Alexei Anisin, Ph.D.

alexei.anisin@aauni.edu

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Dr Alexei Anisin is a scholar and senior lecturer in the School of International Relations & Diplomacy. He has previously held the position of dean (2020鈥�2025) and is currently undergoing a research fellowship at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice (supported by the European Research Council).

Anisin completed his PhD in Government at the University of Essex where he researched civil resistance, state repression and mobilization under professors Hugh Ward and David Howarth. He also holds an MA in Politics from the University of Essex and a BA in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

To date, Anisin has published five monographs and close to 40 peer-reviewed studies. His research is interdisciplinary and methodologically diverse, encompassing quantitative analyses, qualitative studies, and qualitative comparative analysis. Anisin’s works have appeared in public discourse and in media outlets like BBC, CNN, and Bloomberg, among others.

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: protests/social movements; revolutionary mobilization; security force defection; political violence; mass shootings; ideologically motivated violence

Interviews:

  • June 2025 鈥� Interview w/ lidovky.cz, .
  • October 2024 鈥� research featured in Seznam, Medium.cz.
  • February 2024 鈥� Interview w/ Talk Eastern Europe. .
  • 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 (糖心Vlog Civil Society Centre),
  • February 2021 鈥� .
  • July 2018 – Eurozpravy.cz (in Czech).
  • April 2018 – Eurozpravy.cz (in Czech). Expert exkluzivn臎 pro EZ: Hroz铆 jadern谩 v谩lka? Jak bude Rusko reagovat na 煤toky?
  • 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

  • How the Internet Changed America. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 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

[43] 2025. .  Journal of Posthuman Studies: Philosophy, Technology, Media. 9(1).

[42] 2025.. Conflict Resolution Quarterly. Onlinefirst.

[41] 2025. . Culture, Health & Sexuality. Onlinefirst.

[40] 2025. . Studies in Christian Ethics. Onlinefirst.

[39] 2025. ?. Progress in Development Studies. Onlinefirst.

[38] 2025. . Protest, 5(1), 56-83.

[37] 2025. . Regional Science Policy & Practice, 17(5), May 2025, 100182.

[36] 2025. Postmaterialism and Voluntary Childlessness. Journal of Family Studies. Onlinefirst.

[35] 2024. . The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 51(3), 299-321.

[34] 2024. . Journal of Contemporay Central and Eastern Europe, 32(3), 695-710.

[33] 2024. . In, Martin, Brian, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, Isak Svensson, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Alexei Anisin, Antoine Durance, and Manuel Cervera-Marzal. On Andreas Malm鈥檚 How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, 2(2), 257鈥�291.

[32] 2024. . Contemporary Politics.

[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

  • 2025. A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Central and Eastern European Gun Regulations. Forthcoming, Handbook on Gun Violence and Society. Edward Elgar Publishers
  • 2024. Book Review, , 2022. Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence.
  • 2024. . Czech Criminological Review.
  • 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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