Zarina Lepshokova
- Chief Research Fellow: Centre for Sociocultural Research
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology
- Zarina Lepshokova has been at HSE University since 2008.
Education and Degrees
HSE University
HSE University
Russian Academy of Justice
State University for the Humanities
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
- Summer School "Analyzing and reporting cross-cultural data", HSE, June 11-14, 2015;
- Summer School “Designing mixed-method research in cross-cultural psychology”, HSE, June 6-9, 2014;
- Short-term training program “Intergenerational Value Continuity”, HSE, April, 2014
- Training program "Social identity, values and migration", HSE, March-April 2013;
- Training program "Quantitative data collection" (Questionnaire Design & Testing; Survey Implementation; Introduction to Sampling and Weighting), Social Research Association, London, October 2012;
- Training program “Advances social psychology: theory, methods, practice”, HSE, September-November 2012;
- Summer School “Designing research and writing papers on culture and behavior”, HSE, June 2012;
- Short-term training program “Advanced economic psychology”, HSE, April 2012;
- International seminar “Psychology of intercultural relations and acculturation”, HSE, April 2012;
- Training program “Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling”, HSE, September and November 2011;
- Training program “Cross-cultural research of changing society: theories and methods”, HSE, September, October and November 2011;
- Short-term training program “Methodology of Project Management”, HSE, September 2011;
- International seminar “Research Frontiers of Culture and Psychological Processes”, HSE, June 2011;
- Summer School “Values and Socio-Economical Behavior: Cross-cultural Dimensions and Explanatory Models”, HSE, June 2011.
Social Psychology
Social identity
Psychology of acculturation
Cross-cultural psychology
Economic Psychology
Psychological well-being
Awards and Accomplishments
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2012–2013)
Courses (2024/2025)
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Social Impact and Design (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology, field of study Psychology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Social Influence (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2-4 module)Eng
- Social Influence (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Influence (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Social and Cross-cultural Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Influence (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1P. Efimova Social activism: role of perceived context, agency and individual values
Grants
- Mutual acculturation of migrants and the host population: models, methods, key studies and challenges (Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research, 2020-2021). Supervisor – Z. Lepshokova
- Empirical test of feasibility of multiculturalism policy in Russia in the context of international experience (Russian Science Foundation, 2015-2019). Supervisors – N. Lebedeva.
- Social and psychological consequences of economic and cultural change (HSE Basic Research Program, 2014). Supervisors – N. Lebedeva, S. Breugelmans
- Social and Cultural Factors of Mutual Adaptation of Migrants and Host Population in Russian Regions. (HSE Basic Research Program, 2014). Supervisors – N. Lebedeva.
- Socio-cultural predictors of mutual adaptation of migrants and host population in the regions of Russia (HSE Basic Research Program, 2013). Supervisors – N. Lebedeva.
- Socio-cultural and psychological factors in economic activity and psychological well-being (HSE Basic Research Program, 2012). Supervisors – E. Yasin, N. Lebedeva.
- The role of the strategies of cross-cultural interaction in psychological well-being of migrants and host population (Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2012-2014). Supervisor – Z. Lepshokova.
- Interrelations of characteristics of civil and religious identities with economic attitudes and models of economic behavior (Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2012-2014). Supervisor – M. Efremova.
- Regional peculiarities of economic consciousness and behavior in the Russian Federation (HSE Basic Research Program, 2011). Supervisors – E. Yasin, N. Lebedeva.
- Study of psychological well-being and happiness (2012-2013). Project supervisor – M. Joshanloo; executors in Russia – Z. Lepshokova, T. Panusheva.
- The relationship of components of psychological structure of social capital and attitudes of economic behavior (Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2011-2012). Supervisor – A. Tatarko
- The Influence of Socio-Cultural Factors on Economic Consciousness (Russian Fund for Fundamental Research, 2010-2012). Supervisor – A. Tatarko
Conferences
- 2022
V Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция “Позитивный опыт регулирования этносоциальных и этнокультурных процессов в регионах Российской Федерации” (Казань). Presentation: Аккультурация и психологическое благополучие этнического большинства и меньшинства постсоветских стран: роль идеального и реального мультикультурализма
XXIII Ясинская (Апрельская) конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Inclusive VS Exclusive: perceived contexts, identities, and intercultural attitudes of Russians in post-Soviet countries
Отчетная конференция по проекту Зеркальные лаборатории НИУ ВШЭ (Сочи). Presentation: Базовые ценности, социальные идентичности и межкультурные установки русского этнического большинства Московского региона
12th Conference International Academy of Intercultural Research (Rapperswil-Jona). Presentation: Adaptation and Testing the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI-r) in Russia
- 2021
Беженцы в России: социально-психологические проблемы и возможные пути решения (Москва). Presentation: Беженцы в мировом и российском контекстах: результаты социально-психологических исследований
Социальная психология:вопросы теории и практики (Москва). Presentation: Аккультурация и психологическое благополучие этнического большинства и меньшинства Эстонии: идеальный VS реальный мультикультурализм
- 2020
Научный семинар "Культура имеет значение" (Москва). Presentation: Проверка гипотезы контакта на постсоветском пространстве: мета-анализ
VII Международная научная конференция "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations" (Москва). Presentation: Аккультурация и адаптация советского и постсоветского поколений этнических русских в Азербайджане, Грузии, Латвии и Таджикистане
V Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция с международным участием памяти М.Ю. Кондратьева (Москва). Presentation: Связь этнической дискриминации в сети c самоуважением и этническим активизмом в онлайн и офлайн контекстах
- 2019
Миграция в России и современном мире: проблемы, перспективы, практические решения (Москва). Presentation: Воспринимаемая инклюзивность социального контекста, аккультурация и адаптация внутренних мигрантов в Москве
VI International Conference «Culture in Society, between Groups and across Generations» (Москва). Presentation: Two Ways Towards Life Satisfaction Of Migrants: A Case When Both Integration And Separation Behavior Can Be Adaptive
ХХ Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Межкультурные отношения в республиках Северного Кавказа
The Migration Conference 2019 (Бари). Presentation: Multiple Identities, Acculturation, and Adjustment of Migrants from the North Caucasus in Moscow. A Network Analysis
- 2018
V Международная научная конференция "Culture in society, between groups and across generations" (Москва). Presentation: The Role Of Social Disidentification In Acculturation Preferences Of Ethnic Russian Minority And Indigenous People In Kabardino-Balkar Republic
the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Congress 'Multiculturalism in global perspective' (Гуэльф). Presentation: Perceived inclusiveness of the social context, acculturation and adaptation: the case of migrants from the North Caucasus in Moscow
- Does identity incompatibility mediate the relationship between discrimination and acculturation strategies? The case of two generations of Russians in the North Caucasus. International Research Conference: Culture in society, between groups and across generations. International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research (HSE). Moscow. June. 2015
- Comparison of acculturation strategies of migrants and expectations of the host society: the psychological consequences. The 4th International Scientific Conference of Theoretical problems of ethnic and cross-cultural psychology. Smolensk. May 2014
- Attitudes to migrants and psychological well-being of the host population. XIV International Conference on Economic and Social development. Moscow. 2013
- Psychological well-being of migrants. International seminar “Migration as an interdisciplinary issue”. Saint Petersburg. 2012
- Mutual adaptation of migrants and host society. IV Conference “Psychology of Individuality”. Moscow. HSE. 2012
- Acculturation strategies of migrants and their psychological well-being. The 21st Congress of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. Stellenbosch. 2012
- Interrelation between strategies of migrants and their psychological well-being. XIII International Conference on Economic and Social development. Moscow. 2012
- Interconnection between ethnic and civic identity characteristics and acculturation strategies of migrants. The third International Scientific Conference of Theoretical problems of ethnic and cross-cultural psychology. Smolensk. May 2012
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All-Russian Scientific Conference "Positive Experience of Regulating Ethno-Social and Ethno-Cultural Processes in the Regions of the Russian Federation
CSCR members participated in the All-Russian scientific conference "Positive experience of regulating ethno-social and ethno-cultural processes in the regions of the Russian Federation" in Kazan on June 26-29.
A team from the Centre for Sociocultural Research won an RNF grant on the topic "Topical issues of digitalisation in Russia: socio-psychological barriers and ways to overcome them"
The project leader is A.N. Tatarko, Director of the Centre for Sociocultural Research, Doctor of Psychological Sciences. The winning project is complex and deals with the most important, from the psychological point of view, problems related to digitalisation in Russia. In recent years, digitalisation of various spheres of Russian life has been progressing at a tremendous pace. The most intensively digitalised areas are: education, public services, the financial sphere of society, and the political sphere of society. In this regard, we have proposed a project that examines the socio-psychological problems of digitalisation in the most important spheres of Russian society in order to find solutions.
X International Scientific Conference "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations".
On November 8, 2023, the X International Scientific Conference "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations" was held, annually organized by the Center for Sociocultural Research at HSE University. The event also featured a roundtable discussion on "What is happening to the identity of Russians amidst the special military operation?"
Center for sociocultural research members published a chapter in the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences collection
Center for sociocultural research members published a chapter in the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences collection on scientific approaches in modern Russian psychology
Special issue "Socio-Psychological Consequences of Accelerated Digitalization in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic," prepared by the staff of the CSCR, was released
The first issue of 2023 included a special issue of "Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics" dedicated to the consequences of digitalization while COVID-19. Articles by CSCR staff N.Tatarko, M.Efremova, D.Dubrov, M.Bultseva, E.Bushina, A.Mironova, G.Rodionov, E.Maklasova, Z.Lepshokova, V.Galyapina based on the results of research conducted within the framework of the Russian Science Foundation project "The Impact of Digitalization on the Social Capital and Values of Russian Society" were published in this issue.
International Research Conference "Acculturation and Intercultural Relations: Post-Soviet Experience"
The International Research Conference "Acculturation and Intercultural Relations: Post-Soviet Experience" is organized by the Center for Sociocultural Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, and was beheld on November 2, 2020, via the Zoom platform.
Associated Event of the XXI April conference: VII International Research Conference "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations"
Due to worldwide spread of the COVID-19, the Associated Event of the XXI April conference: VII International Scientific Conference “Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations” was held on April, 23-24 in an online form on the Microsoft Teams.
Testing the contact hypothesis in the post-Soviet space: a meta-analysis
On Febrary 11 Zarina Lepshokova (PhD) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "Testing the contact hypothesis in the post-Soviet space: a meta-analysis".
Participation in the XVI European Congress of Psychology
From July 2 to July 5, staff of the ILSCR took part in the XVI European Congress of Psychology (ECP 2019), which this year was held in Moscow.
IX Summer School "Design of Cross-Cultural Study"
27 - 30 June 2019 near Moscow there was the IX Summer School "Design of Cross-Cultural Study", organized by the International laboratory for socio-cultural research, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics. The teachers of the school were the foreign researchers: Michael Bender (PhD, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University), Byron Adams (PhD, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University), and Ella Daniel (PhD, Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University).
Participation in The Migration Conference 2019 Bari
From June 18 to June 20, the staff of the ILSCR took part in the 7th international conference of The Migration Conference 2019, the leading event of migration researchers organized this year at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Bari, Italy).
VI International Research Conference "Culture in society, between groups and across generations"
April 5-6 the VI International Research Conference "Culture in society, between groups and across generations", organized by the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research at the Expert Institute of the Higher School of Economics took place in Moscow.
Changing Values and Identities in the Post-Communist World
This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity changes in several post-Soviet countries. In light of the tremendous economic, social and political changes in former communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and intergenerational value conflicts.
III International Research Conference"Culture in society, between groups and across generations"
May 30th - June 1st the III International Research Conference "Culture in society, between groups and across generations”, organized by the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research at the Expert Institute of the Higher School of Economics took place in Moscow.
Participation in international scientific conference in Smolensk
On May 27-28, ILSCR staff members Nadezhda Lebedeva, Alexander Tatarko, Zarina Lepshokova, Victoria Galyapina, Marina Kotova, Dmitry Dubrov and Maria Drobovtseva took part in the Fifth international scientific conference "Theoretical problems of ethnic and cross-cultural psychology".
5th International scientific conference in Smolensk
On May 27-28, ILSCR staff members Nadezhda Lebedeva, Alexander Tatarko, Zarina Lepshokova, Victoria Galyapina, Marina Kotova, Dmitry Dubrov and Maria Drobovtseva took part in the Fifth international scientific conference "Theoretical problems of ethnic and cross-cultural psychology".
Reports of the laboratory staff at the XVII April International Academic Conference
19-22 April 2016 was held the XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development which was organized and hosted by the National Research University Higher School of Economics with the participation of the World Bank.