Max Bader is University Lecturer with expertise on Russia and Eurasia (post-Soviet area).
Before coming to Leiden University, he was a lecturer and researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the OSCE Academy, and a visiting scholar at George Washington University and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

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Max Bader is University Lecturer with expertise on Russia and Eurasia (post-Soviet area).

Before coming to Leiden University, he was a lecturer and researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the OSCE Academy, and a visiting scholar at George Washington University and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Research

Research interests include elections, authoritarian politics, democratization, and new media.

Bader’s current research project is Human Security and Conflict in Ukraine: Local Approaches and Transnational Dimensions. The project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and carried out in cooperation with Carnegie Europe, the Ukrainian Institute for Public Policy, and Right to Protection (Ukraine).

He has published in journals such as Democratization, Post-Soviet Affairs, Russian Politics, Research & Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, Representation, Communist and Post-Communist Studies.

Non-academic activities

Outside academia, Bader has been or is currently involved in:

-Election observation for OSCE/ODIHR and other institutions in the post-Soviet area.

-Policy evaluation for USAID and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

-Public speaking on the politics and international affairs in post-Soviet Eurasia.

-Membership in the Younger Generation Leadership Network on Euro-Atlantic Security

Languages

Native: Dutch
Full professional proficiency: English, Russian, German
Limited working proficiency: Ukrainian, French
Reading: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Tajiki, Belarusian

Publications