Anton Shekhovtsov

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| name = Anton Shekhovtsov

| image = Anton Shekhovtsov Wszechnica FWW (2016-06-03).jpeg

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| caption = Anton Shekhovtsov in 2016

| native_name = Антон Володимирович Шеховцов

| native_name_lang = ukr

| birth_place = Sevastopol, Soviet Union

| birth_date = 1978

| nationality = Ukrainian

| other_names = Антон Владимирович Шеховцов

| occupation = Academic

| education =

| alma_mater = Sevastopol National Technical University
University College London

| discipline = Political Science

| main_interests = Far-right movements in Europe, Neo-Eurasianism

| website = {{URL|shekhovtsov.org}}

}}

Anton Volodymyrovych Shekhovtsov ({{langx|uk|Антон Володимирович Шеховцов}}; {{langx|ru|Антон Владимирович Шеховцов}}; born 1978) is a Ukrainian political scientist, academic and writer. He is known for his writings on the European radical right and in particular its connections to Russia. He is the editor of the Explorations of the Far Right book series at ibidem-Verlag{{Cite web |title=Explorations of the Far Right ! |url=https://www.ibidem.eu/Reihen/Gesellschaft-Politik/Explorations-of-the-Far-Right/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=ibidem Verlag |language=de}} and is member of the board of the open access journal Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies.

Education

Shekhovtsov was born in 1978 in Sevastopol,{{cite news|title=Anton Shekhovtsov|url=http://www.eurozine.com/authors/anton-shekhovtsov/?subpage=biography|accessdate=July 15, 2017|work=Eurozine|date=14 July 2017}} then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. He studied English philology at the Sevastopol National Technical University between 1995 and 2000, going on to teach business English at the European University in Kyiv between 2000 until 2002. He returned to his alma mater to complete an aspirantura in Political Science between 2006 and 2009, and lectured there until 2010.

Academic Career

Between 2010 and 2012 Shekhovtsov had two stints as a visiting fellow researcher at the University of Northampton, as part of the Radicalism and New Media Research Group. He then went on to complete a PhD in Slavonic and East European studies at University College London between 2013 and 2017.

2020 he founded with Andreas Umland in Vienna (Austria) the Centre for Democratic Integrity to "monitor and analyse attempts of authoritarian regimes based on illiberal value systems to wield malign influence in Europe".{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://democratic-integrity.eu/about-us/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Centre for Democratic Integrity |language=en-US}}

Currently he is associated researcher at the Research Center for the History of Transformation in Vienna{{Cite web |title=Dr. Anton Shekhovtsov {{!}} Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) [en] |url=https://www.recet.at/our-team/detail/anton-shekhovtsov |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.recet.at |language=de}} and visiting professor at the Department of International Relations of the Central European University in Vienna.{{Cite web |last=Tina |date=2024-05-14 |title=CAS SEE Seminars with Guests: Anton Shekhovtsov |url=https://cas.uniri.hr/cas-see-seminars-with-guests-anton-shekhovtsov/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=CAS SEE |language=en-US}}

Works

Shekhovtsov's works have been featured on/at OpenDemocracy{{cite news|title=Anton Shekhovtsov|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/anton-shekhovtsov|accessdate=July 15, 2017|work=openDemocracy|date=14 July 2017}}, the Chatham House,{{cite news|title=Anton Shekhovtsov|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/europes-strategic-choices/speakers/anton-shekhovtsov|accessdate=July 15, 2017|work=Chatham House|date=14 July 2017}} Foreign Affairs{{cite news|title=Anton Shekhovtsov|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/anton-shekhovtsov|accessdate=July 15, 2017|work=Foreign Affairs|date=14 July 2017}}, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs{{cite news|title=Anton Shekhovtsov|url=https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/anton-shekhovtsov|accessdate=July 15, 2017|work=Carnegie Council|date=14 July 2017}} and the Aspen Institute.{{cite news|title=Anton Shekhovtsov|url=https://www.aspen.review/author/anton-shekhovtsov/|accessdate=July 15, 2017|work=Aspen Institute|date=14 July 2017}}

Bibliography

Radical Russian Nationalism: Structures, Ideas, Persons (2009) with {{ill|Aleksandr Verkhovsky|ru|Верховский, Александр Маркович}} and Galina Kozhevnikova
New Radical Right-Wing Parties in European Democracies: Determinants of Electoral Support (2011)
White Power Music: Scenes of Extreme-Right Cultural Resistance (2012) with Paul Jackson
The Postwar Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate (2014) with Paul Jackson{{cite journal |last=Shaffer |first=Ryan |year=2018 |title=The Post-War Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate. Edited by Paul Jackson and Anton Shekhovtsov. Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. xii + 155pp. $64.00. |journal=History |volume=103 |issue=354 |pages=189–190 |doi=10.1111/1468-229X.12565}}
Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir (2017){{cite journal |last=Droalin |first=Rodolphe |year=2018 |title=Anton Shekhovtsov, Russia and the Western Far Right |journal=Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=135–141 |doi=10.3917/receo1.493.0135}}{{cite journal |last=Kuzio |first=Taras |year=2018 |title=Russia and the Western Far Right. Tango Noir |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |volume=70 |issue=10 |pages=1715–1717 |doi=10.1080/09668136.2018.1543971|s2cid=158236745 }}
The Rise and Fall of a Polish Agent of the Kremlin Influence: The Case of Janusz Niedźwiecki (2022){{Cite web |title=The Rise and Fall of a Polish Agent of the Kremlin Influence |url=https://democratic-integrity.eu/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-polish-agent-of-the-kremlin-influence-the-case-of-janusz-niedzwiecki/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Centre for Democratic Integrity |language=en-US}}