News on Nikita Obraztsov

Seminar at the ML PSA Lab: Intergroup Connectivity and Religious Resilience

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On June 22 at 3:00 PM, the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research will host a seminar featuring Nikita Obraztsov, a Master’s student in Computational Sociology at the European University in St. Petersburg and a Master in Religious Studies at St. Petersburg State University.

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Nikita Obraztsov Appeared on Radio Mayak

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 17 June 2026, Nikita Obraztsov was a guest on the programme “Fiziki i Liriki” (Scientists and Humanists) on Radio Mayak. The conversation covered contemporary religious studies as a discipline, its research programme, and the different forms of atheism and what distinguishes modern non-belief from its historical predecessors.

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Interview for the SPEECH Podcast (Litres)

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

My interview for the Litres SPEECH podcast is out — on the nature of religion, quasi-religions, AI, and what it actually takes to start a new religion.

Quoted in Forbes Young: What Young People Are Looking for in Religion

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Forbes Young published a feature with my commentary on Gen Z religiosity.

Triple Prize-Winner at the Sociologist of the 21st Century Olympiad

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

News published by the European University at St. Petersburg.

Nikita Obraztsov Lectured at the Ceramania Festival

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 7 March 2026, Nikita Obraztsov gave a lecture at Ceramania — Russia’s largest handmade ceramics festival. The topic: ‘Goddesses and Their Many Faces: Why Mythological Female Images Are More Complex Than They Seem’.

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Nikita Obraztsov Spoke at the 'Buddha, Brain, and the Neurophysiology of Happiness' Conference

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

On 2 November 2025, Nikita Obraztsov gave a talk at the online conference ‘Buddha, Brain, and the Neurophysiology of Happiness’, organised by the Tergar Meditation Centre. The talk was titled ‘How Religions Answer the Question of Meaning: Finding Common Ground in Diversity’. Other participants included neuroscientist Richard Davidson (University of Wisconsin) and meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche.

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Interview for the project 'Where do Religious Scholars Work? Our Alumni'

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I recently gave an interview to my alma mater. We talked about science popularization, changing professions, and good books.