Analyst job at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) in the The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)

@sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social @nordicukraine.bsky.social
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Dear #AcademicSky fellows, do I have here anyone who applied for/received Marie Skłodowska-Curie #postdoc fellowship?

Dear colleagues in #academia (#PhD at various stages in particular), before the summer hits, let's remember what is important.

Meanwhile in #CentralAsia

Students and fellows, look! Something is coming up in #Prague with @ims.fsv.cuni.cz! (Feel free to reach out to me for more info) #fieldwork #decoloniality #methods #workshop

Might you or someone you know be interested in joining our team of volunteers, helping us with organizing the 🔥 RUTA conference in the Carpathian Mountains (June 26-29), check out our call. Proficiency in Ukrainian is key. Travel and accommodation covered ruta-association.org/news/call-fo...

It seems I passed my state exam. It is “just” the dissertation now! #PhDlife @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz

I think @acleddata.bsky.social is doing a really good job.
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Many thanks to @boursebazaar.bsky.social ( @yarbatman.bsky.social and Henna Moussavi) for publishing!

This is really good.
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GDP is a nice number, nevertheless - do we have any data on how many families (even in which regions) are critically dependent on a foreign income? #Tajikistan #Uzbekistan #Kyrgyzstan #remittances

To je poklad!

In just over a year, at least 523 people from post-Soviet countries passed through the Yablochkova recruitment center alone. Most are from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan (...) 82% lived in Russia for more than a month
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1/3. Excited to announce the publication of "The Joy of the Teaching Track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies" by Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann & Madeleine Le Bourdon!
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Being ostentatiously neutral (=non-threatening) country neighboring Afghanistan/Iran has been among the most functional components of the Turkmen elite forpol so far. Deep below the everyday debate, attention to human rights issues regionally decreasing. Let's see what econ/climate agenda can do..

"Travelling to #CentralAsia" ≠ "Travelling to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan only"
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Just imagine those #EU diplomats who just finished a full-scale multilevel diplomatic and economic charming campaign of #CentralAsia coming to their offices, opening news and watching the ongoing Trump's mess around the tariffs...

Hi, academia! I need to know a bit about #Turkic peoples in the present-day Russia. History/politics/anthropology/culture - books/podcasts/movies, anything you can recommend?

In #CentralAsia, the #EU/states are way beyond the “value-based” policy. Now, here is a strategic partnership - in areas where Europe is already behind schedule. Also, good chance to observe the KZ/UZ vs KG/TJK/TRKM: what connects them, what divides; what is actually “regional”.

Actually. Anyone here would like to join forces in writing a paper gathering and evaluating the available evidence of competition...? Especially #economy people?

So many written pieces about how #Russia / the West/ #China strategically "compete" or "clash" in #CentralAsia and yet so little evidence of the actual competition and clashes...

Mediazona is sadly on the brink of survival and needs to reach 5,000 subscribers to have a chance of staying afloat

The state of independent media worldwide is a calamity

What a great kickoff between @unikarlova.cuni.cz and #Termez university, #Uzbekistan. So far archaeology was the main discipline; hopefully more opportunities will emerge also for our contemporary @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz! Also, best plov in Prague.

Happiness at @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz/IMS: Kateřina Fuksová and I received the 4EU+ #PhD grant titled "Decolonial Approaches and Fieldwork: Theory and Practice." Hopefully, we’ll be able to invite dear colleagues to #Prague for some good debates!