Arthur Atanesyan

Arthur Atanesyan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Yerevan State University, Armenia. His research focuses on contemporary Armenian society, political attitudes, social movements, public perceptions of security, and conflict-related social processes. His recent work examines everyday security, peacebuilding, resilience, and social dynamics in Armenia and the wider South Caucasus. His publications include “Media Framing on Armed Conflicts: Limits of Peace Journalism on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” (Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 2020, 14(4), 534–550, https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2020.1780018) and “Balancing between Russia and the West: The Hard Security Choice of Armenia,” co-authored with Bradley M. Reynolds and Artur E. Mkrtichyan (European Security, 2024, 33(2), 261–283, https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2023.2258528).