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Oleg Manaev – Curriculum Vitae 2022

8500 Olde Colony Tr. 2, Knoxville TN 37923, USA · (865) 235-2232

Web site: www.manaevoleg.org, e-mail: Manaev.Oleg@gmail.com

Background in Media and Communication, Sociology and Political Science

EDUCATION

Dr. Habilitate (Professor) in Sociology, School of Philosophy & Social Sciences, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, 1991. Dissertation: Theoretical Grounds for Sociological Studies of Mass Media Effectiveness. Advisor: Dr. Boris Grushin (Moscow, Russia).

Ph.D. in Sociology, School of Philosophy & Social Sciences, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, 1982. Dissertation: Inclusion of a Personality into Mass Media Sphere of Influence. Advisor: Dr. Georgy Davidiuk (Minsk).

M.A. in Journalism, School of Journalism, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, 1974. Thesis: Standardization of Newspaper Language, Thinking, and Way of Life. Advisor: Dr. Michael Tikotzky (Minsk).

B.A. in Journalism, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, 1973.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER RESEARCH-ORIENTED WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Studies, College for Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville https://cics.utk.edu/profile?smid=628
Faculty Member, Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville http://www.dysoc.org/members.
Founding Director, Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political Studies (IISEPS), Minsk, Belarus, February 1992 – 2019. Administrative oversight of 20+ full-time and part-time researchers and analysts, technical personnel and staff, as well a nationwide network of 100 interviewers, budgets and dozens of researches and public policy projects. Due to its contribution to independent social sciences and democratic public policy IISEPS faced various pressures from the state authorities, including KGB, Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor Office, Ministry of Interior, and the Supreme Court. After shutting down by the Supreme Court in April 2005, IISEPS had to remove its legal status to Vilnius, Lithuania http://www.iiseps.org/?lang=en
Founding Chairman, Belarusian Association of Think Tanks (BTT), Minsk, Belarus, June 7, 1997 – August 3, 2006. Coordinative oversight of 18 independent research and analytical centers across the country with almost 100 researchers and analysts in sociology, economics, philosophy, psychology, and political science. BTT conducted various research projects, dozens of regional and national seminars, conferences and briefings, published quarterly “BTT Analytical Bulletin” (1998-2004), several books, and numerous publications in mass media. Due to its contribution to independent social sciences and democratic public policy BTT faced various pressures from the state authorities, and in August 2006 was shut down by the Supreme Court.
Founding Chairman, Belarusian Soros Foundation (BSF), Minsk. Coordinative oversight dozens of researches, education, media and public policy programs at the national level, and the budgets (over $ 13 millions in 1993-1997). Due to its contribution to independent education, social sciences civil society development BSF faced various pressures from the state authorities, and in September 1997 was shut down by the Supreme Court.
Co-Founder, Department of Social Communication, School of Philosophy & Social Sciences, Belarusian State University (BSU), Minsk, Belarus. Due to effective cooperation with Western scholars in media and communication, and funding from the European Commission (TEMPUS) a new Program “Information & Communication” (1996) and new Department of Social Communication (1997) were established in the School of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the BSU. As a Head of this Program was responsible for introducing new Curricular and textbooks, Professors and students’ international exchanges, public relations, etc.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS

My ability to conduct high-quality research in the field of Media and Communication, Sociology and Political Science is reflected in receiving funding for and implementation of multiple national and international research projects (with combined budget over 2 million dollars), funded by various institutions including UNESCO; Research Institute for Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe; Center for International Private Enterprise (USA); TEMPUS of the European Commission; Open Society Institute (USA); Eurasia Foundation (USA); Westminster Foundation (UK); MacArthur Foundation (USA); MATRA (Netherlands); PACT (USA), and National Endowment for Democracy (USA).

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowship of the George F. Kennan at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars (Washington, D.C.) 2017; Fellowship of the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (Hokkaido University, Japan) 2013; Scholar Rescue Fund Award of the Institute of International Education (USA) 2007-2009; Fulbright Fellowship (Annenberg School for Communication, USC, USA) 2001; Fellowship of the Erich-Brost Institute of International Journalism (University of Dortmund, Germany) 2002-2003; Freedom Support Act Fellowship (East-West Institute, New York, USA) 1998; The Bonnier Fellowship (Stockholm University, Sweden) 1993.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

200 scholarly articles and books chapters on mass media, communication and democracy, civil society and political process in the USSR, Belarus and abroad (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Yugoslavia, Slovakia, UK, Germany, France, USA, Brazil, Korea, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Japan). Most recent include:

Alexander Bentley, Natalie Rice, Oleg Manaev, and others, "Monitoring event-driven dynamics on Twitter: A case study in Belarus”, SN Social Sciences, No 2, 2022, 1-20. Link
Oleg Manaev, Natalie Rice, and Maureen Taylor, "Evolution and impact of Russian and Belarusian propaganda during the Belarus presidential elections and aftermath protests in 2020”, in Canadian Slavonic Papers, Volume 63, Nos. 3-4 (2021), pp. 371-402. Link
Oleg Manaev, "Media in Post-Soviet Belarus: Between Democratization and Reinforcing Authoritarianism," in Peter Rollberg and Marlene Laruelle, eds., Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World, Stuttgart: Ibidem-Verlag, 2018, 111-137.
Oleg Manaev, "The Great post-Soviet Reshaping: Strengthening the Legitimacy of the Authorities through Changing the Social Stratification in the “Slavic Triangle”, article written on the results of the project conducted while being a George F. Kennan Fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, May-August 2017, 1-25.
Oleg Manaev, "Public Opinion Polling in Authoritarian State: The Case of Belarus," in Klaus Bachmann and Jens Gieseke, eds., The Silent Majority in the Authoritarian States. Opinion Poll Research in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe", Bern: Peter Lang, 2016, 79-98.
Oleg Manaev, "Peculiarities of Belarusian Authoritarianism and Its Influence on the Regime Dynamics in Russia and Ukraine," in Acta Slavica Iaponica, 2014, Vol. 35, 55-86.
Oleg Manaev, "Media in Post-Soviet Belarus: Between Democratization and Reinforcing Authoritarianism," in Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 22, No 2/Spring 2014, 207-229.
Oleg Manaev, Yuri Drakokhrust, “Peculiarities of Contemporary Belarusian Identity” (Polish), in Ryszard Radzik, ed., Belarusian Identity, Lublin: UMCS, 2012, 47-79.
Oleg Manaev, Natalie Manayeva, and Dmitry Yuran, "Islands in the Stream": Reflections on Media Development in Belarus," in Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, eds., Media Transformations in the Post—Communist world: Eastern Europe’s Tortured Path to Change, Lexington Books, 2012, 195-215.
Oleg Manaev, Natalie Manayeva, Dzmitri Yuran, "More State than Nation: Lukashenko's Belarus," in Journal of International Affairs, 2011, Vol. 65, No 1 (Inside Authoritarian State), 93-113.
Oleg Manaev, Natalie Manayeva, Dzmitri Yuran, "Spiral of Silence" in Election Campaigns in Post-Communist Society," in International Journal of Market Research, 2010, Vol. 52, No 3, 319-338.
Oleg Manaev, "Belarus on "The Huntington Line": the Role of Media," in Marta Dyczok and Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, eds., Media, Democracy, and Freedom: The Post-Communist Experience, Bern: Peter Lang, 2009, 218-239.
Oleg Manaev, "Foreign Media Influence on Belarusians," in Global Media Journal (PE), 2008, No 1: 140-152.
Oleg Manaev, “Belarusian did not Understand what Values they should Suffer for” (Polish), in Malgazhata Notsun and Andzhey Bzhezetsky, eds., The Robbed People: Talks with Belarusian Intellectuals, Wroclaw, Kolegium Europy Wschodniej, 2007, 171-182.
Oleg Manaev, “Recent trends in Belarusian public opinion," in Pavol Demez and David Marples, eds., Prospects for Democracy in Belarus, Bratislava: GMF, 2006, 28-38.

20 Books (Authored/Edited/Co-edited). Most recent include:

Editor, Future of Belarus: Views of Independent Experts (Russian), St.-Petersburg: Nevski Prostor, 2012.
Editor, Youth and Civil Society in Belarus: New Generation (Russian), St.-Petersburg: Nevski Prostor, 2011.
Oleg Manaev, Emerging of Civil Society in Independent Belarus. Sociological Experiences: 1991-2010 (Russian), Riga: Laima, Vol. I, 2000, Vol. II, 2005, Vol. III, 2011.
Editor, Belarus and “wider Europe”: Quest for Geo-political Self-identification (Russian), Novosibirsk: Vodoley, 2007.

CONFERENCE PAPERS/PANELS/PRESENTATIONS

Was organizer/panel and chair/presenter/discussant at numerous national and international conferences and symposia/colloquia in Belarus/Europe/North and South America/Korea/Japan. A total of over 100 conference papers and presentations. Most recent include:

Abstract “Belarus Unreliable Stability in the National and Geopolitical Dimension: Dynamics of Public Opinion” (authored with Natalie Rice) accepted to 54th Annual Convention of ASEEES, Chicago, USA, November 10-13, 2022
Abstact “Media and public opinion in FSU countries on the U.S. Capitol riot” (authored with Natalie Rice and Michael Fitzgerald) accepted to 118th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Montréal, Québec, Canada, September 15–18, 2022
Paper “Russia Public Diplomacy Efforts to Influence Neighbors: Media Messaging Supports Hard Power Projection” (authored with Catherine Luther, Brandon Prince, Natalie Rice, and others) presented at 72nd Annual Conference of ICA, Paris, France, May 26-29, 2022
Paper “Traditional and Social Media Usage and Pro-Russian versus Anti-Russian Attitudes in Belarus and Ukraine” (authored with Natalie Rice, Maureen Taylor, and others) presented at 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France, May 26-29, 2022
Abstract “Effectiveness of Russian Propaganda/Disinformation in the FSU Countries: Data Analysis and Measurement” (authored with Natalie Rice, Michael Fitzgerald, and Maureen Taylor) accepted to 77th Annual Conference of AAPOR, Chicago, USA, May 11-13, 2022
Chair of a Panel " Political and Legal Questions in the Post-Soviet Space” at 53d Annual Convention of ASEEES, New Orleans, USA, December 1-3, 2021
Presentation “A Split in Belarusian Society and Russian/Belarusian Propaganda Campaigns – 2020” at 53d Annual Convention of ASEEES, New Orleans, USA, November 18-21, 2021
Paper “Effectiveness of Russian propaganda/disinformation in the near abroad: the case of Belarusian presidential election-2020” (authored with Michael Fitzgerald, Natalie Rice, Catherine Luther, and Suzie Allard) presented at 76th Virtual Annual Conference of AAPOR, May 11-14, 2021
Presentation “Effectiveness of Russian propaganda in Belarus in comparative perspective” at 52nd Annual Convention of ASEEES, Washington D.C., USA, November 5-8, 2020
Paper “Examining Russian propaganda in FSU countries” (authored with Michael Fitzgerald, Natalie Rice and Suzie Allard) presented at APSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, September 10-13, 2020
Paper “Studying effectiveness of Russian disinformation and propaganda campaigns in selected Former Soviet Union States through media and public opinion monitoring” (authored with Michael Fitzgerald, Natalie Rice and Suzie Allard) presented at 75th Annual Conference of AAPOR, Atlanta, USA, May 14-17, 2020
Presentation “Media and Evolution of Public Opinion on Russia in Belarus on Comparative Perspective” at 51st Annual Convention of ASEEES, San-Francisco, USA, November 23-26, 2019
Paper “Information Warfare Against U.S. Voters: An Analysis of the Russian Ads Targeting U.S. Facebook Users, 2015-2017” (authored with Michael Fitzgerald, Natalie Rice et all) presented at 74th Annual Conference of AAPOR, Toronto, Canada, May 19-21, 2019
Presentation “Impact of Russian Media on Belarus and on the Other Countries in the East Slavic Triangle” at 50th Annual Convention of ASEEES, Boston, USA, December 6-9, 2018
Paper “Independent Public Opinion Polling vs. Authoritarian State (A case of Belarus)” at 73d Annual Conference of AAPOR, Denver, USA, May 16-19, 2018
Presentation “Reshuffling Social Stratification and Its Consequences in the East Slavic Triangle" at 49th Annual Convention of ASEEES, Chicago, USA, November 9-12, 2017
Presentation “Change and diversity in Russian public opinion on the USA" at 72nd Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), New Orleans, USA, May 18-21, 2017
Chair and discussant of a Panel "Belarus: Domestic Events and Outside Actors," Presentation “Changing Boundaries of Media Freedom in Belarus” at 48th Annual Convention of ASEEES, Washington D.C., USA, November 17-20, 2016
Presentation “Belarus in the mirror of public opinion” at Kennan Institute Event “Belarus: Between a Rock and a Hard Place," Washington D.C., USA, March 3, 2016
Presentation “Belarusian Presidential Elections of 2015: Point of Bifurcation?” at 47 Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), Philadelphia, USA, November 19-22, 2015
Presentation “Belarus before Elections: No Worry for the President” at Kennan Institute Symposium "Belarus Before Elections," Washington D.C., USA, September 11, 2015
Presentation “Soviet Historical Memory and Current Politics in Belarus” at IX World Congress of ICCEES, Tokyo, Japan, August 3-8, 2015
Presentation “Media in Post-Soviet Belarus: Between Democratization and Reinforcing Authoritarianism” at the International Conference "Media and Democratization in Post-Soviet Nations," Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.D., USA, September 24-25, 2013
Presentation “Peculiarities of Belarusian Authoritarianism and Its Influence on Regime Dynamics in Russia and Ukraine” at the International Conference “1913-2013 for Eurasia: A Great Experiment or a Lost Century?”, Osaka University of Economics and Law, Osaka, Japan, August 9-10, 2013
Presentation “Belarus Civil Society at Risk: the Role of Citizens and the State Today" at the International NGO Conference Representatives to the Council of Europe "Democracy at Risk: The Role of Citizens and the State Today," Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, 25-28 June 2012
Presentation "Public Opinion and Evolution of Values in Belarus" at the International Conference "Studies of Public Opinion and Evolution of Values in Post-Communist Countries," Warsaw Scholl of Social Psychology, Poland, April 26-27, 2012
Presentation "Peculiarities of Public Opinion Studies in Independent Belarus" at the International Colloquium "Studies of Public Opinion in Eastern Europe," FORSA Institute, Berlin, Germany, April 20, 2012
Presentation "Belarusian Society after the Economic Crisis" at the International Conference "Third Sector and Belarus Prospects," Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, March 15-16, 2012
Presentation "Consequences of the Economic Crisis in the Mirror of Public Opinion" at the International Seminar "Belarus Today: Potential for Changes," Chatham House, London, UK, December 12, 2011
Presentation "Where Belarusians Are Going To?" at the International Conference "Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk," Wroclaw, Poland, November 14, 2011
Presentation Belarus Problems and Perspectives in the Mirror of Public Opinion" at the International Seminar "Twenty Years of Independent Belarus," Washington, DC, Carnegie Endowment, October 26, 2011
Presentation "Media in Belarus: Socialism with a Capitalist Face" at the International Conference "Contemporary Perspectives of Journalism and Media Evolution in Central Europe," Kaunas, Lithuania, Vitas Magnus University, October 14, 2011
Presentation "Peculiarities of Belarus at the International Colloquium "Twenty Years of Post-Communist Transformations in Europe and NIS," Ljubljana, Slovenia, Center for Studies in Post-Communist Economics, September 23-24, 2011
Paper "Spiral of Silence" in Election Campaigns in Post-Communist Society," at the 62d Conference of The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) "Public Opinion and Survey Research in a Changing World," Switzerland, Lausanne, September 11-13, 2009
Presentation of books published by IISEPS in 1999-2008, at the Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Canada, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009
Presentation "Independent Social Science under Authoritarian Pressure," at the International Symposium "The Battle of Ideas Still Rages: Attacks on Academic Freedom in the 21st Century”, USA, New York, Columbia University, September 23-24, 2008
Paper "Survey Research in Emerging Democracies: The Case of Belarus," at the 61st Conference of The World/American Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR/AAPOR) "Polls for Public Good," New Orleans, USA, May 13-15, 2008
Presentation “From University Scholar to Rescue Scholar” at the University of Tennessee Sen. Baker Center for Public Policy open presentations, USA, Tennessee, Knoxville, April 2, 2008
Paper "Belarus on the "Huntington Line": Media and Democracy," at the "Freedom, Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe" Conference, Freiburg, Switzerland, June 22-23, 2007.

MASS MEDIA PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS

As a sociologist and political analyst, editor, contributing columnist and radio commentator I have published and broadcast numerous of analytical articles in Belarusian and foreign media.

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

Mass, political, and international communication; political process and public opinion, media and democracy; Russian information warfare and propaganda (its origins, mechanisms, and consequences), think tanks and public policy, the methodology of social research.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Russian (native), Belarusian (good), English (fluent)

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), 1990-2000
Member, Belarusian Sociological Association (BSA), 1992-1999
Chairman of Board, Belarusian Soros Foundation (BSF), 1993-1995
Chairman, Research and Pedagogical Committee, TEMPUS Project for Communication Studies at the Belarusian State University, 1993-1997
Chairman, Belarusian Association of Think Tanks (BTT), 1997-2006
Member, Network for Democratic Research Institutes (NDRI), 2001 – 2007
Member, World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), 2007 – 2010
Member, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2009 – present
Member, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), 2015 – present
Member, American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), 2017 – present.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Department of History and Political Science, King University, Tennessee, USA, 2017 – present. Was teaching two courses – “Twentieth Century Global History (The Rise and fall of World Communism in 20th Century)” and “United States Government” (for undergraduates).

Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, and School of Communications Studies, University of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 2015–2016. Was teaching three courses – “Government and Politics of Post-Communist Countries” and “The Resurgent Post-Communist Authoritarianism” (for undergraduates); “Political Communication and Resurgent Authoritarianism around the World” (for graduates).

Visiting Scholar, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, June-October, 2013. Conducted the project "Peculiarities of Post-Soviet Authoritarianism and Its Influence on the Region" and contributed to a seminar on Eurasian developments for graduates.

Visiting Professor, Department of Media, European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania (Belarusian University in exile), 2012-2014. Was teaching two courses - "Independent Research and Media: Cooperation for Democracy" and "Media Research Methods" (for undergraduates).

Visiting Professor, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, College of Communication and Information, University of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 2007–2009. Was teaching two courses – “Media Research Methods” (for graduates) and “International Communication” (for undergraduates and graduates).

Visiting Professor, Department of Social Macrostructures, Institute of Sociology, Marie Curie-Skladowska University in Lublin, Poland, 2005–2007. Was teaching two courses - "Development of Media and Communication in Belarus" and "Emerging of Civil Society in Belarus" (for undergraduates).

Founding Professor, Department of Social Communication, School of Philosophy & Social Sciences, Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus, 1999 – 2012. Was teaching two courses for undergraduates - "Sociology of Mass Communication" and "Theory of Communication," and one course for graduates - "Media Impact." Tutored over 200 students' papers (term, M.A. and Ph.D. thesis) on the political process, mass media, and communication.

GUEST LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

Institute of Security and Intelligence Studies, King University, USA, February 2018.
Department of Political Science and International Relations, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, October 2017.
Department of Communication, University of Malaga, Spain, November 2003.
Department of Communication, University Paris-III, France, November 2003.
Department of Communication, Aix-Marseille University I, France, November 2003.
Department of Radio-TV-Film and the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Texas, Austin, USA, November 2001.
Department of Journalism and Communication, Florida International University, USA, November 2001.
Unruh Institute for Political Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, October 2001.
California State University in Chico, USA, September 1998.
Slavic Studies Department, University of California in Berkeley, USA, September 1998.
Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington, D.C., USA, May 1998.
NATO Headquarters, Mons, Belgium, October 1998.
Vilnius Summit of Presidents of Eastern European countries, Lithuania, Vilnius, September 1997.
Department of Communication, Humberside University, Hull, UK, March 1997.
Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, January 1997.
Department of Communication, Grenoble University III, France, April 1997.
Department of Communication, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March 1994.
Department of Communication, University of Montreal, Canada, March 1994.
Department of Communication, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA February 1994.
Department of Communication, University of Sao-Paulo, Brazil, August 1992.
Department of Communication, Polytechnic of Huddersfield, UK, October 1991.
Department of Communication, Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, UK, October 1991.
Center for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, UK, October 1991.
Department of Communication, Polytechnic of Central London, UK, October 1991.
Department of Communication, Webster University, London, UK, October 1991.
Department of Communication, American University, Washington D.C., USA, May 1991.
Department of Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, April 1991.
Department of Communication, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, April 1991.
Department of Communication, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada, April 1991.
Department of Communication, Laval University, Montreal, Canada, April 1991.
Department of Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, April 1991.
Department of Communication, University Renn-II, France, May 1990.
Department of Communication, University Paris-III, France, May 1990.

ADVISORY/EDITORIAL BOARDS

Member, Editorial Board, Konteksty Społeczne, Lublin, Poland, 2012-present
Editor-in-Chief, IISEPS News, Minsk, Belarus/Vilnius, Lithuania, 1996-2016
Member, Editorial Board, Political Communication, Durham, N.C., USA, 2001-2007
Editor-in-Chief, Analytical Bulletin of the Belarusian Think Tanks, Minsk, Belarus, 1997-2004
Member, Editorial Board, European Journal of Communication, London, UK, 1995-2001
Member, Editorial Board, Intercome, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1993-1995
Member, Jury for Defense Ph.D. thesis in Sociology at the Belarusian State University, 1996-2005; Jury for Defense Ph.D. thesis in Sociology at the Institute of Sociology at the National Academy of Sciences, 1994-2001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION

Peter Gross, Fake News in the Service of Post-Truth Belarus // Transitions Online, April 6, 2017. Link
Grigory Ioffe, Killing the Messenger: The Demise of a Reliable Belarusian Pollster // Eurasia Daily Monitor, Volume: 13 Issue: 143, September 7, 2016. Link
WAPOR Press Release: WAPOR finds no orchestration of data fabrication by IISEPS, December 20, 2016. Link.
Ingo Petz, Die Zukunft kontrollieren. Das Ende der unabhängigen Soziologie in Belarus // Osteuropa, 66. Jg., 6–7/2016, s. 151–158. Link
Opinion poll expert detained in Minsk // RT, October 6, 2011. Link
ECREA's appeal for Belarusian scholar Manaev, June 6, 2010. Link
In support of Oleg Manaev // IAMCR Statement, June 2010. Link
Karol Jakubowicz / Oleg Manaev: The “Civil (Society) Constructor” Soldiers On // Political Communication, 2006, Vol. 23, Num. 4, pp. 379-385.

REFERENCES

Academic

Dr. Peter Gross, former Director

School of Journalism and Electronic Media

College of Communication and Information

333 Communications Building

The University of Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN, 37996-0333, USA

E-mail: pgross@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5155

Dr. Marc Raboy, Professor

Department of Art History & Comm. Studies

McGill University

853 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, PQ, H3A 2T6, Canada

Office: Arts W-287

E-mail: marc.raboy@mcgill.ca
Phone: +(514) 398-2211

Dr. David Paletz, Professor

Department of Political Sciences.

Duke University

Durham, NC, 27706, USA

E-mail: paletz@duke.edu

Phone: (919) 660-4321

Fax: (919) 660-4330

Dr. Jane Burbank, Collegiate Professor

Dept. of Hist. & Russian & Slavic Studies

New York University

5 Washington Square North,

New York, NY 10003

King Juan Carlos Center, Room 715

E-mail: jane.burbank@nyu.edu

Phone: (212) 998-8628

Dr. Ryszard Radzik, Professor

Department of Social Macrostructures

Institute of Sociology

Marie Curie-Skladowska University

Langiewicza St., 6A,

Lublin 20-032, Poland

Phone/fax: (48-81) 533-2816

Email: Ryszard.Radzik@umcs.lublin.pl

Dr. Peter Rollberg, Professor

Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Elliott Scholl of International Affairs

George Washington University

1957 E Street, NW, Suite 412

Washington, D.C., USA
Phone: (202) 994-7084
Fax: (202) 994-5436
E-mail: rgpeter@gwu.edu

Dr. Kimitaka Matsuzato, Professor

Slavic Research Center

Hokkaido University

Kita-9, Nishi-7,

Sapporo, 060-0809, Japan

Phone: (81-11) 706-3311

E-mail: kim@slav.hokudai.ac.jp

Dr. Michael Fitzgerald

Department of Political Science

College of Arts and Sciences

University of Tennessee

McClung Tower 1014, room 1014

Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Phone: (+ 1 865) 556-7049

E-mail: mfitzge1@utk.edu

Professional

Dr. Hans-Georg Wieck

Former German Ambassador to the USSR,

Chairman Association “Support for Belarus Democracy”

Berlin, Germany

Phone: (+49 30) 89-09-67-48

E-mail: hagewie@arcor.de

David J. Kramer

Senior Fellow

Steven J. Green School of Int. Affairs

Florida International University, USA

11200 SW 8th Street Miami, Florida

E-mail: dkramer@fiu.edu