Mikhail Rybalko
Position: Associate professor, Department of Political Science, History and Regional Studies, Irkutsk State University
Contact information
Address: Chkalov st., 2, Irkutsk, 664003
E-mail: mikhail.rybalko@gmail.com
Education
2008-2014: PhD student, TexasTechUniversity, Doctorate Program (Political Science Department),
1999-2003: Kandidatskaya degree (candidate’sdegree), History and International Relations, Irkutsk State University. Dissertationtitle: “NewZealandintheAsia-Pacific Integration since the Second World War”.
Qualification awarded: PhD (historical sciences candidate)
1993-1999: Student, History faculty, Irkutsk State University
Area of specialization: World history and international relations
Qualification awarded: Higher Education Diploma with honors
Work experience
2016 – to present: Associate professor, Department of Political Science, History and Regional Studies, Irkutsk State University
2014 – 2016: Associate Professor,Department of Oriental Languages,Moscow State Linguistic University, Eurasian Linguistic Institute
2002 – 2014:Associate professor, Department of Regional Studies, Siberian Instituteof Law, Economics and Management
Courses
• Political Science
• Geopolitics
• The Image of the Russian Federation Abroad
• International Law
• Regional Politics of the Russian Federation
• China’s Foreign Policy
• Political Systems in North America
• Quantitative research methods
•Integration Process and International Organizations
Research interests
Integration Process and International Organizations, Foreign Policy of New Zealand, Ethnic Minorities, Polish and German Ethnic Minorities in Siberia| Russian Federation, Ethnicity and Gender Representation, Russian Politics, Regional studies, Environmental Politics in the former USSR
Languages: English – fluent; Spanish, German, Polish, Ukrainian.
Grants, Fellowships & Trainings
•Teaching Assistanship. Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, 2008-2014
• Summer Research Laboratory Award at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana, IL), July 2009
•Co-recipient of a number of German Society Research Awards and a one-year grant from Russian-German Research Fund (Wiedergeburt) for conducting research on“History of the ethnic Germans in Irkutsk region”, 2004-2008.
•Research fellowship at Auckland University (New Zealand), Department of Political Studies, the University of Victoria (Wellington) and Waikato University (Hamilton). May – August 2000.
• Open Russia League of Action Award – Lithuania, Druskininkai – InternationalSchool, OfLeadershipand Social Management July 2004.
•Summer School at Central European University Grant – CEU (Budapest, Hungary): TheUnitedNations, CivilSociety, andthePrivateSectorinGlobalGovernance. July 2004
• Visiting researcher at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), June-July 2001.
• Freedom Support Act /AmericanCollegiateConsortium, Illinois Wesleyan University, IL, 1996-1997.
Some Publications
In English:
- Joseph Robbins and Mikhail Rybalko (2016). Voter Turnout in a Dominant Party System: An Analysis of Electoral Participation in Russia’s Regions. Taiwan Journal of Democracy. 11(2):57-84.
- Joseph Robbins and Mikhail Rybalko (2012). Party Development in a Hegemonic Party System: An Analysis of Russia’s Regions. Journal of East European and Asian Studies. 3(1): 127-155.
- Frank Thames and Mikhail Rybalko (2011) Gender and Legislative Behavior in Post-communist Ukraine.Journal of East European and Asian Studies. 2 (1): 163-186.