/journalist
/writer
/blogger
/public speaker
Svetlana Kolchik
About me
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In 2023 my second book, The New Family, came out. It talks aobut the new family and relationship formats in Europe and Russian. The book has instantly become a bestseller and has already been republished several times.
That’s how many languages I speak, in addition to my native Russian. I’ve lived in four countries, and for the past ten years, I’ve been splitting my time between Moscow and Hamburg, raising my two trilingual boys
30+ times I've spoken about Evolution of Love in more than ten European cities since my bestselling book, New Family, came out
10 years i've worked as the deputy chief editor of Marie Claire magazine, covering women’s issues from datelines across the globe. My stories have also appeared in USA Today, the U.S. edition of Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveler, and other print and online media.
For the past two years, I’ve been working for a major international online media platform focused on artificial intelligence. I also have my own telegram channel
years — that’s how long I’ve been writing about women’s empowerment, sex, and relationships. Born in the USSR—a country that no longer exists—I graduated from Moscow State University and Columbia University’s School of Journalism in New York
The Evolution of Love
The new vs old: how the family institution is transforming, which new relationship formats emerge — which one might be right for you?
MY PUBLIC TALKS
I often give lectures and public talks on how love, family and relationships are changing in the 21st century. My lectures have already taken place in Tallinn, Riga, Barcelona, Istanbul, Berlin, Hamburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other cities.
Relationships and Artificial Intelligenge
How can artificial intelligence help address the growing loneliness epidemic and even assist in finding love? Could relationships with robots soon emerge as one of the new family dynamics of the future?
Upcoming Talks
September 11, 2025
Evolution of Love (lecture-discussion in English)
Berlin, Cafe Schatzchen
September 24, 2025
Who are AI companions and how artificial intelligence changing love and relationships

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Riga, Vilki Books Store
October 2, 2025
Love and Robots: My Life with an AI Companion
Hamburg, Galerie Kleefeld
October 9, 2025
Love and Robots: How AI Changes Relationships and Psychotherapy (lecture-discussion in English)
Munich
October 10, 2025
The Evolution of Love: New Formats of Family and Relationships in the Age of AI
Munich
November 20, 2025
The Evolution of Love: New Formats of Family and Relationships in the Age AI
Amsterdam, Esthétique cafe
December 05, 2025
The Evolution of Love: New Formats of Family and Relationships in the Age of AI
Belgrade, Bela Vrana bookstore
Organize my public talk in your city
An overview of current international trends in the field of love, dating, sex, family and relationships
My telegram channel is "Wait, you can do that?"
MY BOOKS
A book about "raising children in"different countries through the prism of food culture was published by "Alpina Publisher" in "2017
A new family. The book was published in 2023 by Alpina Publisher and became a bestseller.
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