Anna Kalinina

Anna Kalinina is a PhD candidate and scholarship holder at the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization. Her ongoing dissertation titled "The Dissident Network: Toward Self-made Civil structures in the Russian dissident networks” focuses on the contentious practices, ethics of secrecy,  affinity, precarious organizing, self-organizing, and platform agency.

In 2022, Anna graduated from the master's program "Kulturwissenschaften: Medien und Digitale Kulturen" at Leuphana University, where she completed her master's thesis "Future-Proofing the New Soviet Subjects: Fostering Technical Creativity in the Cases of Andrei Ershov's Algorithmic Thinking and the Radio Enthusiasts Movement."