Lana holds a BSc in Mathematical Economics from the St-Petersburg State University of Economics and MSc in Political Science and Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before returning to academia, Lana served 4 years as a consultant at EY.

Lana’s research is at the intersection of international relations, political science, and media. In particular, she studies how the media is used to help generate political support. Methodologically, Lana is interested in computational text analysis and machine learning methods for text as data in social sciences.

Research topic

What do fluctuations in media narratives reveal about an autocratic regime’s tactics, as well as strengths and weaknesses? 

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant roles

2020 - 2021

• IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates
• MY470 Computer Programming 

2019 - 2020

• IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates
• MY464 Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Media and Communications
• Quantitative methodology surgeries
• MSc in International Relations dissertation surgeries
• 3B Quantitative Text Analysis at Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis
• Workshop in computational text analysis

Selected conference presentations

• Virtual Workshop on Authoritarian Regimes (VWAR) 2020. "Warfare Agenda-setting on Russian Television, 2009 - 2019"
• IC2S2 (MIT) 2020.  "Giddy Minds and Foreign Quarrels. The strategic coverage of international conflicts by Russian television, 2009 - 2019"
• Zurich Text as Data (Zurich ETH and UZH) 2019. "The strategic coverage of international conflicts by Russian media, 2009 - 2019" 

Academic supervisor

Professor Tomila Lankina