Petr Oskolkov

Dr. Petr Oskolkov is a Senior Lecturer and head of the MA track “Communication, Public Advocacy, and Combating Antisemitism” at the School of Communication, Ariel University. He is also a Research Fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University. He is the (co-)author and (co-)editor of several monographs and edited volumes,
as well as research papers published, inter alia, in Nations and Nationalism, Europe-Asia Studies, Deviant Behavior, Social Media+Society, Media, War, and Conflict, Ethnopolitics, and Journal of Information Technology & Politics.

He has previously held research andteaching positions at MGIMO University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the
Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), Uppsala University (Sweden), Charles University (Czechia), Yuan Ze University (Taiwan), the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies (Israel), and the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (UK). His research areas include political communication, social media, online radicalization and extremism, onlinen antisemitism, and post-Soviet ethnic politics.

Publications

1. Khanin, V., & Oskolkov, P. (Eds.) (2026). Post-Soviet Conflicts: Politics, Ethnicity,
   and Warfare. Routledge. 248 p.
   https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003615057/post-soviet-
   conflicts-vladimir-ze-ev-khanin-petr-oskolkov
2. Okunev, I., & Oskolkov, P. (Eds.) (2023). Transforming the Administrative
   Matryoshka: The Reform of Autonomous Okrugs in the Russian Federation,
   2003–2008. Ibidem Press. 248 p.
   https://cup.columbia.edu/book/transforming-the-administrative-
   matryoshka/9783838217215/
   Book Chapters
3. Oskolkov, P. (2026). Politicizing Russian Jewish Ethnicity: A Theoretical and
   Empirical Outlook on Jews in Russia. In V. Khanin, O. Glöckner (Eds.) Russian-
   Speaking Jews as a Political Body: A Global Perspective (pp. 296-314). Brill.
   https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004743960_013
4. Oskolkov, P. (2024). Studying nationalism in an online setting: A Russian far-right
   community on Vkontakte social media platform. In R. Graham, S. Humer, C.
   Seungeun Lee, V. Nagy (Eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Online Deviance
   (pp. 737-751). Routledge.
   https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003277675-47/studying-
   nationalism-online-setting-petr-oskolkov
   Articles
5. Oskolkov, P., Lewin, E., & Lissitsa, S. (2026). “Frying Bacon” or “Drinking
   Smoothies”? Disparagement Humor in the Wartime Discourse of a Russian Far-Right
   Online Community. Media, War & Conflict, 19(3), 715–733.
   https://doi.org/10.1177/17506352251360958
6. Oskolkov, P., Kennedy-Kollar, D. (2025). Being a “Rucel”: How Russian Incels Differ
   From Their Western Counterparts. Deviant Behavior.
   https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2595170
7. Oskolkov, P. (2025). “Let Them Hate, As Long as They Fear”: The Russian NS/WP
   Movement on Telegram. Europe-Asia Studies, 77(1), 88–106.
   https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2024.2430644
8. Oskolkov, P., Lissitsa, S., & Lewin, E. (2025). “The Non-Dormant Beast”:
   Antisemitism in Communities of Russian Nationalists on Vkontakte. Nations and
   Nationalism, 31(2), 361-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13013
9. Oskolkov, P., Lewin, E., & Lissitsa, S. (2024). “Right-Wing Safe Space” Versus
   “Comrade Major”: Media Ideologies of Far-Right Russian Social Media Users. Social
   Media + Society, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241306833
10. Oskolkov, P., Lissitsa, S., & Lewin, E. (2024). Lenin, Putin, and Rage Guy: Internet
    Memes in the Discourse of a Russian Far-Right Community. Journal of Information
    Technology & Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2024.2420671
11. Oskolkov, P. (2024). Estonianness in the Making: Transformations of Ethnic
    Democracy Model and Nationalism in Estonia. Ethnopolitics, 23(5), 467-486.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2023.2216981
12. Oskolkov, P. (2022). Ethnic minority organisations in Russia and Poland: a
    comparison challenge. Baltic Region, 14(4), 113—127. https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-
    8555-2022-4-7
13. Oskolkov, P. (2020). Estonia’s party system today: Electoral turbulence and changes
    in ethno-regional patterns. Baltic Region, 12(1), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-
    8555-2020-1-1