Amanda Sonesson

amanda[at]lossi36.com

Co-founder and editor-in-chief. Currently based in Sweden. Mostly focused on questions concerning gender, politics and civil society in Russia and Central Asia.

Laura Royer

laura[at]lossi36.com

Co-founder. Currently based in Brussels, after spending a couple of years in Budapest. Mostly interested in Central and Eastern Europe. Also follows EU politics.

Francis Farrell

francis[at]lossi36.com

Newsletter lead editor. Budapest-based master’s student of politics and security, wanderer, and enthusiast photographer interested in elections frozen conflicts, protest movements, and media in post-communist Europe.

Michael Cole

michael[at]lossi36.com 

Russia regional editor. Estonia-based PhD candidate interested in the social and cultural aspects of politics with a focus on Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, and of course, Russia. Twitter: @NotTheMikeCole

Renee Rippberger

renee[at]lossi36.com

Caucasus regional editor. Currently based in Yerevan, Armenia. Interested in all things related to white collar crime, transitional justice and human rights in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe.

Sydney Millar

sydney[at]lossi36.com

Central Asia regional editor. Currently based in Virginia. Interested in topics relating to gender, politics, and contemporary art in Central Asia and Russia. Currently focusing on women’s rights in Kazakhstan.

Zuzana Krulichová

zuzana[at]lossi36.com 

Central Europe regional editor. Currently based in Prague. Mostly focused on Central European politics and the role of the CE countries within the EU and in global context. Particularly interested in human rights, democracy and civil society.

Owen Howells

owen[at]lossi36.com 

Balkans, Baltic and Eastern Europe regional editor. Based in the UK/Estonia. A history nerd with a penchant for Interbellum regional geopolitics. Additionally, a background in researching the viability of de-facto Independent States.

James Davies

Proofreader. Former vice president of the Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund and a current member of the Swedish Civil Society Network for Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia.

Katherine Leung

Editor. A California based educator. As a 2014 Fulbright grant recipient, she taught English in the Russian cities of Samara, Kyzyl, Ulan-Ude, and Nakhodka. She is interested in Central Asian culture and identity.

Agnieszka Widlaszewska

Newsletter co-editor. Luxembourg-based political scientist-turned-auditor, passionate about the topics of European security and EU external action, in particular the European Neighbourhood Policy and EU-Russia relations.

Tijs van de Vijver

Newsletter co-editor. MA student of International Relations and Russia & Eurasian Studies at Leiden University. Interested in questions of energy, nationalism & nation-building, civil liberties, and Chinese presence in the wider post-Soviet space.

Maja Soomägi

maja[at]lossi36.com

Digital Media Officer. Maja Soomägi is a final year Central and East European Studies and Politics undergraduate student at the University of Glasgow. Academic interests include the social history of Central and Eastern Europe, political thought, and memory studies.

Teet Ottin

teet[at]lossi36.com

Digital media officer. Currently a Master’s student in Contemporary History at the University of Sussex. Originally from Estonia and a graduate of the University of Tartu in German Language and History. His research interests include the deconstruction of historical narratives and the evolution of Human Rights.

Contributors

Agnieszka Zielonka, Aida Akhmedova, Aizada Arystanbek, Alexandra Slobodov, Alexandra Wishart, Ana Robakidze, Anastasia Korogodova, Anastasia Dmitrichenko, Anastasia Karkotskaya, Anastasiya K, Anita Pant, Anna Blue, Augusto Dala Costa, Balsa Lubarda, Ben Halliday, Bozho Kolov, Catalina Ceban, Ceren Kaya, Charles Fourmi, David Živković, Ellen Magee, Elise Mazaud, Emma Lygnerud Boberg, Eva Modebadze, Evguenia Roussel, Felipe Barrientos, Felix Adamson, Florian Coppenrath, Francesco Trupia, Georgie McCartney, Giorgi Benashvili, Hamed Kazemzadeh, Hanna Boiko, Hugo Blewett-Mundy, Ilinka Leger, Ivan U. Klyszcz, Jack Gibson, Jack Gill, Jacob Armstrong, Joni Askola, Jules Ortjens, Juliette Bretan, Kalina Esmein, Karolína Šugarová, Kaspar Schultz, Katerina Bogdanova, Kristin Aldag, Krzysztof Lechowski, Laura Kühlert, Levi Bochantin, Logan Hulsey, Louis Train, Lucie Janatová, Ludovica Grossi, Luis Felipe Sauvalle Torres, Luka Jorbenadze, Mahammad Mammadov, Maja Soomagi, Manon Gallet, Margarita Zilinskaya, Marton Gera, Marysia Suchcitz, Maša Šebek, Monika Szafrańska, Naser Bislimi, Nick Baigent, Nikki Lohr, Paulina Adamik, Pavel Hanchuk, Pavlo Cherchatyi, Petronella Dahl, Ricardo Bergmann, Rossana Bernardi, Roxana Chiariac, Sabrina Gafforova, Sasha Mischeriakova, Sofiya Kominko, Solveiga Kalva, Stefan Žarić, Silvia Travasoni, Tadeusz Giczan, Tamara Novel, Tamara Stoffers, Teona Sekhniashvili, Valentin Fabre, Valentina Bernt, Veronika Pfeilschifter, William Dudley, Xhorxhina Molla, Yanyu Chen, Zadig Tisserand