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Carina Korostelina (MA, National Kiev University, 1991;
Ph.D., Odessa State University, 1994) is associate professor
in the Psychology Department at National Taurida University.
She heads the Crimean Institute for Conflict Resolution
and Democracy and laboratory of ethnic and social psychology
and is a fellow of the European Research Center of Migration
and Ethnic Relation (ERCOMER). She conducts research on
the topics of national and ethnic identity; ethnic conflict
resolution and ethnic relations in Crimea; and reconciliation
and peacebuilding. She has received grants from the MacArthur
Foundation, Soros Foundation (Research Support Scheme, Managing
Multiethnic Communities Project, Renaissance Foundation),
the United State Institute of Peace, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs of USDS, INTAS, IREX and Council of
Europe. She participated in the Regional Scholar Exchange
Program, administered by the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson
Center, Washington, DC and funded by the United States Information
Agency and in the CRC Nationalism session at the Curriculum
Resource Center of the Central European University.
The results of her research were presented at 20 international
conferences in Europe and USA and in 4 books and 45 publications
in Ukrainian and International journals. She guest lectured
at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo; University of Delaware;
Institute for Conflict Analyses and Resolution at George
Mason University, at Harvard University, Boston, at the
Woodrow Wilson Center and Georgetown University, Washington,
DC, European Research Center of Migration and Ethnic Relation
(ERCOMER), The Netherlands and lead 4 roundtable discussions
on the Voice of America.
Dr. Korostelina has conducted seminars, workshops and training
sessions for leaders of NGOs, community activists, teachers
and government officials, organized by the Danish Refugee
Council, OUN and other international organizations. She
has elaborated identity based training of tolerance.
Selected Publications:
"The Multiethnic State-Building Dilemma: National
and Ethnic Minorities' Identities in the Crimea." National
Identities. 2003.
"Sistema social'nyh identichnostey: opyt analiza ethnicheskoi
situachii v Krymu. (The System of Social Identities: An
Analysis of the Ethnic Situation in the Crimea)." Simferopol,
Dolya, 2002.
Mezhethnicheskoe soglasie v Krymu: puti dostizeniya (Interethnic
Co-Existence in the Crimea: Paths to Attainment). Simferopol,
Dolya, 2001.
"Identity Based Training." Nauka i Osvita
(Science and Education), 6, 2001: 59-64. 2001.
"The Social - Psychological Roots of the Ethnic Problems
in Crimea." Democratizatsiya, 8, No. 2, 2000:
219-231.
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The Peaceful Crimean Model: The Impact of National Identity
and Civil Society
The Crimea of the 1990s has had a substantial potential
for ethnopolitical violence. And yet, massive ethnic conflict
has not occurred in the Crimea in the 1990s. This study
asks: Why haven't ethnic tensions developed so far into
open conflict in the Crimea in the face of momentous challenges
to peace (especially given the fact that ostensibly similar
conditions have often resulted in ethnic clashes)? More
specifically, What effects do such factors as national identity
building, ethnic identity revival and civic identity development
have on processes of conflict prevention, resolution and
reconciliation?
The objectives of the current project are:
§ to study the moderation effects of national identity
building and the development of civil society on interrelations
between conflict indicators and the readiness for conflict
or compromise;
§ to identify successful prudent actions in forestalling
increased ethnic violence and third party intervention/mediation
in Crimea; and
§ to analyze how these actions took into consideration
and contributed to national identity formation and civil
society building.
An opinion survey with approximately 1000 respondents will
be conducted. To complete the case study I also plan to
undertake focus interviews for identifying successful prudent
actions in forestalling increased ethnic violence and third
party intervention/mediation in the Crimea. During my international
research visit I propose a comparative analysis of the impact
of national identity building in cases where conflict resolution
has largely succeeded (the Crimea and the Baltic states)
versus cases where it has largely failed (Bosnia, Macedonia,
Moldova), which will become a manuscript for a book.
The project can contribute to the NCS Program by providing
case study about the Crimea as an example of the low end
of the continuum where there is a stable environment in
terms of ethnic relations. The study will analyze interrelations
between processes of national identity building in a "stateless
nation", civil society formation, and ethnic conflict
development and resolution, and demonstrate that prudent
actions in forestalling increased ethnic violence and third
party intervention/mediation succeeded in this context.
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