Larisa Deriglazova conducts research on asymmetric conflict — when large, powerful countries go to war with smaller countries. As an associate professor of international relations at Tomsk State University in Siberia, she also teaches courses in conflict, international humanitarian law, the social policy of the European Union, and sociology.
Along with several international and Russian scholars, Larisa co-authored the first university peace studies textbook to be used in Russia. From 2003 to 2006, she coordinated a European Union-supported project that focused on developing the Siberian Network of European Union Studies Centers. From 2006 to 2008 she coordinated another project that focused on creating a non-proliferation studies center for Siberian universities.
Larisa began her master’s degree at the Kroc Institute after completing her Ph.D. in history in Russia. Her M.A. has helped her make peace studies a more prominent course of study in her home country.
“At the Kroc Institute I received solid confirmation that peace studies is a respected academic field with a broad international community,” she said. “Because of my degree, since I have returned to Russia my expertise has been very much in demand. I am regarded as a unique specialist here.”
Most recently, Larisa won a Fulbright-Kennon scholarship to continue her research in asymmetric conflict at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
- Renée LaReau, October 2008
