Adrien Mercat

Adrien Mercat is a Master of Arts Candidate in Regional Studies: Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Russian Studies. As an undergraduate, he also participated in a study abroad program at MGIMO (Moscow). Prior to joining the Harriman Institute, he worked for two years on youth development in an Azerbaijani-minority village in Georgia, as a Peace Corps volunteer. He speaks Russian, Georgian, Azerbaijani and Armenian. His experiences sparked a research interest in minority-majority dynamics in Georgia and the post-Soviet space with their implications for nation-building and conflict.