Olga Dryndova

Editor Belarus-Analysen

olga.dryndova@proton.me

 



 

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Expertise

• Politics and society in Belarus

• (External) democracy assistance / promotion in post-Soviet states

• Political culture, civil society, protests, cooperation between state and non-state actors

• Relations between the EU / Germany and Belarus

Short CV

2020-2023: Coordinator “Arbeitskreis Belarus” / “European Network for Belarus”, Austausch e.V., Berlin

Since 2019: Independent consultant on Belarus / democracy promotion (selection):

• Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem), University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• Freedom House, USA

• German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

• German Association for East European Studies (DGO)

• International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB Dortmund), Germany

• The Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Eastern Germany

Since 2018: Contributing editor „Belarus-Analysen“ (non-resident, Berlin)
 
2015-2019: Project coordinator, German-Belarusian Society (dbg), Berlin
 
2014-2019: Programme coordinator, djo-German Youth in Europe (federal association), Berlin
 
2010-2013: M.A. Intercultural Communication and European Studies, Fulda University of Applied Sciences (scholarship of the DAAD/OSI)
 
2009-2010: Chair of the Youth Commission, Belarusian Helsinki Committee (human rights organisation), Belarus
 
2009: Internship, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

2004-2009: Diploma in International Relations, Belarusian State University, Belarus 

 
 
Memberships

Since 2020: Member, Grassroots-Thinktank “Polis180” (Programme “Perspective East”), Berlin

Since 2019: Member, German Association for East European Studies (DGO), Berlin

 
 
Publications
 

Protestbewegung in Belarus: Frauen an der Front?

In: Femina Politica – Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 1-2021, p. 133-138

 

Revolution in Belarus. Surprisingly female?

In: New Eastern Europe, Issue 6/2020: Understanding Values in Uncertain Times

 

Corona, Politisierung und Selbstorganisation

In: Belarus! Das weibliche Gesicht der Revolution, edition.fotoTAPETA__Flugschrift

 

Protests in Belarus: Why now and what is different this time?

Baltic Rim Economies

 

Was hat sich in Belarus verändert? | In-Depth Analyse | Polis180

Analytical video on Youtube for a broader public about the political crisis in Belarus (co-author)

 

Belarusian spring? Politicisation of the wider society

New Eastern Europe

 

Belarusian spring? What we know about Belarusian society

New Eastern Europe

 

Covid-19 in Belarus: Reaktionen, die alle überraschen

Belarus-Analysen

 

Parlamentswahlen in Belarus: neue Tendenzen, alte Regeln, unklare Aussichten

Belarus-Analysen

 

Belarus: Das Experiment mit der Demokratie

MDR - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

 

Belarus votes: Could its verdict matter?

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

 
 
Interviews on Belarus (selection):

Deutsche Welle, ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandfunk, rbb, WDR, MDR, Kröne TV (Austria), SRF (Switzerland), BBC News, Euronews, ABC TV (Australia), Monocle, Al Jazeera, Current Time TV, TRT World

 
 
Discussions on Belarus / EU democracy assistance / authoritarianism

Speaker / moderator (selection):

Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS), Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES), Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (HBS), Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation (FNS), Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), German Association for East European Studies (DGO), New Eastern Europe, Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung, Union Stiftung, Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa