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).
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Main positions of trust
2023 – 2025. Board member of Tampere University Association of Researchers and Teachers (Tampereen yliopiston tieteentekijät).
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, In: Suomen Antropologi. 50, 1, p. 262-267Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Unearthing the Earth: Artistic Research on Socio-Ecological Contentions of Extractivism
Gataulina, I. & Batrakova, N., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Alue ja Ympäristö.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 301-313Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 11-30Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Neoliberal authoritarianism: An ethnography of Russian universities
Gataulina, I., 2025, Palgrave Macmillan. 267 p. (Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Political materialities of status-making and unmaking: Universities in the imperial cityscape of St. Petersburg
Gataulina, I., 2025, In: Baltic Worlds. 18, 1, p. 98-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 163-182Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 133-160Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 7-10Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Retheorising capitalism
Kangas, A. (Editor), Gataulina, I. (Editor), Poutanen, M. (Editor), Rajala, A. I. (Editor) & Ventovirta, H.-E. (Editor), 2025, Tampere University Press. 319 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review