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Iuliia Gataulina (principal investigator, on the left) and Natalia Batrakova (project artist, on the right). Photo credit: Jonne Renvall / Tampere University.

The project is a collaboration between researcher Iuliia Gataulina and artist Natalia Batrakova.

Project leader

Iuliia Gataulina

Grant Holder, Post Doc Research
Faculty of Management and Business
Tampere University
+358503182508
iuliia.gataulina@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-9428

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About me

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tampere University, Finland. My current work examines emerging socio-material planetary conditions shaped by extractivist regimes—such as the enclosure and alienation of planetary matter—with a particular focus on Earth’s subterranean layers and waters. My previous research examined the workings of neoliberal capitalism in post-socialist Russia, specifically its role in reinforcing authoritarian governance.

I am a member of the International Political Economy and Ecology research group and an adjunct research fellow at the Space and Political Agency Research Group (SPARG).

Research topics

international political economy, political ecology, workings of global capitalism and neoliberalism in the Global East, extractivism, new materialism, ethnographic methods, collaboration between research and art

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Latest publications

The ‘Vitality of Water: Rethinking Modernist Hydropolitics and Ontologies’ International Symposium: 27-28 May 2025, Tampere University

Gataulina, I. & Maazaz, I., 2026, julkaisussa: Suomen Antropologi. 50, 1, s. 262-267

Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen

Unearthing the Earth: Artistic Research on Socio-Ecological Contentions of Extractivism

Gataulina, I. & Batrakova, N., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) julkaisussa: Alue ja Ympäristö.

Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen

Dialogue: Strings of retheorising capitalism

Gataulina, I., Kangas, A., Poutanen, M. & Ventovirta, H.-E., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (toim.). Tampere University Press, s. 301-313

Tutkimustuotos: Luku › Tieteellinen

Introduction: Troubling capitalism

Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (toim.). Tampere University Press, s. 11-30

Tutkimustuotos: Luku › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Neoliberal authoritarianism: An ethnography of Russian universities

Gataulina, I., 2025, Palgrave Macmillan. 267 Sivumäärä (Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations)

Tutkimustuotos: Kirja › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Political materialities of status-making and unmaking: Universities in the imperial cityscape of St. Petersburg

Gataulina, I., 2025, julkaisussa: Baltic Worlds. 18, 1, s. 98-108

Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Porous boundaries of resistance: Translating an authoritarian-neoliberal university

Gataulina, I., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (toim.). Tampere University Press, s. 163-182

Tutkimustuotos: Luku › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Postcapitalist translations: An experiment with scissors, clippings, and glue

Gataulina, I., Kangas, A., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Vaittinen, T., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (toim.). Tampere University Press, s. 133-160

Tutkimustuotos: Luku › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Prologue: Capitalism and the spirit of engaged pluralism

Gataulina, I., Kangas, A., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E., 2025, Retheorising capitalism. Kangas, A., Gataulina, I., Poutanen, M., Rajala, A. I. & Ventovirta, H.-E. (toim.). Tampere University Press, s. 7-10

Tutkimustuotos: Luku › Tieteellinen

Retheorising capitalism

Kangas, A. (Toimittaja), Gataulina, I. (Toimittaja), Poutanen, M. (Toimittaja), Rajala, A. I. (Toimittaja) & Ventovirta, H.-E. (Toimittaja), 2025, Tampere University Press. 319 Sivumäärä

Tutkimustuotos: Kokoomateos › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Natalia Batrakova

Artist

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About me

Natalia is an artist based in Tampere. Most of her works are in-situ sketches, documenting whatever is happening around. An architect by trade, she is passionate about using art as a tool to find solutions, tell stories, and share information in an accessible way.

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