ABOUT
Emma Mateo is a doctoral research student at the University of Oxford, working in the department of Sociology. Emma uses a mixed methods approach, informed by her interdisciplinary background, to tackle the puzzle of how and why regional locations mobilise during moments of mass protest.
Emma received a first-class Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages (Russian, French and Ukrainian) from the University of Cambridge in 2015. Her fascination with protest and Ukraine then lead her on an interdisciplinary path, through an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Oxford, ultimately to Oxford’s Sociology department.
Here Emma’s doctoral research (funded by the ESRC) focuses on regional protest during moments of mass mobilisation in Ukraine and Belarus, and investigates what accounts for variation in the geospatial dispersion of protest events. Emma combines social media data, news media, archival resources and interviews to map regional mobilisation and investigate what accounts for these patterns of protest.
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
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Mixed methods researcher
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Software: Stata, QGIS, NVivo.
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Programming: R, Python (beginner).
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Languages: English (Native), Russian (Advanced), French (Advanced), Ukrainian (Advanced).
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Working with data, including
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Cross-national survey data
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Social media data
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Qualitative interviews
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News media
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EDUCATION
2018-Present
University of Oxford, UK
DPhil in Sociology
Advisors: Dr Olga Onuch (Primary); Dr Stephen Fisher (Secondary)
2016-2018
University of Oxford, UK
MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
Distinction
2011-15
University of Cambridge, UK
BA in Modern and Medieval Languages (Russian, French & Ukrainian)
First class
PUBLICATIONS
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2022 Mateo, E.,'"All of Belarus has come out onto the streets": Exploring Nationwide Protest and the Role of Pre-existing Social Networks'. Post-Soviet Affairs. DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2022.2026127
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2021 Onuch, O., Mateo, E., and Waller, J.G., Mobilization, Mass Perceptions, and (Dis)information: “New” and “Old” Media Consumption Patterns and Protest. Social Media + Society. April 2021. doi:10.1177/2056305121999656.
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2019 Mateo, E., Review: Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe by O. Nikolayenko. Harvard Ukrainian Studies. Vol. 36, No. 1/2 (2019)
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2019 Mateo, E., Review: Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine: The Challenge of Change. Ed. O. Bertelsen. ID:International Dialogue, Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs. Vol. 9.
WORK UNDER PREPARATION
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Mateo, E., Industrial Workers, Middle-class Employees, & Mass Mobilisation: Regional Employment Patterns & Subnational Protest Variation in Ukraine & Belarus.
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[with O. Onuch, C. Arkwright and A. Martinez] “Protest and Progress: Gender Attitudes and Protest Engagement”. Working paper
OTHER AVAILABLE WORK
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Presentation for Harvard University Ukraine Research Institute (with Olga Onuch): From 'Glory to Ukraine' to 'Long Live Belarus': A Comparison of Mass Mobilization in Ukraine (2013-2014) and Belarus (2020) 23 November 2020.
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Podcast episode for the Slavic Connection: One Maidan, Two Maidan, Three Maidan, Four... with Olga Onuch and Emma Mateo (Parts 1 and 2)
CONTACT
Email emma.mateo[at]balliol.ox.ac.uk
Address Balliol College, Oxford, UK
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