Simon G. Kordonsky

Laboratory Head: Laboratory for Local Administration
Research Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Politics and Governance

Tenured Professor (2008)

Simon G. Kordonsky has been at HSE University since 2006.

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Education and Degrees

1988

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Philosophical Sciences
Novosibirsk State University

1977

Degree
Kuibyshev Tomsk State University

* Candidate of Sciences
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.

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2017–2018, 2011–2015
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022

Courses (2024/2025)

Power Elites and Markets of Authorities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Power Elites and Markets of Authorities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

IT-Technologies in Public Management (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Power Elites and Markets of Authorities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

IT-Technologies in Public Management (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Power Elites and Markets of Authorities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

IT-Technologies in Public Management (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Power Elites and Markets of Authorities (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

2010: Member of the Editorial Board , Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления (Public Administration Issues).

2008: Member of the Editorial Board , Вопросы образования.

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
Newly formed national parks influence on rural communities

Research interests

structure of administrative weights;
the use of fuzzy information sets in socio-economic analysis

Courses taught

Administrative markets;
Phenomenology of municipal institutions. Development of description standards on the basis of network information sources.

Oct

2018

HSE Staff Members Receive University Medals and Notes of Acknowledgement

On October 22, some university staff members were awarded HSE medals and notes of acknowledgement from the Rector.

Jun

2015

Life of the Russian Regions is Hidden from the Government

About 40% of the Russian able-bodied population are employed in the informal sector of the economy. This is a competitive market economy. Subsistence production, distributed manufacturing, ‘garage production’, seasonal work and various cottage industries flourish in the Russian regions. The economies of many small cities feature strict specialization and developed cooperation, in the context of internal competition between families and clans. These are the findings of HSE professors Simon Kordonsky and Yury Pliusnin in their study ‘Social Structure of the Russian Provinces’.

Jun

2015

40%

of Russia’s working-age population is employed in the informal sector of the economy.

Sep

2014

23 Academics from HSE Appointed to the Government Expert Council

The new makeup of the Expert Council to the Russian government has been confirmed. It includes 366 members, 23 of whom are HSE staff.