State, Society and Mobilization under Putin
The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and The University of Oslo (UiO) arranged a a seminar on the political climate towards social mobilization in Russia.
Since the 2011-12 electoral protest cycle, Russia has experienced far-reaching changes in civil society organization and social movement activity. What conditions enable or disable social protest movements and civil society organization in Russia? How does the state try to govern society? How do Russians perceive the deliveries and non-deliveries of Putin's third period?
Symbols, Social Media and the State
Speakers
Pål Kolstø, UiO Carolina Vendil Pallin, FOI Jardar Østbø, UiO
Chair: Geir Flikke, UiO
Civil Society: A Narrowing of Political Space?
Speakers
Anna Tarasenko, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Geir Flikke, UiO Elena Belokurova, St. Petersburg State University
Chair: Martin Kragh, UI
Deliveries and non-Deliveries in Putin’s Third Period
Speakers
Pat Willerton, University of Arizona Steven Fish, University of California, Berkeley Bo Petersson, Malmö University
Chair: Carolina Vendil Pallin, FOI