ZAKHAROV Ivan Andreevich

Senior Researcher, PhD (Geography), Centre for Global and Strategic Studies

SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 223081
IstinaResearcherID: 63846124
Researcher ID: S-8006-2017
Scopus AuthorID: 57201618977
ORCID: 0000-0003-3838-169X

Research topics:
Spatial development of religions in Africa
Religious competition
Inter-communal conflicts
The role of Christian churches in the socio-economic and political development of African countries

Contacts:
30/1 Spiridonovka str., Moscow, 123001
Phone.: +7 (495) 691-00-61
E-mail: vanszax@yandex.ru

Education:
2019 – PhD (Geography). Thesis topic: "Transformation of the confessional space of Africa in the 20th - early 21st centuries"
2015-2018: PhD Economic, Social, Political and Recreational Geography program, Geographical Faculty, Moscow State Pedagogical University
2010-2015: Moscow State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Geography

Knowledge of foreign languages:
English (B2)

Research experience:
2017-present: Senior Researcher at the Center for Global and Strategic Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Awards:
1. Russian Academy of Sciences Medal with the Prize for Young Scientists for a series of works
"Religions and new ideologies as factors of international relations in the African region", 2022
2. I Prize for the best scientific publications of its employees Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2021: Fituni L.L., Zakharov I.A., Dmitriev R.V. Africa: Sanctions, elites and sovereign development / Ed. by L.L. Fituni. Moscow, 2021. 368 p.
3. II Prize for the best scientific publications of its employees Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2021: Zakharov I.A. Geography of Religions: Transformation of the African Religious Landscape. Moscow, 2020. 148 p.

Main publications
Monographs:
• Zakharov I.A. Geography of Religions: Transformation of the African Religious Landscape. Moscow, 2020. 148 p.
• Zakharov I.A., Gorokhov S.A. Integration and disintegration effects of the transformation pf the African Religious Landscape. Vol. III: Collective monograph / Ed. by I.A. Sledzevsky, Moscow, 2020, pp. 41-61.

Selected Articles
• Zakharov I.A. Dynamics of the Ethiopian Religious Landscape During Democratic Transition // Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2023. Vol. 87, No 5. Pp. 690–700.
• Zakharov I.A. Reaction of Ethiopian Religious Landscape to the Changes in Religious Policy in the Mid-19th - Early 21st Centuries // Vostok. Afro-Aziatskie Obshchestva: Istoriia I Sovremennost. 2023. No 4. Pp. 198-210.
• Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Zakharov I.A. Historical Geography of Religious Competition in India in the 20th - early 21st Century // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2023. No. 1. Pp. 28-37.
• Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Zakharov I.A. Christianity, Islam and Traditional Religions: Cyclical Interaction in Africa // Tomsk State University Journal. 2023. No 486. Pp. 124-136.
• Zakharov I.A. The Expansion Of Pentecostalism In Africa // Asia and Africa Today. 2022. No 12. Pp. 77-84.
• Zakharov I.A., Ulanova N.S. Mobilization potential of Pentecostalism in modern Africa / / Vostok. Afro-Aziatskie Obshchestva: Istoriia I Sovremennost. 2022. No 2. Pp. 165-176.
• Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Zakharov I.A. Vatican in Modern Africa (on the 50th Anniversary of the Pope Paul Vi's Pilgrimage to Uganda) // Tomsk State University Journal of History. No 76. Pp. 38-46.
• Zakharov I.A. State Regulation of the Activities of Faith-Based Organizations in African Countries in the Late 20th — Early 21st Centuries: Macro-Regional Tendencies // ISTORIYA. 2022. Vol. 13, No 6 (116). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840021692-0
• Zakharov I.A., Dmitriev R.V. Communal Conflicts in the Context of the Religious Landscape Transformation (Case Study of Nigeria) // Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2021. No 5. Pp. 149-160.
• Zakharov I.A., Dmitriev R.V. African Focus Of The Global Sanctions Policy: Historical Stages // Vostok. Afro-Aziatskie Obshchestva: Istoriia I Sovremennost. 2021. No 6. Pp. 143-156.
• Zakharov I.A., Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V. Transformation of the African Religious Landscape in the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century // Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2020. Vol. 84, No 3. Pp. 359-368.
• Zakharov I.A., Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V. The Role of the Religious Factor in the Formation of Conflict Zones in Africa // Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences. 2020. Vol. 65, No 4. Pp. 640-653.
• Dmitriev R.V., Gorokhov S.A., Zakharov I.A. Spatial Expansion of Islamic Extremism
• in the Lake Chad Basin: Current Situation and Prospective Directions // Filosofia Theoretica.
• 2020. Vol. 9, No 1. Pp. 47-61.
• Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Zakharov I.A. Territorial Development of Christianity in Africa in the 20th - Early 21st Centuries // Geography and Natural Resources. 2018. Vol. 39. No 1. Pp. 88-94.
• Zakharov I.A. The Role of Christian Churches in Geo-Economical and Geopolitical Rivalry of European Nations in Africa: 20th - 21st Centuries // Journal of The Institute For African Studies. 2019. No 4. Pp. 82-92.
• Zakharov I.A. The Role of Missionary Stations for Christianity Expansion in North-Western Africa // Regional Research. 2018. No 4. Pp. 36-43.

Participation in grants:
• Russian Science Foundation: project 22-18-00123 “Cross-border population movements: limitations and prospects of international regulation in the context of the migration crisis” (executor, 2022-2024).
• Russian Science Foundation: project 19-18-00054 "Transformations of the global confessional geospace: the phenomenon of "parallel" societies in the system of international political relations" (executor, 2019-2021; Responsible executor 2022–2023)
• President of Russian Federation Grant for young candidates of science: agreement 075-15-2022-441, project № МК-2046.2022.2 “Research of socio-political activity of Pentecostal Churches in Africa in the 20th – early 21st Centuries "(Supervisor, 2022-2023).
• Grant from Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation program for research projects in priority areas of scientific and technological development: agreement № 075-15-2020-783 "Post-crisis world order: challenges and technologies, competition and cooperation" supported by the (Executor, 2022–2024)
• Russian Foundation for Basic Research: project 19-014-00019 "Sanctions and regulatory targeting of national elites as a tool of global governance and international competition" (Executor, 2021).