Research Papers 

Javeline D., Orttung R., Robertson G., Arnold R., Barnes A., Henry L., Semenov A. and Wengle S. (2023). ”Russia in a changing climate”. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change.
Semenov A. and E.Popkova. (2023) ”Subnational Coercion during Aleksei Navalny’s Presidential Campaign in Russia” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Vol 56 (2): 105-135.
Kovin V. and Semenov A. (2022) ”Political Logic of the “Municipal Filter” in Russia: Evidence from Perm Krai 2020 Elections”, Russian Politics. Vol. 7: 512-534. doi: 10.30965/24518921-00604029
Bederson V. and Semenov A. (2021) ”Political foundations of state support for civil society: analysis of the distribution of presidential grants in Russia”, Post-Soviet Affairs. Vol. 37(6): 544-558. doi:
10.1057/s41304-021-00324-y
Semenov A. (2021) ”The rationale of organizational control: managing the political opposition in Putin’s Russia”, European Political Science. 20: 580-591 doi: 10.1057/s41304-021-00324-y
Dollbaum J. and A. Semenov (2021) ”Navalny’s Digital Dissidents: A New Dataset on a Russian Opposition Movement”, Problems of Post-Communism. Vol. 68(1): 1-10. doi:10.1080/10758216.2021.1893123
Semenov A. and E. Minaeva (2021) ”Cities of Forking Streets: Trajectories of Urban Conflicts in 2010s’ Russia”, The Journal of Social Policy Studies. Vol. 19(2): 189-204. doi:10.1080/10758216.2021.1893123
Semenov A. (2021) ”Time-Series Analysis in Political Sciences: Scope and Limits”, Political Science. 2: 76-97.
Semenov A. (2020) ”Arrhythmic Tempo: Analysis of Readiness to Join Collective Actions in Russia (1996-2019)”, Political Science. 21(4): 107-121.
Semenov A. (2020) “Electoral Performance and Mobilization of Opposition Parties in Russia”, Russian Politics. Vol. 2(5): 236–254.
Semenov A. (2019) “The roots of the grass: patterns of grassroots urban mobilization in Russia”, Sociological Studies. 12: 29-37.
Sirotkina, E. and A. Semenov (2019) ”Economic crisis and the assessment of public authorities’ effectiveness: who bears responsibility for the economic downturn in Russia?”, The Journal of Social Policy Studies. Vol. 17(2): 191-206.
Panov P. and A. Semenov (2018) “The world of ethnic regional autonomies: introducing the new dataset”, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Vol. 24(4): 478–501.
Dollbaum J., Sirotkina E. and A. Semenov (2018) ”A top-down movement with grass-roots effects? Alexei Navalny’s electoral campaign”, Social Movements Studies. Vol. 17(5): 618-625.
Semenov A. (2017) “Against the stream: political opposition in Russian regions during 2012-2016 electoral cycle”, Democratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. Vol. 25(4): 481-502.
Semenov A. (2017) “From economic crisis to political? Dynamics of contention in Russian Regions (2008-2012)”, Austrian Journal of Political Science. Vol. 45(4): 33-43.
Nelaeva G. and A.Semenov (2017) “EU-Russia rivalry in the Balkans: Linkage, leverage and competition (the case of Serbia),” Romanian Journal of European Affairs. Vol. 16: 56-91.
Semenov A., Lobanova O. and M. Zavadskaya (2016) “When do Political Parties Join Protests? A Comparative Analysis of Party Involvement in “For Fair Elections” Movement”, East European Politics. Vol. 32(1): 81-104.

Edited volumes
Morris J., Smyth R. and A.Semenov (eds.) ”Varieties of Russian Activism: State-Society Contestation in Everyday Life” Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2023.
Semenov A. and V.Bederson. ”Between Autonomy and Compliance: The Organizational Development of Russian Civil Society” in Resourceful Civil Society Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Society Organizations. Ed. by Z.Kravchenko, L. Kings, K. Jezierska. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Semenov A. and O. Lobanova. ”From Non-Participation to Action: Civil Political Activity in Tyumen Oblast (December 2011 - September 2012)” State and Civil Society in Russian Federation: National and
Regional Dimensions. Ed. by C.Ross, Ashgate, 2015.

Editor-referred Publications
Bederson V., Chernysheva L. and A.Semenov (2024) ”Grassroots Urban Activism and the Use of Digital Platforms in Russia” PONARS Policy Memo No 879. February 2022.
Semenov, A. (2022) ”Contentious Cities: Urban Conflicts in Russian Millionniks” PONARS Policy Memo No 778. June 2022.
Semenov, A. (2021) ”Preparing for the Parliamentary Elections of 2021” Russian Analytical Digest No 266. 8 April 2020. DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000477859
Semenov, A. (2021) ”This Time is Different (Again): The Political Consequences of the Economic Crisis in Russia” PONARS Policy Memo 696, April 2021.
Semenov, A. (2020) “Team Navalny and the Dynamics of Coercion: The Kremlin’s Reaction to Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 Presidential Campaign” PONARS Policy Memo 655, June 2020.
Semenov, A. (2020) “Regime and the Opposition at the Regional Elections 2020: Between the Demand for Change and the Status Quo” Russian Analytical Digest. No 262. 20 December 2020. pp. 13-14.
Semenov, A. (2020) “Taming the Leviathan: How Russians Learn to Counter the State” PONARS Policy Memo 640, March 2020.
Semenov, A. (2018) “Dealing with the Opposition: How Will the Kremlin Counter its Rivals in the 2018–2024 Cycle?” Russian Analytical Digest. No 218. 10 April 2018. pp. 13-14.
Semenov, A. (2018) “Russian Systemic Opposition Candidates in the 2018 Elections” Russian Analytical Digest No 215. 9 March 2018. pp. 5-8.
Semenov, A. (2017) ”How Far Can They Go: Russia’s Systemic Opposition Seeks Its Place” Russian Analytical Digest No 210. 14 November 2017. pp. 2-5.

collective actions, social movements, civil society, political perties, electoral politics, subnational politics, urban politics, climate change

PLS210 Political Science Research Methods

PLS312 Public Opinion and Elections

PLS345 Revolutions, Social movements, and Contentious Politics

PLS330  Politics and Governance of Eurasia

PLS431 Politics and Governance of the Russian Federation 

Andrei Semenov is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University. He received his specialist (MA-level) degree from Tyumen State University (2006) and Candidate of Science in Politics (Ph.D.-level) from Perm State University (2010). He taught classes on international relations, comparative politics, political sociology, political science methodology, contentious politics, and different aspects of Eurasian politics at Tyumen State University, Perm State University, University of Tampere (Finland), Higher School of Economics (Saint-Petersburg), and Yale. He also received fellowships from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington D.C.), Bard College (New York), Finland Academy of Science, Sverker Astrom Foundation (Sweden), and Hans Koschnick Scholarship (Germany).
Andrei Semenov’s research interests encompass political mobilization, social movements, civic and urban activism, electoral and subnational politics, the effects of economic shocks and responsibility attribution for the economic hardships, and political consequences of the climate change. His research has been supported by Harvard University, Volkswagen Foundation, Russian Scientific Foundation, Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research, and Russian Scientific Foundation for Humanities. His most recent research appeared in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Demokratizatsiya, East European Studies, European Political Science, Problems of Post-Communism, Russian Politics, and Social Movements Studies journals and elsewhere. His co-edited book “Varieties of Russian Activism” (with Regina Smyth and Jeremy Morris) was published in spring 2023.