Daria Zakharova

German Chancellor Fellow 2021-2022,
Alexander Von Humboldt-Stiffung

 

E-Mail: Zakharov@uni-bremen.de

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Current Research Project:

“Russian and German coverage of post-elections”
 

Fields of Research

• Russian disinformation campaigns in the EU and post-Soviet space
• EU-Russian relations, EU eastern enlargement (in particular, Ukraine process of joining the EU, experience of the Baltic states for the current potential EU membership candidates from the post-Soviet area), European Neighborhood policy
• Russian domestic media environment

Short biography

Education:

10/ 2015-2017 Public Policy (M.A), Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt University, Germany
Major: European Public Policy, International Relations, Minor: Eastern Partnership, EU eastern enlargement
Title of the thesis: Neo-Stalinism in modern Russia and strategies of De-Stalinisation

09 /2010-2015 Journalism (B.A.), RUDN, Moscow, Russia
Title of the thesis: Media coverage of NATO bombing of Yougoslavia

Work experience:

since 10/2021 German Chancellor Fellow 2021-2022, Alexander Von-Humbold Stiffung

since 08/2018 Marketing and market research manager, “Schneider Group”, Moscow, Russia


Internships:

10-12/2017 Joint project group of Erfurt University with (DIE) German Development Institute, EED (European Endowment for Democracy) and EIDHR (European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights), Brussels, Belgium
Topic: European democracy promotion strategies in Ukraine and Belarus

02-04/2016 Center for South European Eastern Studies, Graz University, Austria


Grants:

10/2015-10/2017 Haniel Stiffung grant for studies at MPP program at Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt University, Germany


Publications:

2017/10 “Is Russia missing an iron fist? The popularity of Joseph Stalin hits record height”, “Russian Accent” blog

10/2015 “The rise of Maidanophobia in Russia: for good or no good?”, “Russian Accent” blog

07/2015 “300 years of Russian propaganda. Flashbacks from history” , “Russian Accent” blog