Karolina Kluczewska

Karolina Kluczewska is a researcher at the Ghent University in Belgium. Her current research explores social policy in Eurasia, and she has several years of fieldwork experience in Tajikistan.

Five ‘hidden’ feminist initiatives in Europe and Eurasia

Five grassroots feminist initiatives in five different countries transcend mainstream narratives about women’s rights

By Karolina Kluczewska and Laura Luciani

/ 21 Apr 2023

Five ‘hidden’ feminist initiatives in Europe and Eurasia

Roles flip as Russians become ‘migrant workers’ in Tajikistan (for now)

For the first time in 30 years, Russians are heading to Central Asia rather than the other way around – to escape war

By Karolina Kluczewska

/ 25 Oct 2022

Roles flip as Russians become ‘migrant workers’ in Tajikistan (for now)

Tajikistan has a special relationship with Russia. Could war change that?

The difference between the silence of ‘official’ Dushanbe and the views found on Tajikistan’s streets could not be starker

By Karolina Kluczewska

/ 6 Apr 2022

Tajikistan has a special relationship with Russia. Could war change that?

Academic freedom in Tajikistan: western researchers need to look at themselves, too

The way people in the west research Central Asia isn’t always the most honest – and this shapes our understanding of academic autonomy.

By Karolina Kluczewska

/ 21 Feb 2018