Anton Shirikov
Position title: Ph.D. Candidate: Comparative Politics | Political Methodology
Email: shirikov@wisc.edu
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Research Interests:
Authoritarian politics, media, persuasion, legacies of communism, text-as-data, experiments
Biography:
Anton is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Politics. He is working on media politics, misinformation, and perceptions of media in autocracies, and his other work explores contemporary political institutions and authoritarian legacies in the post-communist space. Before coming to UW-Madison, Anton has been a journalist and editor, covering business and politics in Russia. He obtained his master’s degree from the European University at St. Petersburg.
Dissertation:
“The Credibility of Biased Media: Evidence From Authoritarian Regimes”
TA for:
Math Camp for incoming political science PhD students, August 2019
Politics Around the World, Spring 2019
Research Methods in Political Science, Fall 2018
Awards:
Columbia University/Harriman Institute Research Grant for Graduate Students (2019, 2020)
Summer Initiative Award (UW-Madison Dept. of Political Science, 2017, 2019)