CV

Appointments

  • Since Dec 2023 — Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Communication Psychology and Media Education, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
  • 2022–2024 — Research Fellow, Computational Social Science Center, University of Bologna

Education

  • 2024 — PhD in Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna
  • 2014–2017 — Graduate studies in Political Science, Kazan Federal University
  • 2014 — Degree in Political Science, Kazan Federal University

Current research and funding activity

  • 2026 — Principal applicant, DFG research proposal: Performative or Substantive? Determinants and Effects of Responsiveness in Autocracies — under review
  • Research programme on digital grievance systems, authoritarian responsiveness, protest, and public evaluations of government communication
  • Research on science communication, uncertainty, and the politicization of expertise

Selected publications

  • Zinnatullin, A. (2026). Grievance forums in autocracies: Surrogates for protest or instruments of control? The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481261447631
  • Kogel, M. J., & Zinnatullin, A. What drives affective polarization? A systematic literature review. European Political Science. Forthcoming.
  • Zinnatullin, A., Fock, L., & Barkela, B. (2026). Evidence in the service of dissent. Journal of Science Communication.
  • Zinnatullin, A. (2024). Authoritarian responsiveness online. Policy Studies.
  • Zinnatullin, A. (2023). Political discussions in online oppositional communities in the non-democratic context. Computational Communication Research.
  • Zinnatullin, A. (2023). Navalny’s direct-casting. First Monday.

Full publication list →

Teaching

RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau

  • Scientific evidence and uncertainty in the research of environmental challenges (ENCHURE)
  • Scientific inter- and transdisciplinary work and research (MuU)
  • Advanced Data Analysis (ENCHURE)
  • Current concepts to analyse environmental challenges with global impact (ENCHURE)

Methods instruction

  • SICSS Bologna — Teaching Assistant, 2022 and 2024
  • CyberMondays — Methods Instructor
  • Topics include Git/GitHub, APIs, reproducible workflows, topic modeling, STM, model validation, and data quality

Mentoring

  • Master’s research internship collaboration resulting in a co-authored article accepted for publication in European Political Science

Methods

  • Computational text analysis and NLP
  • Web scraping and dynamic-platform data collection
  • Natural Language Inference and supervised classification
  • Topic modeling and systematic content validation
  • Panel, multilevel, fixed-effects, and generalized synthetic-control methods
  • Survey and conjoint-style experimental design
  • Systematic reviews and reproducible evidence synthesis

Professional development

  • 2024–2025 — KODAQS Data Quality Academy Certificate Program, first cohort

Research stays

  • 2023 — Chair of Digital Governance, Technical University of Munich (six months)
  • 2016–2017 — Erasmus internship, School of Political Science, University of Bologna, Forlì campus (six months)

Research interests

  • Political communication
  • Digital authoritarianism and governance
  • Protest, polarization, and contentious politics
  • Science communication and uncertainty
  • Computational and quantitative methods

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