Exploring the evolution of cultural practices among post-2022 Russian diaspora communities

Key Placement Information

Closing Date
Thursday 30th April 2026

Start Date
June 2026

Duration
3-months (or part-time equivalent)

Full-time or Part-time
Flexible

In Person, Online or Hybrid
Mostly in-person in Manchester

Job Sector
Public

Project Areas
Qualitative Research, Policy and Academic Writing

How to Apply
Submit a CV, cover letter and the ESRC funding permission form

Applicant Eligibility
This opportunity is only accepting applications from Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) funding in or after Autumn 2024 to undertake a Research in Practice (RinP) placement as part of their studentship.

Project Description

The University of Manchester is the co-lead on the UKRI Network Plus investment ‘Shifting Global Polarities’. The initiative brings together more than 30 leading experts globally, within academic and policy circles, to address research gaps and needs during a period of significant societal, geopolitical, and environmental change across Eurasia.

This project will explore how post-2022 Russian diaspora communities maintain or adapt cultural practices in their host countries, and what these practices reveal about identity and belonging.

Expected duties include:

• transcribe, code and qualitatively analyse interviews that have already been completed.
• produce a policy-oriented report, which will be shared with the Network and the Network partners, and will inform the Network’s activities moving forward.
• co-produce an article in a peer-reviewed journal with the research project lead, Dr Marco Biasioli, on the cultural practices of the post-2022 Russian diaspora.

Please note this opportunity has been advertised across multiple Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).