Anna Pechurina

Dr Anna Pechurina (PhD in Sociology, University of Manchester) is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social and Psychological Studies at Karlstads University (KaU).

Dr Pechurina’s research expertise includes: study of identity, culture, material culture and homemaking, migration, mobility, international higher education.
Anna is currently researching the meaning of home, hosts/guests relationships as part of sharing economy, and gender identity, work, and migration in academia.

Current research projects:
Erasmus+ project COLECO: Higher Education Curricula Development on the Collaborative Economy in Europe (Principal Investigator Dr Cristina Miguel)
“Buffering identities”: research of highly skilled female professionals working in Western academia.

Publications on Google Scholar

PUBLICATIONS

Researching Identities through Material Possessions - The Case of Diasporic Objects
Anna Pechurina, 2020
Book review - Higher education in post-Communist states: comparative and sociological perspectives
Anna Pechurina, 2019
Exploring expectations, experiences and long-term plans of Chinese international students studying in the joint Sino-Russian degree
Svetlana Sablina, Hannah Soong, Anna Pechurina, 2018
National food, belonging, and identity among Russian-speaking migrants in the UK
Anna Pechurina, 2017
Post-Soviet Russian-Speaking Migration to the UK - The Discourses of Visibility and Accountability
Anna Pechurina, 2017
Defining the Russian Diasporic Home and Its Atmospheres - Theoretical Challenges and the Methodological Implications
Anna Pechurina, 2016
Material Cultures, Migrations, and Identities
Anna Pechurina, 2015
Russian Dolls, Icons, and Pushkin - Practicing Cultural Identity through Material Possessions in Immigration
Anna Pechurina, 2011