Svyatoslav Polyakov
- Postgraduate Student, Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Department of Sociology
- Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Centre for Youth Studies
- Research Assistant:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Centre for Interdisciplinary Basic Research
- Svyatoslav Polyakov has been at HSE University since 2014.
Education
- 2015
Master's in Sociology
HSE University - 2005
Bachelor's in Philology
Saint Petersburg State University
Postgraduate Studies
3rd year of study
Approved topic of thesis: Interpretations of masculinity in male youth communities of Makhachkala
Academic Supervisor: Omelchenko, Elena L.
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
V. Lebedev «The Culture of Violence in the Context of the Movement of Football Fans: the Case of Fans of the "Zenit" Football Club». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2020
Y. Belyakova «Labor Activity and Educational Opportunities or Young People with Disabilities». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
D. Sadrieva «Saint- Petersburg’s Underground Concert Clubs Visitors as a Modern Post-Subculture». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Litovka «Career Strategies of Politically Active Young People of St. Petersburg». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
K. Iatcenko «Self-Organization of Youth Culture in the Situation of Contestation of the Urban Space (the Case of Skateboarders of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg)». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Kalinin «Marginalization and Normalization of Tattoo Practices in the Context of Everyday Life on the Example of St. Petersburg Tattoo Community». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Tsesis «Gender aspects of Conception of Success among St. Petersburg Youth». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
M. Abramovich «The Image of a Member of a Student Squad in the Representations of the Organization "Russian Student Squads"». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
Courses (2019/2020)
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Scientific Workshop “Field Research: Methods, Practices, Emotions” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Scientific Workshop “Field Research: Methods, Practices, Emotions” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2018/2019)
- History and Theory of Media (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Sociology of the Youth (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
- History and Theory of Media (Optional course (faculty); Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 module)Rus
- History and Theory of Media (Optional course (faculty); Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 module)Rus
Courses (2015/2016)
- Economic Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Sociology of the Youth (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Sociology of the Youth (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
- Workshop on Economic Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Publications8
- Article Omelchenko E. L., Andreeva J. V., Arif E., Svyatoslav Polyakov. Where Do Time and All the Money Go? Consumer Strategies of Two Urban Youth Generations Employed in Different Fields // Economics and Sociology. 2016. Vol. 9. No. 4. P. 176-190. doi
- Article Поляков С. И., Омельченко Д. А. Исследователь с камерой в пространстве медийной публичности: полевой опыт // ИНТЕРакция. ИНТЕРвью. ИНТЕРпретация. 2017. Т. 1. № 13. С. 73-81.
- Article Омельченко Е. Л., Поляков С. И. Концепт культурной сцены как теоретическая перспектива и инструмент анализа городских молодежных сообществ // Социологическое обозрение. 2017. Т. 16. № 2. С. 111-132. doi
- Article Поляков С. И. Мастер исторической реконструкции на сцене и в жизни // Этнографическое обозрение. 2017. № 4. С. 174-189.
- Article Omelchenko E. L., Sviatoslav Poliakov. Everyday Consumption of Russian Youth in Small Towns and Villages // Sociologia Ruralis. 2018. Vol. 58. No. 3. P. 644-664. doi
- Article Omelchenko E. L., Polyakov S., Maiboroda A. Peers/strangers/others? The youth of Dagestan in search of group identities // Cultural Studies. 2019. Vol. 33. No. 5. P. 841-865. doi
- Article Polyakov S., Omelchenko E. L., Garifzyanova A. Holding onto your roots: Tatar-language rap in post-soviet Kazan // Popular Music and Society. 2020 doi (in press)
- Article Поляков С. И., Епанова Ю. В. Радикализация и неравенство в нарративах второго городского поколения мусульманской северокавказской молодежи // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2020. № 3 (in press)
Conferences
- 2019Стать взрослым в современном обществе: исследования практик взросления и представлений о зрелости (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Стать взрослым в современном обществе: исследования практик взросления и представлений о зрелости
- 2018Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Сопротивление социально-экономическому исключению в повседневных практиках воркаут-сцены Махачкалы
Youth Communities of Dagestan
Street workout and anime scenes in Makhachkala
Our researchers start the new season of publication activity
The Ethnographic Review published an article by Svyatoslav Polyakova "The Master of historical reenactment on a stage and in his life"
March activity
The staff of the Center of Youth Studies Yana Krupets, Alena Kravtsova and Anastasia Sablina address the Third Congress* of Social Sciences teachers of the Northwestern Federal district of the Russian Federation
