A doctoral student at New media, innovation and literacy program at the LSE. My PhD research investigates the role of crowdsourcing platforms in natural disasters. The focus of the research is investigating the association between the socio-political environment and the modes of mobilization of volunteers that rely on ICT. I am a visitor lecturer at Media and Communication department at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow). I conduct trainings and give lectures about social and political role of new media, and in particular role of crowdsourcing for addressing social issues. I am a co-founder of Help Map, a crowdsourcing platform, which was used to coordinate assistance to victims of wildfires in Russia in 2010. I previously worked as a journalist for major Russian newspapers Kommersant and Novaya Gazeta, and served as news editor and analyst for Israeli TV.