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Anton Shekhovtsov | |
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Антон Володимирович Шеховцов | |
.jpeg) Anton Shekhovtsov in 2016 | |
| Born | 1978 Sevastopol, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Other names | Антон Владимирович Шеховцов |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Sevastopol National Technical University University College London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Science |
| Main interests | Far-right movements in Europe, Neo-Eurasianism |
| Website | shekhovtsov |
Anton Volodymyrovych Shekhovtsov (Ukrainian:Антон Володимирович Шеховцов;Russian:Антон Владимирович Шеховцов; born 1978) is aUkrainian political scientist, academic and writer. He is known for his writings on the Europeanradical right and in particular its connections toRussia. He is the editor of theExplorations of the Far Right book series atibidem-Verlag[1] and is member of the board of the open access journalFascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies.
Shekhovtsov was born in 1978 inSevastopol,[2] then in theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,Soviet Union. He studied English philology at theSevastopol National Technical University between 1995 and 2000, going on to teach business English at theEuropean University in Kyiv between 2000 until 2002. He returned to his alma mater to complete anaspirantura in Political Science between 2006 and 2009, and lectured there until 2010.
Between 2010 and 2012 Shekhovtsov had two stints as a visiting fellow researcher at theUniversity of Northampton, as part of the Radicalism and New Media Research Group. He then went on to complete a PhD in Slavonic and East European studies atUniversity College London between 2013 and 2017.
2020 he founded withAndreas Umland inVienna (Austria) theCentre for Democratic Integrity to "monitor and analyse attempts of authoritarian regimes based on illiberal value systems to wield malign influence in Europe".[3]
Currently he is associated researcher at the Research Center for the History of Transformation in Vienna[4] and visiting professor at the Department of International Relations of the Central European University in Vienna.[5]
Shekhovtsov's works have been featured on/atOpenDemocracy[6], theChatham House,[7]Foreign Affairs[8], theCarnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs[9] and theAspen Institute.[10]
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