Egor Lazarevمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
Egor Lazarev is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. Previously, he held positions at the University of Toronto (2018-2019) and was a Harvard Academy Scholar (2019-2020). His research focuses on law, state-building, and conflict in post-Soviet regions, particularly Chechnya and Crimea, emphasizing legal pluralism and societal resilience. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University (2018) with a dissertation titled Laws in Conflict: Legacies of War and Legal Pluralism in Chechnya . His work examines how state and non-state legal systems interact in conflict-affected societies, with a focus on gender dynamics and post-war governance. Key publications include the award-winning book State-Building as Lawfare (Cambridge UP, 2023), which analyzes Chechen legal systems post-war, and articles in World Politics and Political Science Research & Methods . Recipient of the 2024 Gaddis Smith Book Prize for State-Building as Lawfare . Recipient of multiple APSA awards for dissertation fieldwork and research on gender and religion in politics. Research funded through fellowships from the United States Institute of Peace and Yale’s Order, Conflict, and Violence Program. Teaching expertise includes post-Soviet politics, political violence, and qualitative research methods. He has advised numerous collaborative projects on conflict legacies and legal systems in Eurasia.











