Juri Plusnin
- Deputy Laboratory Head: Laboratory for Local Administration
- Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Politics and Governance
- Juri Plusnin has been at HSE University since 2005.
Education and Degrees
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy and Law
Thesis Title: Invariant management structure in social and biological systems
Kuibyshev Tomsk State University
Tomsk State University
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.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2017
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022
Courses (2024/2025)
- Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Public Administration Technologies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Public administration and regulation" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar «Fundamentals of public and local governance» (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Fundamentals of Public and Local Governance (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 3 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
- Municipal Government (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Municipal Government (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Public administration and regulation" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- State and Shadow Economy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Fundamentals of Public and Local Governance (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 3 year, 3, 4 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
- Municipal Government (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Municipal Government (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Scientific Research Seminar "Governace and Regulation" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Local Government (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Municipal Government (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Municipal Management and Urban Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Scientific Research Seminar "Governace and Regulation" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- 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
- Municipal Management and Urban Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Municipal and regional management of territorial development (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
Conferences
- 2014
IV международная социологическая конференция "Продолжая Грушина" (Москва). Presentation: Опыт организации экспедиций для студентов и молодых учёных
V Международная научная конференция "Социальная география, социобиология и социальные науки: моделирования и прогностика процессов развития регионов Ближнего Севера России (Костромская область, Мантуровский район, деревня Медведево). Presentation: Общинные и сословные элементы в социальной структуре современного общества
Международная конференция "Публичное управление и территориальное развитие: тенденции, проблемы, перспективы и последствия мирового кризиса", Иркутск, 28-29 мая 2014 (Иркутск). Presentation: ”Wandering Workers” against the Public Administration. Lack of Interaction between Local Governments and the Active Population
- 2013
Международная научно-практическая конференция «Муниципальная власть в современном мире: поиск ответов на вызовы времени» (Уфа). Presentation: Муниципальная власть и местное общество: несовпадение ожиданий
IV Международная научная конференция «Дезурбанизация и природный капитал: миграционные тренды, инфокоммуникация, новые сельские поселения» (д. Медведево Костромская область). Presentation: Почему активное население не союзник муниципальной власти? Три силы, противостоящие развитию местного самоуправления
XIV Апрельская международная научная конференция «Модернизация экономики и общества» (Москва). Presentation: «Короткий список претензий: административные препятствия развитию местного малого бизнеса с позиции предпринимателя»
Второй Российский экономический конгресс (Суздаль Владимирской обл.). Presentation: Ключевые точки взаимодействия власти и бизнеса в целях экономического развития. Что происходит на низовом уровне?».
Employment history
1976-1977 - researcher (ecology and chemistry), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Novosibirsk
1977-1978 - analitist and researcher (human health ecology), Siberian Branch of the Russian Medical Academy, Novosibirsk.
1979-1983 - researcher (population ecology and genetics), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk.
1983-2005 - researcher (social ecology, sociology, social psychology and human behavior, social philosophy), manager (cheirman, chief of department), Institut philosophy and law, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk.
Professor at the Novosibirsk State University (1989-2005).
2005-p.t. - professor at the Higer Scool of Economics (Department of Public Administration), Moscow. Vice-dean (2006-2011), vice-chairman (chair of the local self-government), deputy director of the Municipal Government Laboratory.
Book by HSE Scholars About Wandering Workers Nominated for Award
The book ‘Wandering Workers. Mores, Behavior, Way of Life, and Political Status of Domestic Russian Labor Migrants’ has been nominated for the Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Award in the American Sociological Association’s Section on Labor and Labor Movements .
40%
of Russia’s working-age population is employed in the informal sector of the economy.