Dr Federica Prina

  • Senior Lecturer (Political & International Studies)

Biography

I joined Central and East European Studies in 2014. During 2014-2017 I worked with two co-researchers on a project on national cultural autonomy and minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, funded by the ESRC. I was responsible for research and publications on the Russian Federation - one of the project's four case studies. Since 2018 I have been a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at CEES.

Previously (2011-2013) I was employed by the German research institute European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), where I co-ordinated the research cluster ‘Culture and Diversity’. In ECMI my research focused on cultural and linguistic rights of national minorities in Central and Eastern Europe. From 2012 to 2014 I was the editor of the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE).

My PhD is from UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies Another (2008-2012), on cultural rights of national minorities and the implementation of international standards of minority rights in Russia.

I have also worked in human rights as a practitioner: before my PhD I was employed by the London-based NGO Article 19, as project manager and researcher on freedom of expression and the media in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (1997-2008). In 2009-11 I was involved in the joint Council of Europe/EU programme ‘Minorities in Russia: Developing Culture, Language, Media and Civil Society’. I have carried out consultancy for the Council of Europe, Minority Rights Group International and the European Centre for Minority Issues. 

Research interests

  • Cultural and participatory rights of national minorities in the post-Soviet space
  • Ontological security
  • Contemporary Russian politics
  • Nationalism, identity and ethnic belonging
  • Norm diffusion - domestic implementation of international human rights law in post-Communist countries
  • Non-territorial autonomy and national minorities
  • Media pluralism and inter-cultural dialogue
  • Minority-language education
  • Ethnic discrimination, (in)equality and social justice

Research projects

‘National Minority Rights and Democratic Political Community: Practices of Non-Territorial Autonomy in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe’: a three-year (2014-2017) ESRC-funded project, based on the analysis of elite interviews, parliamentary and media debates, and official documents. The research team also comprised Prof David J. Smith and Dr Judit Molnar.

‘The Securitization of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in the EU’ (SECUREU) - Erasmus+/Jean Monet research network (2021-2024)

‘Integration through Minority Participation: Addressing Challenges to Social Cohesion in Post-Covid Europe’, ESRC International Acceleration Account (2022)

 

Research groups

Publications

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011
Number of items: 34.

2024

Prina, F. (2024) Fantasies of cultural sovereignty and national unity: Russia’s ontological (in)security and its assertion of ‘spiritual-moral’ values. International Politics, (doi: 10.1057/s41311-024-00600-w) (Early Online Publication)

Prina, F. (2024) Russia’s minority institutions, ethnic boundaries and social-humanitarian work: A case of collective responsibility? Problems of Post-Communism, (doi: 10.1080/10758216.2024.2304247) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Prina, F. and Pentassuglia, G. (2023) Ukraine's law on national minorities and ‘effective’ participation: Expanding or diluting standards? International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 30(5), pp. 880-930. (doi: 10.1163/15718115-bja10138)

2022

Donnelly, G. and Prina, F. (2022) The ‘near abroad’: the European Union, minority rights and the Eastern neighbourhood. In: Malloy, Tove H. and Vizi, Balázs (eds.) Research Handbook on Minority Politics in the European Union. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, pp. 365-397. ISBN 9781800375925

2021

Prina, F. (2021) Constructing ethnic diversity as a security threat: what it means to Russia’s minorities. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 28(1), pp. 1-35. (doi: 10.1163/15718115-bja10002)

2020

Prina, F. , Dunbar, R. and Gurbo, M. (2020) Good Practices of Multilingual and Minority Language Medium Education. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2020) Non-territorial autonomy and minority (dis)empowerment: past, present, and future. Nationalities Papers, 48(3), pp. 425-434. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2019.124)

Prina, F. (2020) The mechanics of consensus: non-territorial national cultural autonomy and the Russian state. Nationalities Papers, 48(2), pp. 307-322. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2018.39)

Jankiewicz, S., Knyaginina, N. and Prina, F. (2020) Linguistic rights and education in the republics of the Russian Federation: towards unity through uniformity. Review of Central and East European Law, 45(1), pp. 59-91. (doi: 10.1163/15730352-bja10003)

2019

Prina, F. , Smith, D. J. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2019) National cultural autonomy and linguistic rights in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle and O'Rourke, Bernadette (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 181-205. ISBN 9781137540652 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_7)

2018

Prina, F. and Berdiqulov, A. (2018) Majorities and minorities in the Post-Soviet space: Continuity and change. ECMI Working Papers(105),

Prina, F. (2018) National in form, Putinist in content: minority institutions ‘outside politics’. Europe-Asia Studies, 70(8), pp. 1236-1263. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1465892)

Prina, F. , Smith, D. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2018) National cultural autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and possibilities. In: Nimni, Ephraim and Aktprak, Elçin (eds.) Democracy in Plurinational States: The Kurds in Turkey. Series: Comparative territorial politics. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030011079 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01108-6_5)

2017

Prina, F. (2017) Russia's 'myth' of equality in a securitized context. Europe Now, 13, 10.

Prina, F. (2017) A nemzeti kulturális autonómia egy többnemzetiségű államszövetségben: Oroszország helyzete. Regio, 25(3), pp. 130-153. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.175)

2016

Prina, F. (2016) Shrinking autonomy for Tatarstan and Gagauzia: the perils of flexible institutional design. In: Nicolini, Matteo, Palermo, Francesco and Milano, Enrico (eds.) Law, Territory, and Conflict Resolution: Law as a Problem and Law as a Solution. Series: Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance (6). Brill: Leiden, pp. 244-269. ISBN 9789004311282

Prina, F. (2016) National cultural autonomy: Russia’s model, the Tatars and ethno-cultural education. Tatarica, 1(6), pp. 175-188.

Prina, F. (2016) National Minorities in Putin's Russia: Diversity and Assimilation. Series: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series. Routledge. ISBN 9781138780828

Prina, F. and Bowring, B. (2016) Migrants' Diversity in the United Kingdom and the challenges of integration = Mnogoobrazie migrantskikh grupp v Velikobritanii i trudnosti integratsii. In: Stepanov, V. (ed.) Migration and Migrants in Russia and the World = Migratsiya i Migranty v Rossii i v Mire. Russian Academy of Sciences: Moscow, pp. 345-358.

2015

Prina, F. (2015) Linguistic justice, Soviet legacies and post-Soviet realpolitik: the ethnolinguistic cleavage in Moldova. Ethnopolitics, 14(1), pp. 52-71. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2014.928097)

Prina, F. (2015) The Position of National Minorities in Putin’s Russia: Uniformity or Diversity? [Research Reports or Papers]

2014

Prina, F. (2014) What Next for Moldova’s Minorities after Crimea? [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. and Osipov, A. (2014) Etnokul’turnaya Politika v Moldove = Ethno-cultural policies in Moldova. In: Politika Upravleniya Etnocul’turnnym Raznoobraziem v Belarusi, Moldove i Ukraine: Mezhdu Sovetskim Naslediem i Evropreiskimi Standartami. European Humanities University: Vilnius, pp. 126-186. ISBN 9789955773733

2013

Prina, F. , Zavakou, A., Ghirardi, F. and Colombo, S. (2013) Minorities, Media and Intercultural Dialogue. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2013) Russia for the Russians – a putative policy [blog post]. [Website]

Prina, F. (2013) Linguistic Divisions and the Language Charter - The Case of Moldova. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2013) Ethnicity, culture and language: individuals and groups. In: Malloy, Tove H. (ed.) Minority Issues in Europe: Rights, Concepts, Policy. Frank & Timme: Berlin, pp. 107-130. ISBN 9783865965431

Prina, F. (2013) Review of Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas by Tarlach McGonangle. European Public Law, 19(4), pp. 793-800. [Book Review]

2012

Prina, F. (2012) Policy-to-Outcome Indicators and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. and Funk, D. (2012) Drafting a list-table of regional or minority languages and dialects according to a sociolinguistic analysis, with explanatory comments. In: Kozhemyakov, A.S. and Sokolovskiy, S.V. (eds.) Languages in the Russian Federation. Council of Europe.

Prina, F. (2012) Power, politics and participation: the Russian Federation’s national minorities and their participatory rights. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 30(1), pp. 65-96.

2011

Prina, F. (2011) Homogenisation and the 'new Russian citizen': a road to stability or ethnic tension. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 10(1), pp. 53-93.

Prina, F. (2011) Linguistic rights in a former empire: minority languages and the Russian higher courts. European Yearbook of Minority Issues, 10, pp. 61-89.

Prina, F. (2011) Localism or centralism? Education reform in Russia and its impact on the rights of national minorities. Cambrian Law Review, 42,

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Jump to: Articles | Books | Book Sections | Book Reviews | Research Reports or Papers | Website
Number of items: 34.

Articles

Prina, F. (2024) Fantasies of cultural sovereignty and national unity: Russia’s ontological (in)security and its assertion of ‘spiritual-moral’ values. International Politics, (doi: 10.1057/s41311-024-00600-w) (Early Online Publication)

Prina, F. (2024) Russia’s minority institutions, ethnic boundaries and social-humanitarian work: A case of collective responsibility? Problems of Post-Communism, (doi: 10.1080/10758216.2024.2304247) (Early Online Publication)

Prina, F. and Pentassuglia, G. (2023) Ukraine's law on national minorities and ‘effective’ participation: Expanding or diluting standards? International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 30(5), pp. 880-930. (doi: 10.1163/15718115-bja10138)

Prina, F. (2021) Constructing ethnic diversity as a security threat: what it means to Russia’s minorities. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 28(1), pp. 1-35. (doi: 10.1163/15718115-bja10002)

Prina, F. (2020) Non-territorial autonomy and minority (dis)empowerment: past, present, and future. Nationalities Papers, 48(3), pp. 425-434. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2019.124)

Prina, F. (2020) The mechanics of consensus: non-territorial national cultural autonomy and the Russian state. Nationalities Papers, 48(2), pp. 307-322. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2018.39)

Jankiewicz, S., Knyaginina, N. and Prina, F. (2020) Linguistic rights and education in the republics of the Russian Federation: towards unity through uniformity. Review of Central and East European Law, 45(1), pp. 59-91. (doi: 10.1163/15730352-bja10003)

Prina, F. and Berdiqulov, A. (2018) Majorities and minorities in the Post-Soviet space: Continuity and change. ECMI Working Papers(105),

Prina, F. (2018) National in form, Putinist in content: minority institutions ‘outside politics’. Europe-Asia Studies, 70(8), pp. 1236-1263. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1465892)

Prina, F. (2017) Russia's 'myth' of equality in a securitized context. Europe Now, 13, 10.

Prina, F. (2017) A nemzeti kulturális autonómia egy többnemzetiségű államszövetségben: Oroszország helyzete. Regio, 25(3), pp. 130-153. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.175)

Prina, F. (2016) National cultural autonomy: Russia’s model, the Tatars and ethno-cultural education. Tatarica, 1(6), pp. 175-188.

Prina, F. (2015) Linguistic justice, Soviet legacies and post-Soviet realpolitik: the ethnolinguistic cleavage in Moldova. Ethnopolitics, 14(1), pp. 52-71. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2014.928097)

Prina, F. (2012) Power, politics and participation: the Russian Federation’s national minorities and their participatory rights. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 30(1), pp. 65-96.

Prina, F. (2011) Homogenisation and the 'new Russian citizen': a road to stability or ethnic tension. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 10(1), pp. 53-93.

Prina, F. (2011) Linguistic rights in a former empire: minority languages and the Russian higher courts. European Yearbook of Minority Issues, 10, pp. 61-89.

Prina, F. (2011) Localism or centralism? Education reform in Russia and its impact on the rights of national minorities. Cambrian Law Review, 42,

Books

Prina, F. (2016) National Minorities in Putin's Russia: Diversity and Assimilation. Series: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series. Routledge. ISBN 9781138780828

Book Sections

Donnelly, G. and Prina, F. (2022) The ‘near abroad’: the European Union, minority rights and the Eastern neighbourhood. In: Malloy, Tove H. and Vizi, Balázs (eds.) Research Handbook on Minority Politics in the European Union. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, pp. 365-397. ISBN 9781800375925

Prina, F. , Smith, D. J. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2019) National cultural autonomy and linguistic rights in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle and O'Rourke, Bernadette (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 181-205. ISBN 9781137540652 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_7)

Prina, F. , Smith, D. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2018) National cultural autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and possibilities. In: Nimni, Ephraim and Aktprak, Elçin (eds.) Democracy in Plurinational States: The Kurds in Turkey. Series: Comparative territorial politics. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030011079 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01108-6_5)

Prina, F. (2016) Shrinking autonomy for Tatarstan and Gagauzia: the perils of flexible institutional design. In: Nicolini, Matteo, Palermo, Francesco and Milano, Enrico (eds.) Law, Territory, and Conflict Resolution: Law as a Problem and Law as a Solution. Series: Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance (6). Brill: Leiden, pp. 244-269. ISBN 9789004311282

Prina, F. and Bowring, B. (2016) Migrants' Diversity in the United Kingdom and the challenges of integration = Mnogoobrazie migrantskikh grupp v Velikobritanii i trudnosti integratsii. In: Stepanov, V. (ed.) Migration and Migrants in Russia and the World = Migratsiya i Migranty v Rossii i v Mire. Russian Academy of Sciences: Moscow, pp. 345-358.

Prina, F. and Osipov, A. (2014) Etnokul’turnaya Politika v Moldove = Ethno-cultural policies in Moldova. In: Politika Upravleniya Etnocul’turnnym Raznoobraziem v Belarusi, Moldove i Ukraine: Mezhdu Sovetskim Naslediem i Evropreiskimi Standartami. European Humanities University: Vilnius, pp. 126-186. ISBN 9789955773733

Prina, F. (2013) Ethnicity, culture and language: individuals and groups. In: Malloy, Tove H. (ed.) Minority Issues in Europe: Rights, Concepts, Policy. Frank & Timme: Berlin, pp. 107-130. ISBN 9783865965431

Prina, F. and Funk, D. (2012) Drafting a list-table of regional or minority languages and dialects according to a sociolinguistic analysis, with explanatory comments. In: Kozhemyakov, A.S. and Sokolovskiy, S.V. (eds.) Languages in the Russian Federation. Council of Europe.

Book Reviews

Prina, F. (2013) Review of Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression and the Media: Dynamics and Dilemmas by Tarlach McGonangle. European Public Law, 19(4), pp. 793-800. [Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Prina, F. , Dunbar, R. and Gurbo, M. (2020) Good Practices of Multilingual and Minority Language Medium Education. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2015) The Position of National Minorities in Putin’s Russia: Uniformity or Diversity? [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2014) What Next for Moldova’s Minorities after Crimea? [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. , Zavakou, A., Ghirardi, F. and Colombo, S. (2013) Minorities, Media and Intercultural Dialogue. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2013) Linguistic Divisions and the Language Charter - The Case of Moldova. [Research Reports or Papers]

Prina, F. (2012) Policy-to-Outcome Indicators and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. [Research Reports or Papers]

Website

Prina, F. (2013) Russia for the Russians – a putative policy [blog post]. [Website]

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Supervision

  • Stebneva, Tatiana
    Russia’s promotion of ‘traditional values’ as a tool of political othering in Central Asia

Teaching

Undergraduate

Russian Politics and Society (Course convenor)

Post-Communist Russia and the Former Soviet Union, Level 2 (Contributor)

Communism and its Collapse, Level 1 (Contributor)

Postgraduate

Russian Politics and Society (Course convenor)

Issues in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (Contributor)

 

 

Additional information

I contribute to the editing of the European Yearbook of Minority Issues, in cooperation with the European Centre for Minority Issues and the Minority Rights Institute (European Academy, Bolzano/Bozen).

I am on the editoral board of Europe-Asia Studies and the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE)

Between 2012 and 2014 I edited 12 issues of the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE), and wrote introductions to two special issues: ‘National Minorities between Protection and Empowerment’, JEMIE 13(2), 2014; and ‘Non-Territorial Autonomy in Theory and Practice’, JEMIE 12(1), 2013).

Languages

Russian, French and Italian

 


Federica Prina