Elmira Muratova

Dr. Elmira Muratova is a post-doctoral researcher working on the project "Networking the War: An Ethnographic-Analytical Study of Minority Perspectives, Mobility, and Recovery in War-Affected Ukraine." She obtained her Ph.D. in Political Science from Taurida National University (Ukraine) in 2005, where she conducted research on Islamic revival in post-Soviet Crimea. She held the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Taurida National University and was a research fellow at various institutions. She also provided policy analysis and consultations to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Her research interests focus on the identity, displacement and civil resistance of Crimean Tatars. She is the author and editor of several books, including "Minorities at War: Cultural Identity and Resilience in Ukraine" (Routledge 2025) and “Humanitarianism from Below: Universalism and the Politics of Inhumanity” (UCL Press 2026).