About
Andrei Tarasov is a Research Fellow on the ERC-funded ETHNICGOODS project at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). He holds a PhD in International Relations from the School of International Studies at the University of Trento (Italy). He previously obtained a BA (with honours) in International Relations from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and an MA in International Security from IBEI. His research focuses on nation-building policies toward national minorities, with particular emphasis on the Eurasian and post-communist regions. His broader research interests include separatism and nationalism in Europe, secessionist conflicts in Western Europe, and the analysis of media narratives and public discourse. His work has paid particular attention to cases such as Catalonia, the Basque Country, and Scotland, as well as to the links between domestic identity politics and foreign policy. In addition to his research role, Andrei is an academic lecturer at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) in Amsterdam. He has published on nationalism, minority politics, foreign policy, and nation-building in peer-reviewed journals including Nations and Nationalism, Nationalities Papers, Italian Political Science, and Ethnopolitics. His current research examines comparative nation-building strategies in post-communist and Western European states.
Education
- PhD in International Relations and Affairs, University of Trento, 2023
- MA in International Security, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, 2019
- BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics, 2017