<ul> <li> Case studies of qualitative ethnographic research on cultural practices and their spatial manifestations in several Russian cities (Moscow St.Petersburg Sochi Novosibirsk)</li> <li> Issues of Racism and Homophobia in Russia</li> <li> Self-Representations of transnational labour migrants sub-cultural youth and beggars in Russia</li> <li> Explorations of cosmopolitanism as a concept of cultural diversity in cities<br /> <br /> </li></ul>