Alexei Anisin, Ph.D.

Dean, Senior Lecturer International Relations & Diplomacy
alexei.anisin@aauni.edu

Letensk谩 5, Prague 1

Dr. Anisin graduated from the University of Essex with a PhD in Government and has likewise conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Political Studies, Charles University. He is dean and senior lecturer in the School of International Studies and Diplomacy. Dr. Anisin’s research interests lie in the application of multi-methodological tools, including quantitative methods, qualitative comparative analysis, and causal process tracing to research questions on social conflict and political violence.

Specializations

comparative politics: political violence; mass murder; nonviolence; quantitative and qualitative research methods; Boolean and decision-theoretic modeling

Interview Expertise

Dr. Anisin has frequently been interviewed on the following subjects:聽protests/social movements; revolutionary mobilization; security force defection; political violence; mass shootings; ideologically motivated violence

Interviews:

  • January 2024 鈥� Interview w/ a2larm.cz (Czech), 鈥溾��
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview w/ BBC News, 鈥溾��
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview / TRT World, 鈥溾��
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview w/ CNN International, 鈥溾��
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview December 2023 鈥� Interview w/ El Pais, ““
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview w/ BBC Radio International, 鈥溾��
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview w/ La Stampa (Italian), 鈥溾��
  • December 2023 鈥� Interview w/ CNN Prima (Czech), 鈥溾��
  • November 2023 鈥� Interview w/ G.cz (Czech),  “?鈥�
  • July 2023 鈥� Interview w/ Hospadarske Noviny (Czech), 鈥溾��
  • July 2022 鈥� Interview w/Mlad谩 fronta DNES (newspaper), ““
  • June 2022 鈥� Interview w/ (newspaper): 鈥溾��
  • June 2022 鈥� Interview featured in BBC (Thailand division), “?”
  • May 2022 鈥� Interview w/ Bloomberg, .
  • October 2021 鈥� Interview w/ Igor Blazevic (Prague Civil Society Centre),
  • February 2021 鈥� .
  • July 2018 – Eurozpravy.cz (in Czech).
  • April 2018 – Eurozpravy.cz (in Czech).
  • February 2018  – Eurozpravy.cz (in Czech).
  • January 2018 – Eurozpravy.cz (in Czech). Stiskne Trump 鈥災峞rven茅 tla膷铆tko鈥�? Analytik nab铆z铆 zaj铆mav媒 煤hel pohledu. Do拧lo i na Rusko a Babi拧e.

Publications & Other Activities

Monographs

  • The Singularity of State Repression. Vernon Press.
  • Authoritarian Liberal Surveillance and the COVID-19 Pandemic. De Gruyter.
  • Mass Shootings and Civilian Armament. Routledge.
  • Mass Shootings in Central and Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Mechanisms and the Contingency of Social Causality. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Peer-reviewed Articles

[31] Forthcoming.

[30] 2023. . International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 12, 15鈥�26.

[29] 2023. . Co-authored with Pelin Ayan Musil. Mediterranean Politics, 28(2), 202-226.

[28] 2023. . Journal of Mass Violence Research. Onlinefirst.

[27] 2022.. Revista Cr铆tica de Ci锚ncias Sociais, 128, 39-60.

[26] 2022. . Central European Journal of International and Security Studies,

[25] 2022. . International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Onlinefirst.

[24] 2022. ? Journal of Political Power, 15(2), 262-278.

[23] 2022. . Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, 22(3), 321-332.

[22] 2022. . Co-authored with Pelin Ayan Musil. Social Movement Studies, 21(4), 395-412.

[21] 2021. . Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 43(2), 308-336.

[20] 2021. . Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 17(3), 33鈥�59.

[19] 2021. . Critical Sociology, 47(7-8), 1205鈥�1218.

[18] 2021. . Politikon, 48(2), 331-346.

[17] 2021. . Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 13(2), 160-173.

[16] 2020. . Global Change, Peace and Security, 32(2), 135-55.

[15] 2020. . Critical Sociology, 46(7-8), 1121-1139.

[14] 2020. . Democracy and Security, 16(2), 151-178.

[13] 2019. . Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 38(4), 383-400.

[12] 2019. . Crime, Law and Social Change, 72(4), 483-500.

[11] 2019. . Journal of Historical Sociology, 32(2), 258-274.

[10] 2019. . Journal of Cultural Geography, 36(3), 317-345.

[9] 2019. . Socialism and Democracy, 33(1), 166-185.

[8] 2018. . Homicide Studies, 22(3), 235-255. Co-authored with Joel Capellan.

[7] 2018. . Territory, Politics, Governance, 6(3), 279-301.

[6] 2018. . International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 42(1), 55-73.

[5] 2017. . Cultural Studies 鈫� Critical Methodologies, 17(2), 133-139.

[4] 2016. . Journal of Civil Society, 12(4), 411-429.

[3] 2016. . International Journal of Human Rights, 20(7), 893-913.

[2] 2014. Politics, Groups and Identities, 2(4), 643-660.

[1] 2014. . International Journal of Interdisciplinary Civic and Political Studies, Volume 8(2), ISSN 2327-0071.

Other Publications

  • 2024 (forthcoming). A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Central and Eastern European Gun Regulations. In, P. Squires, Handbook on Gun Violence and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • 2020. : by Mark Galeotti, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2018, Xii, 344 pp., ISBN 978-0-300-18682-6. Global Crime 22(2), 166-169.
  • 2019. , Political Violence at a Glance, December 17, 2019.
  • 2013. LSEReviewofBooks: Book Review, Pedersen, David. 鈥淎merican Value: Migrants, Money, and Meaning in El Salvador and the United States.鈥� University of Chicago Press. 2013.
  • 2013. LSEReviewofBooks: Book Review, Kai Hafez. 鈥淭he Myth of Media Globalization.鈥� Polity. 2007.
  • 2013. LSEReviewofBooks: Book Review, Jacquelien van Stekelenburg, Conny Roggeband, Bert Klandermans. 鈥淭he Future of Social Movement Research: Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes.鈥� University Of Minnesota Press. 2013.
  • 2013. LSEReviewofBooks: Book Review, Shannon O鈥橬eil. 鈥淭wo Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead.鈥� Oxford University Press. 2013.
  • 2013. LSEReviewofBooks: Book Review, Matar and Harb. 鈥淣arrating Conflict in the Middle East: Discourse, Image, and Communications Practices in Lebanon and Palestine.鈥� IB Tauris. 2013.

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