Ian Garner received his PhD from the Slavic Department at the University of Toronto (Canada) in 2017, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on the myth of the Battle of Stalingrad. A specialist in history and politics, his research interests primarily lie in Russian and Soviet military culture and propaganda. Before coming to the Pilecki Institute, he taught at the University of Toronto and Queen's University, Ontario. He remains an honorary fellow at the Centre for International & Defence Policy in Kingston, Canada, and regularly comments and writes for major media outlets across the world. In 2024, Dr. Garner was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Publications:

• Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia's Fascist Youth (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2023). Available in Polish: Za Putina. Mroczny portret faszystowskich ruchów młodzieżowych w Rosji (Przeswity, 2023).
• Stalingrad Lives: Stories of Combat & Survival (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022).
• Garner, I. "Everyday foreign policy: performing and consuming the Russian nation after Crimea." Book review. International Affairs, september 2024.
• Garner, I. "Russia's Virtual Reality: Where Conservatives Can Find Their Dreams." Foreign Policy, october 2024.
• Garner, I. "Putin’s Youth and the TikTok War: Creating the Militarized Self in Russian Adolescents." W The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes: Challenges for Documentation and International Prosecution (Routledge), 2024.
• Garner, I. "A missile destroyed a children’s hospital in Ukraine – and Moscow’s nonsensical rhetoric." Globe & Mail (Canada), june 2024.
• Garner, I. "Was Joe Biden’s exit a key factor in prisoner swap?" UnHerd (Great Britain), august 2024.
• Garner, I. "Ukraine’s capture of Russian territory is impressive, but could it backfire?" The Hub (Canada), august 2024.
• Garner, I. "Putin is no longer Russia’s saviour." UnHerd, sierpień 2024.
• Garner, Ian. "Vladimir Putin’s enemy within." New Statesman (Great Britain), august 2024.
• Garner, Ian. "In Seeking to Humanize Russian Soldiers, ‘Russians at War’ Glosses Over Their Atrocities." Moscow Times (The Netherlands), september 2024.
• Garner, Ian i Popova, M. "Don’t be misled. Russians at War is not an anti-war film." National Post (Canada), september 2024.
• Garner, Ian. "The Axis of Evil is a Fantasy." UnHerd, october 2024.