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Residency Dates: January 28, 2026, to April 30, 2026

Biography

Oleksandra Tarkhanova

Oleksandra Tarkhanova is a research associate at University of St. Gallen, where she leads a team of researchers analyzing how sovereignty crises reshape citizenship relations and practices. Her research interests revolve around citizenship relations, forced displacement, welfare and gender politics, with a particular focus on the war and occupation in Ukraine.

At the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Tarkhanova will explore how individuals construct citizenship constellations through attachments, entitlements, and documentation, negotiating relationships with both the Ukrainian state and the Russian occupation regime.

Tarkhanova holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Bielefeld University, an M.A. in gender studies, and a B.A. in sociology.

This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

  • Research Associate, University of St. Gallen
  • Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Project

Citizenship Constellations During Crisis of Sovereignty: Lived Experiences of Occupation in Ukraine.

Discipline

  • Sociology

Areas of Expertise

  • Citizenship relations
  • Citizenship studies
  • Migration studies

Publications

Tarkhanova, O. “Shades of Protracted Displacement: Reconciling Citizenship and the Status of Internally Displaced in Eastern Ukraine," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2023.2232556

Tarkhanova, O. No Longer a Citizen: Dispossession in Eastern Ukraine. In Dispossession. Anthropological Perspectives on Russia's War Against Ukraine, edited by Catherine Wanner, 8299. New York: Routledge, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003382607

Tarkhanova, O. Compulsory Motherhood, Paternalistic State. Ukrainian Gender Politics and the Subject of Woman. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-73355-1

 
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