Join NYU's Jordan Center and Columbia's Harriman Institute for a meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Seminar dedicated to Russian civil society in the time of COVID. 

Russia’s restrictions of movement and extensive use of surveillance technologies during the coronavirus pandemic have raised concerns about possible damage to civil society and community organizing. Has the coronavirus pandemic disrupted civil society development in Russia, or has this peculiar time drawn more attention to the need for citizen-run efforts to better life in the country? Join the Jordan Center and Harriman Institute to hear discussion on what civil society efforts look like in Russia in the time of COVID-19, how challenges that existed before the pandemic have manifested and been exacerbated, and what the future is for Russian civil society post-COVID.

Registration is required; information can be found on the event page. 

Speakers:

Sarah Lindemann-Komarova, scholar, community development activist based in Novosibirsk

Andrey Semenov, associate research scholar, MacMillan Center at Yale University; senior researcher, Center for Comparative History and Politics

Valerie Sperling, professor of political science, Clark University

Elena Topoleva-Soldunova, director, Agency for Social Information, Moscow

Denis Volkov, deputy director, Levada Center, Moscow

Alexander Cooley (moderator), director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

Joshua Tucker (moderator), director, Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, New York University