Ksenia Vilkova

Education and Degrees

2022

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
HSE University

2021

Doctoral programme
HSE University

2018

Master's in Psychology
HSE University

2016

Bachelor's in Sociology
State University of Management

* 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.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Internship at the University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China, November - December 2025)

Internship at the Tsinghua University (Beijing, China, November 2024)

The European Educational Research Summer School (EERSS) "Beyond the Basics in Educational Research Methodology: Research ethics in educational research" (June 14 - 16, 2021, University of Jyväskylä, online)

The European Educational Research Summer School (EERSS) "Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research Designs: from Designing to Publishing" (July 8 - 12, 2019, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

III International Summer School "Digital Environment and Inequality of Educational Opportunities" (June 30 - July 5, 2019, HSE University, Moscow, Russia)

VII Winter Sociological School Organized by Russian Public Opinion Research Centre and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russian Federation: “Client-Focused Sociological Research: Pro and Contra” (February 7 - 11, 2018, Moscow, Russia)

Professional Interests

sociology of education online learning Massive Open Online Courses self-regulated learning higher education gender stereotypes

Awards and Accomplishments

Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2020–2021)

Responsibilities

– Conducting research in higher education, student experience, online education, digital technologies in education, and gender differences in education.

– Coordinating research activities of the Centre of Sociology of Higher Education.

– Leading the Basic Research Programme project “The Formation of a National Higher Education System: Key Changes and Their Effects” (2025–2027).

– Coordinating the longitudinal research project “Educational behavior and success of university students in Russia”.

– Working on the joint HSE University–Tsinghua University project “Transformation of Doctoral Education in China and Russia”.

– Serving on the Programme Committee of the International Conference on Higher Education (ICHE).

– Coordinating the Student Research Paper Competition held by HSE University in the field of Education.

– Contributing to the development of tasks for the “Higher League” Student and Alumni Olympiad, track “Analytics and Management in Education”.

– Teaching courses in educational research methodology and supervising student term papers and theses.

– Coordinating the HSE Committee on Interuniversity Surveys and Ethical Assessment of Empirical Research.

Courses (2026/2027)

Educational Research Methodology (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Educational Research Methodology (Mago-Lego; Institute of Education; 1-3 module)Rus
Evidence-based Approach for Researchers and Practitioners in Education (Mago-Lego; Institute of Education; 3 module)Rus
Mentor's seminar "Research in Education" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Postgraduate Seminar (Postgraduate course; Institute of Education; 3 year, 1 semester)Eng
Postgraduate Seminar (Postgraduate course; Institute of Education; 2 year, 1, 2 semester)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Grants

Grant of Vladimir Potanin Foundation for course development "Evidence-based approach for researchers and practitioners in education" (2022-2023)

Grant of Russian Science Foundation, project no.22-28-00882 "The role of gender stereotypes on career aspirations and study experience of girls in engineering majors in Russian universities" (2022-2023)

HSE University scholarship named after Eduard Dneprov (2020-2021)

Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no.20-111-50310 "Gender stereotypes and females' trajectories in STEM: an interdisciplinary view" (2021)

HSE University scholarship for PhD students (2020-2021)

Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no.19-113-50419 "Learning analytics: definition, objectives, application" (2020)

Dissertation for a Candidate of Sciences degree

2022
K. Vilkova Саморегулируемое обучение в МООК: измерение, связь с образовательными результатами и возможности развития навыков при помощи интервенций

Conferences

2026
HERA 2026 Conference "Asian Higher Education in a Changing Global Context" (Пекин). Presentation: The Power of Friendship and Study Collaboration on the Development of Students` Sense of Belonging: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study at Russian Universities

2025
The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2025) (Белград). Presentation: The Diversity of Student Behavior at University: Constructing a Typology
XVI Международная конференция исследователей высшего образования (конференция ИВО) (Москва). Presentation: Модели образовательного поведения студентов российских университетов в контексте дискуссии об общественном и частном благе

2024
CHER 36th Annual Conference "Higher Education and Science Future(s): Trends, Imaginaries, and Alternatives" (Люксембург). Presentation: The diversity of students’ behavior: opportunities for conceptualization
XV Международная конференция исследователей высшего образования (конференция ИВО) (Москва). Presentation: What does it mean to be a doctoral supervisor?
Future of Graduate Education in the Digital Intelligence Era (Пекин). Presentation: What does it mean to be a doctoral supervisor in the age of artificial intelligence? Insights from different national contexts

2023
35nd Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) (Вена). Presentation: How Russian engineering students perceive gender differences in learning behavior and academic outcomes
XIV Международная конференция исследователей высшего образования (конференция ИВО) (Москва). Presentation: Как российские студенты-инженеры воспринимают различия в образовательном поведении и академических результатах между юношами и девушками

2022
VIII Международный форум по педагогическому образованию IFTE-2022 (Казань). Presentation: Как психологическое благополучие связано с трудностями в дистанционном обучении
The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2022) (Ереван). Presentation: If I ignore it, maybe it will go away: how Russian engineering students perceive the gender inequality issue

2021
XXII Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Гендерные стереотипы в высшем STEM-образовании: систематический обзор
VII International Forum on Teacher Education “Teacher Education: New Challenges and Goals” (Казань). Presentation: Stereotypes hindering women’s advancement in STEM
St. Petersburg International Conference on Inequality and Diversity (IDC). Presentation: The Promises and Pitfalls of Self-Regulated Learning Interventions in MOOCs

2020
eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit» (eSTARS 2020) (online). Presentation: Субъектность студентов в условиях очного и дистанционного обучения: взгляд преподавателей
International diversity in teacher and higher education research in the 21st century Conference: insights from doctoral students, supervisors, and doctoral school leaders (online). Presentation: Who benefits from social-psychological interventions in MOOCs?

2019
PME & Yandex Russian conference “Technology and Psychology for Mathematics Education” (Москва). Presentation: Measuring math self-concept among middle schoolers: questionnaire development and validation
XX Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Вклад интереса в измерение связи между самооценкой и образовательными результатами по математике
European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit (EMOOCs) (Неаполь). Presentation: Self–regulated learning and successful MOOC completion
II Российско-китайская конференция исследователей образования «Цифровая трансформация образования и искусственный интеллект» (Москва). Presentation: Measuring self-regulated learning among Russian students
X Международная российская конференция исследователей высшего образования (конференция ИВО) (Москва). Presentation: Гендерные различия в STEM образовании: лонгитюдное исследование мотивации студентов

2018
XII Всероссийская научная конференция памяти Юрия Левады «Современное российское общество и социология» (Москва). Presentation: «Эффект самоотбора в опросах слушателей МООК: роль академических достижений»
XVII Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция молодых исследователей образования (Москва). Presentation: «Участие в опросе как предиктор академических достижений слушателей массовых открытых онлайн-курсов»
Международная научная конференция "eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2018" (eSTARS) (Москва). Presentation: Удовлетворенность обучением в массовых открытых онлайн-курсах

Employment history

since 2016 – Research Assistant, Juniour Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director at the Centre of Sociology of Higher Education

22

Jun

2026

Education in a Changing World: Russian–Chinese Dialogue in Beijing

How are universities, vocational education systems, and researcher training programmes evolving in response to new challenges? These questions were at the heart of the international forum ‘Reconfiguring Education in a Changing World: Russia–China Dialogues on Higher Education, Skills, and Research Training’, held in China in mid-June. The event was jointly organised by the HSE Institute of Education and the Graduate School of Education of Peking University, which hosted the forum on its campus.

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Mar

2026

How Do Students Engage with the University Environment? A Longitudinal Study of Educational Behaviour by IOE Researchers

Researchers from the Centre of Sociology of Higher Education, the Centre for Psychometrics and Measurement in Education, and the Laboratory for Curriculum Designat the Institute of Education are conducting a large-scale, longitudinal study examining how students navigate university life, and the relationship between different behavioural patterns and academic success.

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Jan