Dr Andrey Menshikov holds degrees in Philosophy from Ural State University, Russia, and in Medieval Studies from the Central European University, Hungary. He earned his Candidate of Sciences degree in Philosophy at Ural State University (Ekaterinburg, Russia). He has held fellowships at Boston University (2004), the University of California, Berkeley (2007), the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (2007–08), and the Center for Advanced Studies – Southeast Europe (2019), and was a visiting lecturer at the University of North Carolina (2020). He served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Ural Federal University (2009–2022). During his tenure, he also directed the Centre for Comparative Studies of Toleration and Recognition and coordinated the international Master’s Programme in Political Philosophy at Ural Federal University (2016–2022).
Menshikov has participated in research projects in political philosophy and intellectual history, supported by organisations such as the Open Society Institute, the EU’s FP7, the Russian Foundation for the Humanities, and the Russian Science Foundation, among others.
Publications
- Menshikov, A. S. (2026). Human Development in Post-Conflict Situation: Projects and Institutions of the USA After World War II. Changing Societies & Personalities, 10(2), 281-297.
- Menshikov, A., & Purgina, E. (2026). Urban imaginaries of post-2022 Russian emigrants on Telegram: negotiating belonging and affective attachment in Yerevan, Buenos Aires, Herceg Novi, and Belgrade. Urbis et Orbis Microhistory and Semiotics of the City, 6(1), 86-103.
- Menshikov, A., & Purgina, E. (2025). Hacking the border: Digital narratives of Russian asylum seekers after 2022. Social Science Information, 64(2), 131-154.
- Purgina, E. S., & Menshikov, A. S. (2023). Environmental Imaginaries of the Arctic in the 21st Century Travel Writing. Changing Societies & Personalities, 7(4), 174-189.
- Purgina, E., & Menshikov, A. (2023). Digital Narratives of the New Russian Emigrants: Identity Negotiations Across Borders and Borderlines. Зборник Матице српске за славистику, 2023(104), 35-60.