Hi! Welcome to my academic website.
I’m a social science scholar with a background in social psychology and gender studies. I am currently doing my PhD in political science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Key interests: discrimination, LGBTQ+ politics, x-phi.
Education
Aarhus University | Aarhus, Denmark
PhD in Political Science
Feb 2023 - now
CEU | Budapest, Hungary & Vienna, Austria
MA in Critical Gender Studies
Sept 2019 - June 2021
HSE University | Moscow, Russia
BA in Psychology
Sept 2015 - June 2019
Publications
- Balezina M., Zakharova S. (2023). Measuring Attitudes Towards Rape in Russia: Translation and Validation of the Illinois Rape Myths Acceptance Scale. Current Psychology, doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-04666-2
- Agadullina E.R., Lovakov A.V., Balezina M., Gulevich O. A. (2022). Ambivalent sexism and violence towards women: a meta-analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2855
- Balezina M., Agadullina E. (2022). Devaluation of women’s bisexual identity: the role of gender, sexuality, and ambivalent sexism. WP BRP Series: Psychology. link
Ask me about…
Despite currently focusing on trans* attitudes and sports policies, I am still very passionate about other issues discussed in social science. I’m very willing to (yap) discuss following themes in a more casual manner:
- History of sexuality in light of colonialism
- Homonationalism and its application in CEE
- Identity politics, radical queer rights, and the neoliberal subjects