Curriculum Vitae by Svetlana Pasti
Svetlana Pasti is University Teacher, Adjunct Professor/Docent at Tampere University. She worked in various projects of the Academy of Finland, the Finnish Ministry of Education, and the European Union related to media and journalism in Russia and Central Europe.
In 2012-2016, Dr. Pasti lead one major part of a research project on media systems in the BRICS countries, a qualitative study of journalists using in-depth interviews with them. In 2018-2019, she is a visiting scholar at Fudan University, Shanghai, and St Petersburg State University.
Her main research interest is in journalism studies and Russian and Chinese media studies. She is author of two monographs A Russian Journalist in Context of Change: Media of St Petersburg (2004), The Changing Profession of a Journalist in Russia (2007) and over 30 peer-reviewed chapters and articles in platforms including The Global Journalist in the 21st Century, European Journal of Communication, Journal of Communication and Nordicom Review. She is the author and co-editor with Jyotika Ramaprasad The BRICS journalist: Profession and practice in the age of digital media (Special issue of African Journalism Studies, Routledge, 2015), and Contemporary BRICS Journalism (Routledge, 2018).
Email: svetlana.pasti@tuni.fi
Education and degrees awarded
Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Tampere (Journalism and Mass Communication) 19.11.2007
Docent in Journalism, University of Tampere, 07.06.2013
Other education and training, qualifications and skills
Licentiate of Social Sciences, University of Tampere (Journalism and Mass Communication) 12.06.2002
Master of Journalism (Journalism), Leningrad State University (Journalism) 25.06.1982
Main employment
Since 2019- University Teacher, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC), Tampere University (TAU)
2017-2019 Researcher, Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (COMET), Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Tampere
2012-2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (COMET), School of Communication, Media and Theatre, University of Tampere, Academy of Finland project Media Systems in Flux: The Challenge of the BRICS Countries
2010-2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tampere, School of Communication, Media and Theatre, project of Ministry of Education of Finland Promotion of National Media in Karelia
2009-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Aleksanteri-Institute, project Success factors of magazines in Russia, Helsinki Sanomat Foundation
2006-2008 Researcher, University of Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Academy of Finland project Media in a Changing Russia
2003-2006 Grant Researcher (Finnish Cultural Foundation), University of Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
2002-2003 Researcher, University of Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Academy of Finland project The Development of Modern Democracy in Russia
2000-2001 Researcher, University of Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, projects: Globalization and Localization as a Social Process in Previous Soviet Union, Media in Russian Transition
1998-1999 Grant Researcher (University of Tampere Foundation) and Project coordinator, project Russia, University of Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
1983-1996 Editor-in-chief, Severomorsk Radio; a journalist, Murmansk State Broadcasting Company, Russia
Additional work experience in Finland
2004-2002 Editor and newscaster, TV programmes in Russian, City TV Tampere
2002-2000 Editor and newscaster, Radio programmes in Russian, Radio Moreeni
1998 Teacher (Russian) Language Centre, University of Tampere
1997 Teacher (Russian), Tampere International School (FISTA) Amuri Tampere
Visiting appointments
2019 Visiting Researcher of Academy of Finland at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication of St. Petersburg University, St Petersburg, Russia. The project: Corporation or entrepreneurship? How future journalists in Shanghai and St. Petersburg envisage their professional success in the digital news ecosystem
2018-2019 Visiting Researcher of Kone Foundation at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The project: Corporation or entrepreneurship? How future journalists in Shanghai and St. Petersburg envisage their professional success in the digital news ecosystem
2012 Visiting Researcher with Nordic Centre-HSS Scholarship at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2011 Visiting Researcher of Academy of Finland at Department of Russian Literature and Journalism, Faculty of Philology of Petrozavodsk State University
2005, Consultant: the EU–funded project Regional Media Support Programme Russian Federation, Paris. Consultations for the consortium to draft the project methodology
01.09.2004-31.12.2004 Team leader: The EU Phare project Analysis of Training of Professional Journalism in Slovakia, The Slovak Government, Bratislava
01.02.2004-28.02.2004 Media Expert: ECO, EU project Media Monitoring and Assistance During the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Russia 2003-2004, The Russian Union of Journalists, Moscow, Russia. Duties: consultations, training for trainers on media monitoring in Moscow and regions, analysis of qualitative interviews and writing the analytical report.
01.03.2003-31.12.2003 Media Education Expert: TACIS-funded project Promoting Independence of Regional Mass Media in Russia. Nine regions: Kazan, Petrozavodsk, Yaroslavl, Rostov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk. Duties: Consultations, lectures, training, seminars, preparation of training manuals.
Leadership in research work
2013-2017, Russia part in Journalistic Role Performance Around the Globe, International project (19 countries) (PI Claudia Mellado). The research project investigated the manifestation of various journalistic roles in the news content of the Russian national press.
2012-2015, Survey of BRICS journalists, Academy of Finland project Media Systems in Flux: The Challenge of the BRICS Countries. A qualitative study of journalists (729), including in-depth interviews with them in five countries.
2007-2008, Survey of Russian journalists (800) in the collaboration with the Russian Union of Journalists, Academy of Finland project Media in a Changing Russia.
Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence
Teaching modules
Women and the Media in China. Online course. Tampere University in the partnership with Finnish University Network for Asian Studies ASIANET.fi, 2020
Journalism in the Age of Uncertainty. Tampere University, 2019
Russian Media and Journalism in the Globalized World: University of Tampere, Russian Studies, 2017
BRICS and Media: University of Tampere, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
Russian Media: Petrozavodsk State University, 1998-2014
In addition, lectures of less than 10 hours at the University of Tampere in European and Russian Studies (1998-2017); at the University of Jyväskylä in Journalism (2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and in Cultural Policy (2014); University of Turku, Centre for East Asian Studies (2019). Lectures in the frames of the international projects in Bratislava, Moscow, St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, 2004-2010. In addition, guest lectures by invitation in the Union of Russian Journalists (2016, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009); International Networks Days in Tampere (2011, 2010); The Days of Russian Culture in Tampere (2011); Barents Press (2008).
Invited keynote lectures abroad
11.12.2017, David Benn Memorial Lecture: The State of Russia’s Media, Chatham House, London, UK.
15.03.2016, Transitioning into Today: Technological and Other Changes in the Russian Media System (4h); School of Communication, University of Miami, USA.
17.03.2016, Doing Comparative Global Research: Approach, Challenges and Method (4h), Research seminar with Jyotika Ramaprasad, School of Communication, University of Miami, USA.
19.06.2014, Autonomy, Independence and Conflict of Interest in Journalistic Profession in Russia. French and Russian Cross-Perspectives Seminar “Transformations of Media and Journalist Practices” held by CERCEC/EHESS at Centre d’études franco-russe, INION, Moscow.
03.05-08.05.2013, Comparing Media Systems: China and Russia in the Context of BRICS (6h), Universities of Wroclaw and Warsaw, Poland (Erasmus programme)
- 03. 2012, The Russian Journalist in the 21st century, School of Journalism, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
14.07.2012, The Russian Journalists (2h), Russian Journalism in European Context (2h), Seliger International Forum, Russia.
03.07. 2011, The Russian Journalists (2h); Russian Journalism in European Context (2h), Seliger International Forum, Russia.
27.02-03.03. 2006, The Profession of the Journalist in Theory and Practice (6h). Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland (Erasmus programme)
Supervision
Beginning January 2019 Hanna Tuulonen, PhD thesis “Data-driven media in China: the effects on journalism and global society”, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki.
January 2014 Irina Chernyuk, Master’s thesis evaluation “Interpersonal communication about politics among Russian migrants in Finland”, School of Communication, Media and Theatre, University of Tampere.
September 2012-March 2014 Tania Moilanen (Anderson). Master’s thesis. “On Improving Russia and Other Motives – A Study of Investigative Journalists in Putin’s Russia”, EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN STUDIES, University of Tampere.
Invited adviser on the doctoral thesis
2012, Ekaterina Sharkova, St Petersburg State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
2011, Igor Mahal, Masaryk University, Department of Media and Journalism, the Faculty of Social Studies, Brno, Czech Republic
Other academic merits
Since 2012 on the Editorial Board in Central European Journal of Communication
2019-2006, Referee assessment for:
- European Journal of Communication
- Global Media and Communication
- International Communication Gazette
- Journal of Communication
- Journalism Practice
- Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
- Journalism Studies
- Journal of Chinese Political Science
- Russian Journal of Communication
- Media and Communication
- MedieKultur
- Journal of Social Policy Studies
- Idäntutkimus
2019-2015, Referee assessment for book manuscripts:
- Russian regional media. Peter Lang
- Feminism, development and online journalism and activism in the digital age. Routledge
- Handcuffed but free: Russia’s “independent” media. Routledge
- Democracy and Media in Central and Eastern Europe 25 Years On. Peter Lang.
2018-2016, Review of full papers and abstracts submitted to Conferences: AEJMC, IAMCR, EJTA
Conference papers and presentations abroad
Since 2010 selectively
Self-media: The Future comes from the East (WeChat and Telegram). International Conference “Media Component of Digital Economy”. Academy of Media Industry with the support of the Federal Agency for the Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. 27 September 2019.
Journalistic education in the assessment of Russian journalists, 2012-2015: Criticism, nostalgia and lack of consensus. European Journalism Training Association’s Teacher’s Conference (EJTA), Moscow, 19-20 October 2017.
News in the Russian national press: Comparing quality and tabloid papers (with Sergey Davydov and Olga Logunova). The 10th International Central and East European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM), University of Wroclaw, Poland, 25-26 April 2017.
Journalists in the digital world. All Russia Conference of Union of Journalists, Dagomys, Russia 27-29 October 2016.
A feminizing profession and traditional values in Russia. IAMCR, Leicester, 29 July 2016.
Conflict and Resistance: Journalistic online start-ups in the Russian media system. IX World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES), Makuhari, Tokyo, 3-8 August 2015.
Journalists in BRICS: Reporting findings of empirical research. INTERCOM, Rio de Janeiro, 3-5 September 2015.
Russian journalists online and mainstream: More common than different. IAMCR, Montreal, 15 July 2015.
Journalists in online media: Perspectives from the BRICS countries. IAMCR, Hyderabad, 15-19 July 2014.
Who makes new media in Russia? Findings from three case studies. The 6th International Media Readings in Moscow. Mass Media and Communication-2014, 17-18 October 2014.
Media Freedom in Russia: How reporters realize it. The 7th International Central and East European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM), University of Wroclaw, Poland, 12-14 June 2014.
Towards a Typology of the BRICS Journalists. ECREA, Journalism Studies Section Conference, Thessaloniki, 28-29 March 2014.
Journalists in the BRICS countries. The 5th International Media Readings in Moscow. Mass Media and Communication-2013, 14-15 November 2013.
Internet media shaking Russian and Chinese media systems, (with Dmitri Gavra and Peixi Xu). IAMCR, Dublin, 25-29 June 2013.
Building democracy in Russia: Online media and protests. BASEES/ICCEES European Congress ‘European Crisis and Renewal’, Cambridge, UK, 5-8 April 2013.
The Russian Journalists: Dilemmas in the Unionization. Presentation at Matters of Journalism: Understanding Professional Challenges and Dilemmas, Gdansk, 14-15 September 2012.
Paradoxes of Journalistic Profession: Russia in the Context of BRICS Countries (with Kaarle Nordenstreng). At Identity, changes and challenges of the profession in the 21st Century, 1st International Conference of Journalism Studies, Santiago de Chile, 27-29 June 2012.
Russian Media System Paradoxical, but no Unique. International Conference of Russian Journalists, Moscow, 18-22 May 2012.
Russian Media System in the Context of BRICS (with Kaarle Nordenstreng). BASEES, Cambridge, UK, 31 March-2 April 2012.
Russian Journalism as a Social Lift. At Journalistic Cultures: Facing Social and Technological Changes, the 3d International Media Readings in Moscow, MSU, 10-12 November 2011.
Russian Journalists. At Journalism – The Moral Category. V International Conference of Journalists, Novosibirsk, 11-14 May 2011.
Divided models of journalism: The Regional Russia. International Congress of Russian Journalists. Khabarovsk-Harbin, 18-22 October 2010.
Journalism in Post-Soviet Russia: From political enthusiasm to private interest. International Conference ‘Comparing Journalism: Theory, Methodology, Findings’, Eichstätt (Bavaria), Germany, 11-13 July 2010.
Journalistic cultures in a changing world. Finnish-Russian project workshop, MSU, Moscow, 7-8 June 2010.
Journalists in Russian magazines. BASEES Conference, Cambridge, UK, 28-31 March 2010.
Journalists in Smaller Cities of Russia: Are They Different? VIII World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES), Stockholm, 26-31 July 2010.
The quality press in Russia: Between image resource and professional passion. “Gorod Peterburgsky zhurnal”. At International Conference ‘Magazines and New Media Culture in Russia’. MSU, Moscow, 30 September -1 October 2010.
Scientific and societal impact of research
Total number of publications: 40
12 peer-reviewed journal articles (8 international)
16 peer-reviewed chapters in research books and1 in conference proceedings (all international)
1 monograph, 2 edited volumes and 2 academic theses, 7 publications intended for the professional communities
Position of trust in society and other societal merits
International: International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
National: Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers