Contact
Geschwister-Scholl Institute for Political Science
Department of Political Science
Chair of Comparative Political Systems with a focus on CIS and Eastern Middle Europe
Oettingenstr., 67
80538 Munich
Room:
170
Phone:
089 2180 9024
Email:
M.Dubovitskaya@campus.lmu.de
Further Information
Mariya Dubovitskaya’s research interests include political communication in a comparative perspective; media and discourse analyses. The proposed dissertation project aims to research how the emerged importance of social media has altered the traditional political communication process in the authoritarian state on the case of Kazakhstan. The dissertation will analyze the extent to which the social networks in Kazakhstan affect political agenda and explores how politicians understand this new relationship and what measures they use to form its own agenda, monitor and affect the social media. Since the research covers the cross-cutting issues of media and political sciences the broad methodological approach is based on qualitative research encompassing case studies analysis, semi-structured interviews and review of secondary literature.
Education
Since October 2018 PhD student at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, Ludwig-Maximillian-University, Munich, Germany. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Petra Stykow and Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger
October 2012- December 2013- MA in Gender and International Development, Warwick University, United Kingdom
September 2006- October 2007- MA in Political Science (Central Asia), OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
September 2001- June 2005 - Diploma in Teaching History and basics of Law, North Kazakhstan State University, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan
Work experience
August 2013-October2018, National Political/Media Officer Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Programme Office in Astana
August 2013 –December 2016, Consultant for Kazakhstan of the Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT) Research Project/ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
2008-2012, Senior Programme Assistant, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Centre in Astana
December 2007- July 2008, Assistant to the Executive Director KazMunaiGaz Consulting Company, Astana, Kazakhstan
September 2005 – July 2006, Teacher of History and Political Science, Humanitarian College, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan