa", IfS & GSI, LMU München

  • January 2018: IOS Regensburg (invited seminar)


2017

  • December 2017: Oberseminar, Institut für Soziologie, LMU München

  • November 2017: Workshop „Growth and Redistribution in Limited Access Orders”, LMU München (co-convener)

  • November 2017: Workshop „Analytische Soziologie: Theorie und Empirische Anwendungen“, San Servolo, Venice

  • November 2017: ASEEES, Chicago

  • October 2017: Summer School "Erinnerungskultur und lokale Politik in Russlands Norden" (co-organizer, together with Franziska Davis)

  • June 2017: 2nd World Congress of Comparative Economics, HSE St. Petersburg

  • June 2017: 6th ICSID Conference, HSE Moscow

  • May 2017: Workshop "Institutional Change in Political Economies", Graduate School of East and Southeast European Studies, LMU Munich

  • April 2017: Workshop, Department of Politics, University of Oxford, UK

  • April 2017: BASEES Conference, Cambridge, UK

  • February 2017: HSE-NES Seminar in Political Economy, Moscow

  • February 2017: International Student Conference, HSE St. Petersburg (keynote speaker)

  • January 2017: Seminar, Center for Strategic Development (Центр Стратегических Разработок), Moscow


2016

  • November 2016: Seminar, School of Sociology, HSE Moscow

  • November 2016: ASEEES, Washington, DC

  • October 2016: ICSID workshop, Columbia University, New York

  • July 2016: RSSIA 2016, Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (faculty)

  • June 2016: 5th ICSID Conference "Political Economy of Inequality", HSE Moscow

  • June 2016: SIOE 2016, Sciences Po, Paris (Ronald Coase Institute Alumni Panel)

  • June 2016: Invited Talk, Rotary Club International, Moscow

  • June 2016: "Russia's Changing Political Order", workshop, New York

  • May 2016: Invited Talk, Rotary Club Moscow Metropol, Moscow

  • May 2016: Invited Seminar, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

  • May 2016: Invited Talk, Taicang Roundtable, Jiangsu Province, China

  • May 2016: Research Seminar, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, ECNU, Shanghai

  • February 2016: Invited Seminar, IMT - Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy


2015

  • November 2015: ASEEES Convention, Philadelphia

  • September 2015: Workshop on Comparative Studies of Regional Governance in China and Russia, HKUST, Hong Kong

  • August 2015: IAPP Summer School on Multiple Moralities and the Shadow Economy (Zagreb, Croatia)

  • August 2015: IX ICCEES World Congress (Makuhari, Tokyo, Japan)

  • June 2015: ICSID Conference "Institutions, Elites and Collective Action in the Developing World", Higher School of Economics, Moscow

  • June 2015: World Congress of Comparative Economics (University Roma Tre, Rome)

  • June 2015: ISNIE 2015, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

  • March 2015: "Performance Incentives and Economic Growth: Regional Officials in Russia and China, joint HSE-NES Seminar, Moscow

  • March 2015: "The Logic of Power in Russia's Changing Political Order", workshop, UCLA, Los Angeles


2014

  • December 2014: Graduate Conference in Political Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

  • October 2014: Aleksanteri Conference, Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki

  • September 2014: ICSID Workshop, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York

  • Mai 2014: ICSID Conference "Regional Heterogeneity and Incentives for Governance", Pushkin, St. Petersburg

  • Mai 2014: European School on New Institutional Economics (ESNIE), Cargèse, France

  • Mai 2014: Workshop "Political Economy of Second-Best Institutions in the Emerging Markets", King's Russia Institute, King's College, London

  • April 2014: 15th International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

  • March 2014: Invited Seminar, IMT - Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy


2013

  • December 2013: ICSID Research Seminar, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

  • November 2013: Workshop “Comparing Theory and Practice of Development in the Post-Socialist World”, Tallinn University, Estonia

  • November 2013: Invited Seminar, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

  • October 2013: 3rd International Conference “Institutional Transformation of the Economy”, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia

  • August 2013: 1st CIdE / Bank of Italy workshop in Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Perugia, Italy

  • May 2013: 1st Workshop on Institutional Economics, Xiamen University, China

  • April 2013: Research Seminar, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

  • April 2013: Invited Seminar, State University - Higher School of Economics, Perm, Russia

  • April 2013: 14th International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

  • February 2013: 2nd Russian Economic Congress, Suzdal, Russia


2012

  • September 2012: Russian-Sino Joint Conference, Yekaterinburg, Russia

  • June 2012: 20. Tagung Junger Osteuropa-Experten, Tutzing, Germany

  • May 2012: Coase Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Beijing


2011

  • August 2011: Changing Europe Summer School, HSE Moscow

  • July 2011: Soviet Legacies Summer School in Ostroh, Ukraine

  • April 2011: 8th International Conference on the Development of Russian Regions, Yekaterinburg, Russia

  • April 2011: EACES-HSE PhD seminar, 12th HSE International Academic Conference, Moscow

2010

  • August 2010: 10th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Shanghai

  • August 2010: VIII ICCEES World Congress, Stockholm

  • May 2010: EBES 2010 Conference, Istanbul

  • March 2010: BASEES Conference, Cambridge, UK