Laura Vansina
PhD Researcher
PhD Researcher
Laura Vansina is a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) of the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG-VUB). Laura completed her master’s degree in History at the KU Leuven in 2018, focusing on contemporary history and Eastern Europe. She then proceeded to expand her horizons by completing an additional MA in 2019, this time in Policy Economics.
As a PhD Researcher, she takes part in the EUtopia programme and will complete her research both at the VUB and the University of Warwick. In the coming years, she will zoom in on memory politics and geopolitical profiling within the governmental discourse in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Research areas
Featured publications
Events
Putin' the Past to Work: The Strategic Use of Historical Narratives in Russia's Policy Discourse, 2000-2020
Event on 23.06.2022
Research colloquia
Memory politics in Putin's Russia: historical narratives in policy making discourse
Event on 11.05.2021
Research colloquia
In the media
Veel Russen hebben nog trauma’s van de jaren 90: hoe angst voor chaos nu Poetin in de kaart speelt
Posted on 28.09.2022
In the press
Hoe hard kan je de gewone Rus treffen? "Heikele gok dat ze hierdoor strijdvaardiger worden tegen Poetin
Posted on 03.03.2022
In the press
Interview with Laura Vansina on VRT Radio 1 on the current US-Russia relationship
Posted on 16.06.2021
Videos & podcasts
A radio interview on the Russian sanctions towards the EU (in Dutch)
Posted on 02.05.2021
In the press
