Why have you decided to move to Russia and work at the HSE University?

There is always the possibility that new ideas will emerge and that we should be open to these ideas”
Nivedita Kapoor about her academic path, scientific interests and “The Theory of International Relations” course

The International Programme ‘International Relations and Global Studies’ is always looking forward towards inviting the best professors in their field from all over the world. The educational standards successfully set through the decade of development of IRGS are first and foremost the merit of our lecturers that always bring something unique to a common perception of the subject. One of such professors is Nivedita Kappor, who is teaching the course in Theory of International Relations at IRGS.

The press centre decided to move  of our programme

 

has spoken to her, covering Nivedita’s career path, scientific interest and experience of teaching the course.

 

 

I came to Moscow in October of 2021 when  guatemala phone number library I joined HSE. It was not the first time when I came to Russia because both my MPhil and PhD are in Russian studies. After I completed my master’s in International Relations, when I had to decide whether I wanted to pursue research, I picked Russia as my area of research.

So I have been working on Russia for a long linkedin campaign manager – menu  time. Before 2021, I came to Russia a couple of times, once for my PhD fieldwork. I also came here for a couple of conferences.

But of course

 

what I wanted to do was to live here for at least some time: to see Russia for myself, to learn the language properly, to meet people, to meet other experts. So with all of this in  be numbers mind, I decided to come to HSE, which offers a postdoctoral program. That’s how I first came here.

Furthermore, there are not a lot of universities in Russia that offer English postdoctoral programs. So it was good that HSE does offer that. It gives foreigners an opportunity to come here. And because my area of work is mostly focused on Russian foreign policy in Asia and Eurasia, and a lot of experts here at HSE work on that issue, it was a very good fit for me.

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