Belarusian State University Affiliates

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Dr Elena Babkina is Associate Professor at the Department of International Private and European Law. Her interests include Private International Law (Conflict of Laws), International Contract Law, International Family Law, International Civil Procedure, International Arbitration, Foreign Investments, and European Law.

Contact: babkina@bsu.by

Prof Aleksandr Baichorov is Professor at the Faculty of International Relations at BSU. His wide expertise covers international relations, Belarus’ foreign policy, international security, and China’s foreign policy.

Contact: baichor@bsu.by

Pavel Boltochko is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Customs Affairs. His research focuses on international law, the Eurasian Economic Union, and international trade.

Contact: Boltaachko@bsu.by

Denis Bukonkin is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law. He works on areas of international relations, Belarus’ foreign policy, the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as the Belt and Road Initiative.

Contact: info@forsecurity.org

Alisa Dekhtiarenko is based in the Faculty of International Relations. Her research looks at dynamics of cooperation development between the Republic of Belarus and the Council of Europe.

Contact: alicedekhtiarenko@gmail.com

Dr Ekaterina Deykalo is Lecturer at the Department of International Law. Her areas of expertise include international law, law of international responsibility, theory and philosophy of international law

Contact: deikalo@bsu.by

Prof Aliaksandr Kakhanouski is Dean of the Faculty of History. His research interests are mainly focused around social and ethno-cultural history of Belarus and wider region of Central and Eastern Europe of XIX – XX centuries. Prof Kakhanouski furthermore examines problems linked to migration and its implications on social and political processes, as well as higher education development especially in the area of social sciences and humanities.

Contact: kohanovsky@bsu.by

Dr Aliaksandra Kondral is Associate Professor at the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the Belarusian State University. Her research interests include Islamic Studies as well as Modern and Contemporary history of Asia and Africa and Political situation in the Middle East. 

Contact: akondral87@gmail.com

Dr Alla Leukavets is an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies in Minsk, Belarus. After studying law at the Belarusian State Economics University, Alla pursued and MA programme in Human Rights at the University of Manchester. She received her second MA degree in EU international relations from the College of Europe and did a PhD in political science at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. In addition, Alla Leukavets completed several traineeships, inter alia, at the European Parliament in Brussels and the UK Parliament in London. Her research interests included foreign policy of small states, Eurasion integration and EU democracy promotion in Eastern Partnership countries. Alla has published in, among other outlets, Ibidem Verlag, Caucasus Survey, Belarus Digest and Russion Analytical Digest.

Contact: a.leukavets@gmail.com;  Website: http://csfps.by/en/experts/Alla-Leukavets

Dr Olga Malashenkova is Vice-Dean for Research of the Faculty of International Relations. She is specialised in issues of economic and industrial development and state policies.

Contact: malashenkova@bsu.by

Dr Elena Pilgun is Lecturer at the Faculty of International Relations. In her research she examines the phenomenon of the crisis discourse, looking at aspects of communicative technologies, and the general and specific ways of ideologization of the crisis discourse, using examples from English, French and Russian mass media.

Contact: pilgun@bsu.by

Dr Andrei Rusakovich is Associate Professor at the Department for International Relations. His expertise includes Belarus’ participation in integration projects in the post-Soviet space, in terms of economic, political and security spheres; relations between Belarus and Russia in the context of the Union State; the Eurasian Economic Union; European and Eurasian integration; and relations between Belarus and the European Union, notably Germany and Poland.

Contact: russav@bsu.by

Dr Alesya Sadovskaya is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations. Her areas of specialisation are European integration, EU foreign policy, and relations between Belarus and the EU.

Dr Andrei Selivanov is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations. His research assesses the United Nations, migration policies, refugee protection and asylum.

Contact: selivanych@bsu.by

Dr Aleksandr Tikhomirov is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations. He specialises in international relations, history of Belarus’ foreign policy, relations with EU and USA, Russian foreign policy, and Ukraine.

Contact: Tsikhamirau@bsu.by

Dr Roza Turarbekava is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Eurasian and European Studies. Her areas of expertise include the Eurasian Economic Union; political transition in Central Asia and regional policy; and the Islamic factor in politics in Central Asia and the Middle East.

Contact: turarbekova@bsu.by

Dr Natalia Yurova is Associate Professor at the Department of International Economic Relations, working on issues of international economy.

Contact: yurova@bsu.by

Dr Stsiapan Zakharkevich is based in the Faculty of History. His research involves the the study of cultural adaptation of ethnic minorities, combining traditional methods of historical science with field methods of ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Contact: Zakharkevich@bsu.by

Last updated 10th March 2021