A new article by the PhD student Nadia Iankelevich, postdoc Martyna Elerian, and lab head Miri Yemini has been published in Globalisation, Societies and Education: “Expressive Citizenship in Authoritarian Contexts: Understanding Russian Youth Online Activism.”

Drawing on 20 interviews with young anti-government Russian digital activists, the study explores how they perceive digital engagement under restrictive political conditions — their motivations, practices, and strategic adaptations. The authors show that following the intensification of online repression in Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, collective mobilization is often not a viable option, and online participation instead becomes a means of expressing dissent, preserving civic identity, maintaining social connections, and coping with political isolation.