Olga Sezneva
is a sociologist whose work focuses on migration, mobility and cultural encounters. She has written widely on forced migration and resettlement after World War II in Russia and Eastern Europe and is now studying digitization and media piracy. Her artistic collaborations include the production of the film The Wings of Migrants with Natalia ‘Gluklya’ Pershina. Originally from Russia, Olga spent many years in the United States before moving to Holland, where she is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. She co-directs the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies and is Visiting Professor at the European University at St. Petersburg.