@snitsova

Political scientist & @BritishAcademy_ Int’l Fellow @UoMPolitics | @UNC PhD | political economy, oligarchs, networks, Ukrainian & post-communist politics

 Manchester, UK
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Joined July 2009
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🚨New version of paper🚨 osf.io/preprints/osf/k27ez_v… How do oligarchs shape policy outcomes in developing democracies? I argue they do so through informal networks of legislators personally linked to them. Using unique quantitative & qualitative evidence from Ukraine, I show that:
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Chris Blattman
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My bet is that the return to collecting original data, making the illegible legible, and studying clandestine and informal interactions is going way, way up.
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We empirical economists lived through a roughly 20-year period where the amount of data grew faster than the amount of intelligence available to process the data. We made careers out of the rather trivial activity of taking publicly accessible data and just finding insights in it
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Olga Onuch (Онух)@oonuchOct 1
This our new study first ever national representative study of PTSD CPTSD in the Ukrainian population. manchester.ac.uk/about/news/…

New study suggests nearly one in three Ukrainian civilians has PTSD or CPTSD

Many people continue to face the threat of shelling, displacement, bereavement and uncertainty in their daily lives, highlighting the urgent need for sustained mental health support

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Isabelle DeSisto@isadesistoOct 1
Our article with @grigopop and @jacobtucker is now out in @bjpols! This has been a very long journey from the initial draft to publication, so we are very excited 😀 I'll summarize our findings in the next few of posts in the thread. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Very glad to have co-organized the University of Manchester’s Ukraine Conference and the inaugural national meeting of the British Association for the Study of Ukraine with @oonuch last week.
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rooted in a particular place, but speaking to much wider questions in comparative politics and beyond. Glad the community we are building is working toward exactly that. 💜
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Big thanks to our admin team at UoM Politics, BASU chairs, UoM’s Ukrainian Society, conference participants and attendees, and our sponsors—UoM Hallsworth Conference Fund and Razom—for making this happen!
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Highly recommend.
Valeria Umanets@valeriia_umAug 25
📢 Call for Papers: Politics & Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop @ #MPSA2027 Chicago | April 1–4, 2027 We welcome research on politics & political economy across Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Deadline: Sept. 15 More info: sites.google.com/view/ppeew/…

Politics and Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop

Chicago, US

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Fantastic few days at #PolNet2026 in Manchester last week! Served on the program committee, taught a workshop on designing empirical research on political networks, presented my work, engaged with brilliant scholars! Thanks to Philip Leifeld & the PolNet community! @OfficialUoM
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If you ever get the chance to see @rommari & @jezmyers give a talk, do so. Their “How NOT to Flee a War” tonight was brilliant. Thank you for sharing your story. 🇺🇦 🐝
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A great opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers that I can’t recommend strongly enough: The Ronald Coase Institute is holding its Workshop on Institutional Analysis on December 6-12, 2026 in Mexico City, at ITAM. Fellowships available. coase.org/whatsnew.htm
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Max Alyukov@MaxAlyukovMay 6
A new paper with @mzavadsk is out in @PoPpublicsphere! Since 2022, the Kremlin has turned pseudo fact checking into a key propaganda strategy. But how does it affect citizens? We run an experiment to answer this Q (10/): doi.org/10.1017/S15375927261…
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Olga Onuch (Онух)@oonuchApr 13
SAVE THE DATE The British Association For The Study of Ukraine will host the first ever BASU National Conference “Research & Policy on Resistance Resilience and Recovery in the Context of Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine and Europe” September 23-26, 2026 @ University of Manchester
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We've extended the submission deadline for the 19th Annual Political Networks Conference to 22 April, following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpo… Looking forward to reading your submissions!

2027 Vanderbilt

The 20th Annual Political Networks Conference will take place at Vanderbilt University. Details will follow. The 19th Annual Political Networks Conference 2026 was hosted by the University of...

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Silviya Nitsova@snitsovaMar 9
📢 Call for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 August 2026. Submissions are now open! For the first time in its history, the conference will take place in Europe. @PolNetworks @OfficialUoM
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Eleonora Alabrese
@EleAlaMar 31
The Women in Political Economy CfP is now live 🚨 Looking forward to Vienna in September — please share widely and send in your work!
WomenInPoliticalEcon@WomenInPolEconMar 31
🚨The 5th Women in Political Economics Workshop is coming! 📍WU Vienna 📅24–25 September '26 ⏰Deadline: 31 May '26 💸No fees Open to all career stages, from PhD students to tenured faculty. Submit your paper or extended abstract 👇 jotform.com/form/26077336413… Spread the word!
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Alexey Makarin@alexeymakarinMar 19
My colleagues and I at MIT Sloan are excited to be recruiting a predoctoral research assistant! If you know a talented student who is still exploring opportunities after this especially tough admissions cycle, please encourage them to apply and get in touch. Application link below.
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Jonathon P Sine
@JonathonPSineMar 16
An open source website on the Soviet elite with data visualizations. Every Central Committee (4,480) and Politburo member (130) from 1917–1991. All data made easily available for replication (compiled from books below and other sources) sovietleadershipdata.pages.d…
Jonathon P Sine
@JonathonPSineJan 11
Two books that contain copious data on the Central Committee and Politburo from 1917–1991. The Soviet Elite is particularly impressive: detailed life histories of all 2,000 CC members across the Soviet era + ~100 interviews with former CC members.
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Olena Halushka
@OlenaHalushkaMar 13
Pani Natalia, 70, evacuated her husband on a wheelchair from the killzone. They traveled 13km (!) until they got to the Ukrainian defenders on the outskirts of Kostiantynivka. Impossible to watch this w/o tears. Incredible humans. Video by Vadym Heiko.

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📌Finding 3: Loyalists also oppose such reforms more consistently than legislators incorporated into oligarchic networks through alternative influence strategies, such as post-election cooptation through media.
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Full preprint available here: osf.io/preprints/osf/k27ez_v…

Oligarchic Networks of Influence and Legislatures in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Ukraine

State capture by extremely wealthy elites is a widespread phenomenon in developing democracies, yet the mechanisms through which it works and the impact it has on political and policy outcomes remain...

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