Nina Krienke
پژوهشگر ارشد · civil society and protest culture in periods of societal change
University of Bremenمعرفی
Dr. Nina Krienke is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and Economics at the University of Bremen. Her work focuses on civil society dynamics, protest cultures, and democratic transformations in Eastern Europe, particularly Romania and Ukraine.
- PhD candidate at Research Centre for East European Studies (University of Bremen, 2018-2024)
- MA in Democratic Politics and Communication from University of Trier (2017)
- BA in Systematic Musicology and Political Science from University of Hamburg (2013)
Her research explores how mass protests function as indicators of democratic health, analyzing political meaning-making and contentious positioning in Eastern European contexts. She specializes in democracy theory, transformation studies, and contemporary political history of the region.
The four publications listed span 2019-2024, focusing on Eastern European political economy, methodological critiques in social sciences, and post-Soviet protest dynamics. These works appear in journals like Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies and Europe-Asia Studies.
- DAAD Research Scholarship (2024)
- Completion Grant from Research Centre for East European Studies (2024)
- Full doctoral scholarship (German Academic Scholarship Foundation, 2019-2024)
- Best Thesis Award (University of Trier, 2017)
Nina has contributed to science communication through the Eastern Europe - Analytical Digests project and participated in data archiving initiatives. Her dissertation project Protest as a Democracy Test (ProTest) examines Romanian protest cycles and their implications for democratic theory.
