Yadviga Sinyavskaya
- Senior Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Department of Sociology
- Junior Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics
- Yadviga Sinyavskaya has been at HSE University since 2014.
Education
- 2016
Master's in Social Psychology
Saint Petersburg State University, Psychology - 2014
Bachelor's in Social Work
Saint Petersburg State University, Sociology
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Seminar «Academic communication in the English-speaking world», Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Voronovo, October 26 – 28, 2018.
Advanced courses on General English, Upper Intermediate level, Higher School of Economics, Saint-Petersburg, October-December, 2018.
ROO «Summer School», Data Analysis in Social Science program, Dubna, Jul. 24 - Aug. 6, 2018.
RPO Summer School, Data Analysis in Social Science program, July 24 - August 6, 2017.
Web science Summer School-2017 (WSTNet), Saint-Petersburg, 1-8 July 2017.
Winter School of Psychology in SPbU, Zelenogorsk, 6-11 February 2017
6th International Summer School «Theory and methods of longitudinal social network analysis» (TMSA-2016), International laboratory for Applied Network Research (HSE Moscow), Moscow, 1-5 August 2016
Study course of psychological counseling, Psychological service of SPbU, Feb.-Dec. 2016
Workshop of A.Casilli, «Digital Methods: How to Study Online Social Interactions», Center for Independent Social Research (CISR), Saint-Petersburg, 9-10 December 2015
Winter School of Psychology in SPbU, Zelenogorsk, 2-7 February 2015

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2017-2018)
Courses (2022/2023)
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Methodology and Methods for Sociological Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology” (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
Publications13
- Article Bryanov K., Kliegl R., Koltsova O., Lokot T., Miltsov A., Pashakhin S., Porshnev A., Sinyavskaya Y., Maxim Terpilovskii, Vziatysheva V. What Drives Perceptions of Foreign News Coverage Credibility? A Cross-National Experiment Including Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine // Political Communication. 2023. Vol. 40. No. 2. P. 115-146. doi
- Chapter Sinyavskaya Y., Porshnev A. Friends network expansion and reduction: investigating the role of structural and psychological factors, in: Networks in the Global World V: Proceedings of NetGloW 2020. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 181. Cham: Springer, 2021. P. 196-208. doi
- Chapter Koltsova O., Porshnev A., Sinyavskaya Y. Social Media-based Research of Interpersonal and Group Communication in Russia, in: The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies / Ed. by D. Gritsenko, M. Wijermars, M. Kopotev. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. doi P. 335-352. doi
- Article Koltsova Olessia Y., Mararitsa Larisa V., Terpilovskii Maxim A., Sinyavskaya Yadviga E. Social signature in an online environment: stability and cognitive limits // Computers in Human Behavior. 2021. No. 122. Article 106856. doi
- Chapter Vziatysheva V., Sinyavskaya Y., Porshnev A., Terpilowski M., Koltsov S., Bryanov K. Testing Users’ Ability to Recognize Fake News in Three Countries. An Experimental Perspective, in: Social Computing and Social Media: Experience Design and Social Network Analysis. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 12774. Springer, 2021. P. 370-390. doi
- Chapter Koltsova O., Sinyavskaya Y., Terpilowski M. Designing an Experiment on Recognition of Political Fake News by Social Media Users: Factors of Dropout, in: Social Computing and Social Media. Design, Ethics, User Behavior, and Social Network Analysis Part 1: 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part I. Springer, 2020. doi P. 261-277. doi
- Article Rykov Y., Koltsova O., Sinyavskaya Y. Effects of user behaviors on accumulation of social capital in an online social network // Plos One. 2020. Vol. 15. No. 4. Article e0231837.. doi
- Article Sinyavskaya Y., Porshnev A. Propensity to make social connections and structural social capital of SNS users // Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine. 2019. Vol. 17. P. 33-37.
- Preprint Rykov Y., Sinyavskaya Y., Koltsova O. Accumulating social capital in an online urban network: The effects of user behaviors / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series SOC "Sociology". 2018. No. 83/SOC/2018 .
- Article Rykov Y., Meylakhs P., Sinyavskaya Y. Network Structure of an AIDS-denialist Online Community: Identifying Core Members and the Risk Group // American Behavioral Scientist. 2017. Vol. 61. No. 7. P. 688-706. doi
- Article Sinyavskaya Y., Koltsova O. Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age // Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine. 2017. Vol. 15. P. 88-91.
- Article Koltsova O., Koltsov S., Sinyavskaya Y. When Internet Really Connects Across Space: Communities of Software Developers in Vkontakte Social Networking Site, International Journal of Web Based Communities // Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2017. Vol. 10540. P. 431-442. doi
- Preprint Rykov Y., Meylakhs P., Sinyavskaya Y. Network Structure of an AIDS-denialist Online Community: Identifying Core Members and the Risk Group / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series SOC "Sociology". 2016. No. 71.
Conferences
- 2019
24th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Норфолк). Presentation: If you want it, will you get it? How the motivation of SNS users to establish social ties affects their social capital
- 2017Международная научная конференция молодых ученых «Психология XXI века: системный подход и междисциплинарные исследования» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Приватность в «реальной жизни» и в социальной сети как реализация различных ценностей личности
22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Вульвергэмптон). Presentation: Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age
22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Вульвергэмптон). Presentation: Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age
- Международная научная конференция молодых ученых «Психология XXI века: системный подход и междисциплинарные исследования» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Приватность в «реальной жизни» и в социальной сети как реализация различных ценностей личности
22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Вульвергэмптон). Presentation: Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age
22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Вульвергэмптон). Presentation: Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age
22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Вульвергэмптон). Presentation: Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age
22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (Вульвергэмптон). Presentation: Self-disclosure online and offline: the Effect of Age
- Annual International Student Research Forum "Think Big Week" (Санкт Петербург). Presentation: Privacy in social network sites and in real life: intergenerational comparison
- Международная научная конференция молодых ученых «Психология XXI века: системный подход и междисциплинарные исследования» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Приватность в социальной сети как реализация различных ценностей личности
- Annual International Student Research Forum "Think Big Week" (Санкт Петербург). Presentation: Privacy in social network sites and in real life: intergenerational comparison
- Международная научная конференция молодых ученых «Психология XXI века: системный подход и междисциплинарные исследования» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Приватность в «реальной жизни» и в социальной сети как реализация различных ценностей личности
- 2016Networks in the Global World (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: When Internet Really Connects Across Space: Communities of Software Developers in Vkontakte Social Networking Site
Sinyavskaya Jadwiga's Ph.D. Thesis Pre-defense
On December 19, a pre-defense of Sinyavskaya Jadwiga’s Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Privacy strategies in the social network Vkontakte and their role in the formation of individual social capital” took place.
How Do People Control Privacy on Social Media and What Has the Digital Literacy Got to Do with This?
In 2022, Yadviga Sinyavskaya from the Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics published an article about privacy on social media. It is a part of the laboratory's project on how people build connections and what helps them. We talked to the sociologist about how people try to protect personal information and what makes these measures more effective.
Sociologists at Yandex: Dina Vasina Talks on her Internship in Product Management
During her studies in the Sociology and Social Informatics programme, a fourth-year student Dina Vasina got interested in disciplines related to data analysis and mathematics. In November, Dina completed her internship at Yandex within the Yandex.Poisk project where she got a chance to try her hand at product management. In this interview, the student shared with us her thoughts on studying sociology, future career plans and impressions on the internship.
New achievements of LINIS team
It has been become such a good tradition to obtain "gifts" from HSE Academic Fund at the Christmas Eve!
LINIS on the seminar by the Young Faculty Support Program
LINIS’ junior research fellow Yadviga Sinyavskaya participated in the seminar by the Young Faculty Support Program held October 26—28 in Voronovo (Moscow).
We are happy to congratulate our colleagues on the enrollment at the Full-time HSE Advanced Doctoral Programme!
Академическая аспирантура пополнилась двумя аспирантами-сотрудниками ЛИНИС.
LINIS at CyberPsychology Conference-2018
LINIS Junior Research Fellow Yadviga Sinyavskaya took a part in 23nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CyPsy23), which was held on June 26-28 2017 in Gatineau (Canada).
LINIS at CyberPsychology Conference
LINIS staff took a part in 22nd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CyPsy22), which was held on June 26-28 in the University of Wolverhampton (UK).
The 6 th International Summer School "THEORY AND METHODS OF LONGITUDINAL SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS"
The Summer School on methods of research in the field of network analysis has been held in the International Laboratory Network Analysis (HSE, Moscow) for 6 years. This summer the intern-researcher of LINIS Yadviga Sinyavskaya participated in the work of the summer school held from1 to 5 August 2016 in Moscow.