Eleonora Minaeva

Eleonora Minaeva is a researcher at the European University Institute, affiliated with the Department of Political and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on authoritarianism, comparative research design, quantitative methods, political institutions, and Russia/Eurasia-related clientelism.

Her doctoral thesis examines the factors and consequences of political (de)centralization at the subnational level in autocracies, supervised by Filip Kostelka. She employs quantitative methodologies to analyze political behavior in authoritarian regimes, with particular attention to institutional reforms in Russian municipalities.

Her recent work published in 2023 investigates how municipal reforms have altered electoral dynamics in Russia, using empirical data analysis. More information can be reached via email at eleonora.minaeva@eui.eu.