Mia Tarp

Teaching

Expert in Central Asia and the former USSR (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

Ten years of experience working with civil society, human rights, media and journalism, security and gender (in)equality in politically repressed contexts.

Keywords:

• Politics in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia: Russia's relations with its neighbours, the consequences of the war in Ukraine among post-Soviet nations, Russian propaganda in Central Asia
  
  
• History and nationalism: Historical narratives in Central Asia, Soviet history, nationalism in nation-building, postcolonial issues in the former Soviet Union
  
  
• Human rights and media: political repression, civil society, gender equality, gender-based violence and domestic violence (GBV/DV), fundamental freedoms, protest-culture, journalism and media in repressed contexts, investigative journalism, NGO administration and international cooperation, funding issues among NGOs internationally
  
  
• Development policies, diplomacy and and security: priorities in international development policies, diplomatic missions in authoritarian countries, political security and geopolitical implications in Central Asia (in the context of the war in Ukraine)
  
  
• Central Asian culture: music, literature and food

Former PhD-research project on civil society in Kazakhstan at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. 

Languages: Danish, English, Russian