The Davis Center is pleased to welcome new postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and fellows for the 2024–25 academic year.
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Mollie Arbuthnot, Ph.D. in Russian Studies, University of Manchester
- Valerii Otiakovskii, Ph.D. in Russian and Slavonic Philology, University of Tartu
Visiting Scholars
- Yevgenia Albats, Independent Scholar; Editor-in-Chief & CEO, The New Times
- Nikoloz Aleksidze (Fall 2024), Dean, School of Governance and Social Sciences, and Professor of the History of Religion and Political Thought, Free University of Tbilisi
- Myroslava Antonovych (Fall 2024), Director, Center for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, and Associate Professor, School of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- Liubov Apostolova-Sossa (Fall 2024), Head, Department of Urban Economy, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
- Nadia Boyadjieva, Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Irina Busygina, Independent Scholar
- Marine Chitashvili (Spring 2025), Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- Pëllumb Çollaku, Chief Economist and Senior Advisor to the Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo; Senior Lecturer, Riinvest College; Senior Research Associate, Riinvest Institute
- Deniz Dinç, Independent Scholar
- Vali Kaleji (Spring 2025), Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran; Senior Research Fellow, Iran and Eurasia Research Center (IRAS)
- Mārtiņš Kaprāns, Senior Researcher, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia
- Rashmini Koparkar, Assistant Professor, Center for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Gulnur Makulbayeva, Associate Professor, Academy of Public Administration Under the President of Kazakhstan
- Daria Malchykova (Fall 2024), Vice Rector for Educational, Scientific, and Pedagogical Affairs and Professor, Department of Geography and Ecology, Kherson State University
- Magsud Mammadov (Spring 2025), Independent Scholar
- Dana Masalimova, Independent Scholar
- Mie Nakachi, Professor, Hokusei Gakuen University
- Rahat Sabyrbekov (Spring 2025), Postdoctoral Researcher, OSCE Academy
- Roberta Sala (Fall 2024), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Turin
- Yelena Severina, Independent Scholar
- Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Retired Career Diplomat, U.S. Department of State (1963-1998)
- Ewa Sułek, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- Malkhaz Toria, Associate Professor, Ilia State University
- Mikhail Troitskiy, Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
- Agshin Umudov (Spring 2025), Independent Scholar
Fellows
- Danilo Bulatović (Spring 2025), Ph.D. Candidate, Polytechnic University of Turin
- Khasan Redjaboev, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Khatuna Salukvadze (Spring 2025), Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
- Natia Seskuria (Spring 2025), Executive Director, Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS)
- Malika Toqmadi, Ph.D. Candidate, University College London
