Jussi Lassila
Senior Research Fellow- Russian domestic politics
- Particularly identity politics, nationalism, political movements, populism, political rhetoric and communication
Jussi Lassila is a Senior Research Fellow in the Russia, EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood and Eurasia research programme at Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
Lassila has published widely on issues related to Russian domestic politics, in particular identity politics, nationalism, populism and political communication. He has commented extensively on topics related to Russian politics and society, especially in the Finnish media.
The latest academic publications of Lassila include Casting off Soviet chains? Conditions for the ideological renewal of communist successor parties in Russia, Ukraine and Moldova since the 2010s (with Ryhor Nizhnikau) (Journal of Eurasian Studies 2022, open-access), Attitudes to Putin-Era Patriotism Amongst Russia’s ‘In Between’ Generation (with Anna Sanina) (Europe-Asia Studies 2022, open-access), and Whose turn, for whom? Conservative values and Putinʼs social contract in Conservatism and Memory Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe (Routledge 2021).
Degrees
PhD, University of Jyväskylä (2011).
Language skills
Finnish, English, Russian, Estonian, Swedish (reading and listening)