Liene Ozoliņa

Political sociologist
Liene Ozoliņa teaches sociology and researches post-socialist politics and culture.

Why you should listen

Liene Ozoliņa works as a course tutor at the London School of Economics and associate professor at the Latvian Academy of Culture. She authored a book on austerity politics in the aftermath of the 2009 global economic crisis, titled Politics of Waiting: Workfare, Post-Soviet Austerity and the Ethics of Freedom. Her research articles have been published in British Journal of SociologySlavic Review and Journal of Baltic Studies.

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