Young Scholars Council

The Young Scholars’ Council of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as YSC) is entrusted with coordinating youth researchers and specialists under the age of 35 (postdoctoral Doctors of Sciences under 45), who are employees, postgraduates and Ph.D. candidates at the Institute for African Studies.

Our mission is to provide comprehensive support to youth researchers in their career development, R&D, and innovative projects, as well as to solve the professional and social problems confronting youth researchers.

e-mail address: smuinaf@gmail.com
Telegram channel: https://t.me/s/inafr_smu


Coordinator of the Council

    SIDOROV Vasily, Ph.D., senior research fellow at the Centre for Southern Africa Studies
      ● Economy and Foreign Economic Relations of South Africa and the countries of Southern Africa, Botswana
      e-mail: vasilsid@yandex.ru


Chairman

    BARINOV Andrey, Ph.D., research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Transport Infrastructure in the Countries of the African Continent
      ● Development of International Transport corridors in Africa
      ● Russia in the International Trade System
      ● Economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the countries of the African continent
      e-mail: a.barinov@inafr.ru


Chairman

    SUGAKOV Gleb, junior research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Foreign Direct Investment in Africa
      ● Ocean Economy
      ● Human Geography of African countries
      e-mail: g.sugakov@inafr.ru



Members of the Council:

    AGAFOSHIN Maksim, Ph.D., senior research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Economic and political aspects of African migration
      ● Transformation of the political map of Africa
      ● Human geography
      e-mail: agafoshinmm@gmail.com

    ANDREEVA Tamara, junior research fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Russian-African Relations and African States' Foreign Policy
      ● France-Africa political and economic relations
      ● Russian cultural diplomacy
      ● Postcolonial studies
      e-mail: t.andreeva@inafr.ru

    ARUTYUNYAN Arseniy, junior research fellow at the Centre of North African and African Horn Studies
      ● Security problems in North Africa and the Horn of Africa and
      ● Economies of the Horn of Africa
      ● Foreign policy in North Africa and the Horn of Africa
      e-mail: arsenarutunan@gmail.com

    BANSHCHIKOVA Anastasia, Ph.D., research fellow at the Centre of History and Cultural Anthropology
      ● History and culture of ancient Egypt
      ● Gender relations, literature and folklore of ancient Egypt
      ● Russia's image in Africa
      e-mail: Senet_m_ta@mail.ru

    BEREZHNOV Andrei, junior research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● International Relations, India-Africa Relations
      ● Great powers on the African continent
      e-mail: a.i.berezhnov@inafr.ru

    VASKIN Ilya, junior research fellow at the Centre of Information and International Relations

    GROMYKO Andrey, junior researcher at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Cooperation between Russia and African countries in countering modern challenges and threats
      e-mail: 898761@gmail.com

    DMITRIEV Ruslan, Dr.Sc. (Geography), leading research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Central place theory
      ● Spatial expansion of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa
      ● Human geography of Africa
      e-mail: dmitrievrv@yandex.ru

    ZAKHAROV Ivan, Ph.D. (Geography), senior research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Spatial development of religions
      ● Intra-religious competition
      ● Religious conflicts
      ● The role of Christian churches in the socio-economic and political development of African countries
      e-mail: vanszax@yandex.ru

    ZELENOVA Daria, Ph.D., junior research fellow at the Centre for Southern Africa Studies
      ● Political and social history of South Africa
      ● Anthropology of the city and urban communities
      ● Informal settlements in the countries of the Global South
      e-mail: d.zelenova@gmail.com

    IVANCHENKO Oxana, junior research fellow at the Centre of History and Cultural Anthropology
      ● Anthropology of the city
      ● Ethno-cultural processes in Tanzania
      e-mail: Ayleen@yandex.ru

    KULAKOVA Polina, junior research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies

    KULKOVA Olga, Ph.D., research fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Russian-African Relations and African States' Foreign Policy
      ● Modern British policy towards Africa (since 1997)
      ● The interaction of Africa and the UK
      ● Issues of International Relations
      ● Gender
      e-mail: kulkova-olga@yandex.ru

    LAPUSHKINA Alina, junior research fellow at the Centre of Information and International Relations
      ● Anthropology of Childhood
      ● Rites of Passage
      ● History of Education
      ● Culture and History of Sub-Saharan Africa
      ● Avatime people
      ● Socio-cultural transformations
      e-mail: Lapushkina.alina@gmail.com

    MITINA Varvara, junior research fellow at the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
      ● Construction sector in North Africa
      ● Ecological development of North Africa
      e-mail: mitinaVK@inafr.ru

    SEMENOVA Anna, junior research fellow at the Centre for North African and African Horn Studies
      ● Issues of socio-economic development of Egypt
      ● Israel and North African countries
      ● Gender aspect of North African radicalism
      e-mail: nightingale2199@mail.ru

    TURYANITSA Darya, junior research fellow at the Centre for Sociological and Political Sciences Studies
      ● Socio-political and ethno-confessional problems of South Africa
      ● Socio-political problems of the countries of southern Africa
      ● International relations of the Soviet Union with the countries of southern Africa
      ● Online communities and South African media
      e-mail: darya.turyanitsa@gmail.com

    KHOKHOLKOVA Nadezhda Ph.D., senior research fellow at the Centre for History and Cultural Anthropology
      ● Intellectual history of Africa and African Diasporas
      ● History of Afrocentric movement
      ● Cultural identity and historical memory
      ● Decolonial and postcolonial studies
      e-mail: khokholkova@gmail.com