Dr Diana Galeeva

Dr Diana Galeeva is an Academic Visitor to Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), University of Oxford. She has previously been a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (2023, 2021) and an Academic Visitor to St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford (2019-2022).

Dr Galeeva is the author of two books “Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power” (Routledge, 2022) and “Russia and the GCC: The Case of Tatarstan’s Paradiplomacy” (I.B. Tauris/ Bloomsbury, 2023). She is also a co-editor of the collection “Post-Brexit Europe and UK: Policy Challenges Towards Iran and the GCC States” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Her forthcoming monographs: “Islam in Russia: Coexistence Formations (Routledge: Abington/ under contract) and “The GCC States and the Caucasus: Geopolitics, Influence and Bilateral Relations” (I.B.Tauris / Bloomsbury: London/ under contract).

Diana’s academic papers and public engagement pieces have appeared in International Affairs, The RUSI Journal, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Journal of Islamic Studies, Middle East Institute, King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Gulf International Forum , and the LSE Middle East Centre. She has presented her research at Oxford University, Cambridge University, LSE, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, RUSI, George Mason University.

Dr Galeeva was a convenor of the panel on “The Ukraine War: A Turning Point for the Gulf’s Power?” (St Antony’s College, Oxford University), the  international conference “Russia and the Muslim World: Through the Lens of Shared Islamic Identities” (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 2021) and a co-director of the workshop “Post-Brexit Britain, Europe and Policy towards Iran and the GCC States: Potential Challenges, and the Possibility of Cooperation” (Cambridge University, Gulf Research Meeting , 2019).

Dr Galeeva completed her bachelor’s at Kazan Federal University (Russia), she holds an MA from Exeter University (UK), and a PhD from Durham University (UK).