Russian Studies Workshop

Olia Verbilovich is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, where she is also a Junior Research Fellow in the International Laboratory for Social Inclusion. At HSE-Moscow she also teaches as a Senior Lecturer in the Media School's Department of Communication. Verbilovich has designed and carried out a range of different research projects using qualitative and digital methods. Topics have included public representation of people with disabilities, life stories of people with disabilities, social movements around disability rights issues, inclusive education, disability and social policy, and disability and sexuality. Her PhD dissertation is entitled "The Category of Disability in the Public Sphere."