Dr. Oleg Kashirskikh

Dr. Oleg Kashirskikh is a professor of communication at the School of Communication at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He earned his Ph.D. in history and political science at Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Germany. Dr. Kashirskikh’s research explores the contemporary Russian public sphere and political discourse, as well as the role of media-effects on the public opinion. This area of tension structures Russian communication patterns, which in turn influence on Russian patterns of political participation and a relationship to democracy. His work has been published in the European Journal of Communication, Journal of Strategic Communication and elsewhere. Dr. Kashirskikh teaches courses on communication theory and methodology, political communication, and has won numerous teaching awards.