1) Paustyan, Ekaterina (2025). Control vs. Electoral Performance: Why Personalist Rulers Choose Local Governors. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, online first, https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf053

2) Pleines, Heiko, Cordes Charlotta, Mareike zum Felde, Ekaterina Paustyan, Michael Rochlitz, and Esther Somfalvy (2024). Assessing Socialist Past and Socio-Demographic Present. The Composition of Political Elites in Central and Eastern Europe from 1990 to 2020. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 57(4), 194–207. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2315829

3) Paustyan, Ekaterina and Irina Busygina (2024). The regional dimension of Russia’s resilience during its war against Ukraine: an introduction. Post-Soviet Affairs, 40(4), 243-249.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2024.2350259

4) Paustyan, Ekaterina (2024). Elite cohesion and resilience of the Russian regions: the case of Belgorod Oblast. Post-Soviet Affairs, 40(4), 296-312.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2024.2354940

5) Paustyan, Ekaterina (2024). Intergovernmental bargaining in multilevel autocracies: the case of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Territory, Politics, Governance, 12(5), 672–689.  https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2022.2046632

6) Busygina, Irina, and Ekaterina Paustyan (2024). Ready to protest? Explaining protest potential in Russian regional capitals. Regional & Federal Studies, 34(4), 499-520. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2022.2159389

7) Pacillo, Grazia, Nam Nguyen, Ekaterina Paustyan, Romina Cavatassi, Margarita Astralaga, and Peter Läderach (2024). What Drives the Success and Failure of Climate Change Adaptation Projects? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 29(8), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-024-10186-6

8) Masyutina, Olga, Ekaterina Paustyan, and Grigory Yakovlev (2023). “Environmental Politics in Authoritarian Regimes: Waste Management in Russian Regions.” Russian Politics, 8(3), 305–30.  https://doi.org/10.30965/24518921-00803002

9) Paustyan, Ekaterina (2023). “No Limit on Terms Served? Explaining the Tenure of Incumbent Governors in Russia during Medvedev’s Presidency.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 56(2), 81–104.  https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1815211

10) Thomann, Eva, Jörn Ege, and Ekaterina Paustyan (2022). “Approaches to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Good Practices: A Systematic Review.” Swiss Political Science Review, 28(3), 557-580.  https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12503

11) Paustyan, Ekaterina (2021). “A Treaty for the Rich and Politically Loyal? Explaining the Bilateral Center-Region Treaties in Post-Soviet Russia.” Russian Politics 6(2), 185–209.  https://doi.org/10.30965/24518921-00602002

12) Paustyan, Ekaterina (2018). “Perspectives: Gubernatorial Turnover in the Russian Regions, 2005–2012.” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization 26(3), 427–33.  https://muse.jhu.edu/article/699573