Elvira Arif
- Senior 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
- Elvira Arif has been at HSE University since 2010.

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2011-2012)
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
A. Bakuleva, Critical Consumption in Veg Community. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
A. Kolesnikova, The Study of Secondary Consumption of Clothing among Students in St. Petersburg. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
A. Revyakina, Men’s Gender Identity in Professions Marked as «Female». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
L. Nefedova, Responsible Consumption of Clothes: Vegetarians in Saint-Petersburg. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Zeynalova, Women Entrepreneurs of the Russian Megapolis within the Framework of the Russian Gender Order. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Shamrova, Depression: Social Construction of Meanings among Youth. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
M. Bazanova, The Presentation of Consumption of Young Women: Food Photography in Instagram. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
V. Voronova, Ethical Consumption of Cosmetics in St. Petersburg. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
D. Zhukova, Gastronomic Consumption in Saint-Petersburg. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2016
- Master
T. Kuzminova, The Problematization of Consumption in Russian Language Blogosphere. The Case of Thematic Telegram-channels. Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2020
Courses (2021/2022)
Courses (2020/2021)
- 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
- Past Courses
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
Courses (2018/2019)
- Research Seminar “Youth” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Visual Data (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Youth Studies: Subcultures, Solidarities, Generations (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2015/2016)
- Advertisement Research (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Economic Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1-3 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
- Social Issues-1 (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2015междисциплинарный семинар для молодых ученых «Научная среда» «Телесные практики конструирования, переопределения и презентации женственности» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Безопасность девушек в городе: анализ нормализации самозащиты в девичьей драке»
- 2014Методологический семинар ЦМИ (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: В режиме Бога: употребление запрещенных психоактивных веществ в среде молодежи
- 2013New agendas on youth and Young adulthood: Youth studies conference (Глазго). Presentation: Drug consumption: Discourses, narratives, practices
- Критический подход к потреблению и исследования потребления в постсоветских обществах (Казань). Presentation: Альтернативное потребление на примере безденежных и теневых практик
Publications11
- Article Ариф Э. М. Открытый для взаимодействия бизнес: анализ некоммерческой активности молодых предпринимателей г. Санкт-Петербурга // Журнал исследований социальной политики. 2021 (in press)
- Article Ариф Э. М. Культурные репертуары питания в молодежном вег-сообществе (кейс Санкт-Петербурга) // Социологические исследования. 2019. № 10. С. 119-126. doi
- Article Ариф Э. М. Потребление в среде молодых активистов // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2019. № 1. С. 66-83. doi
- 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 Arif E. “Fighting Is Not Pretty”: Interpreting the Experience of Self-Defense in Girls’ Fights // Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2015. Vol. 8. No. 1. P. 126-140.
- Chapter Ариф Э. М. Включить режим бога – значит все можно?: телесность молодежи, потребляющей запрещенные психоактивные вещества // В кн.: PRO тело. Молодежный контекст / Под общ. ред.: Е. Л. Омельченко, Н. А. Нартова. СПб. : Алетейя, 2013. С. 255-276.
- Article Ариф Э. М. "Хватит покупать! Всего и так навалом!": пространства свободные от коммерциализации в среде российской молодежи // ЭСфорум. 2011. № 1 (22). С. 5-7.
- Article Ариф Э. М. Женские драки: роль боли в восприятии ситуации применения физического насилия // ЭСфорум. 2011. № 3 (24). С. 7-11.
- Chapter Elvira Sharifullina, Omelchenko E. L., Pilkington H. Drug Using Youth Groups in Vorkuta Russia, in: Groups and environments Interdisciplinary Research Studies. Каунас : Vitautas Magnus University, 2010. P. 169-174.
- Chapter Pilkington H., Omelchenko E. L., Elvira Sharifullina. Neo-Pagan Youth Groups in Saint Petersburg Russia, in: Groups and environments Interdisciplinary Research Studies. Каунас : Vitautas Magnus University, 2010. P. 89-97.
- Chapter Ариф Э. М. Значение индивидуального успеха в процессе производства позиции не/гетеросексуальности в современном российском гендерном порядке // В кн.: Возможен ли «квир» по-русски? ЛГБТК исследования. Междисциплинарный сборник. СПб. : [б.и.], 2010. С. 128-134.
New craftsmen, new disciples. CYS investigates the сraft market of Saint-Petersburg
As part of the initial project, the Center is focusing on studying new formats of craft trainings. Researchers interview young craftsmen from Saint-Petersburg and their students who participate in various master classes, courses and schools. Sociologists are already interviewing potters and ceramists, tanners, jewelers, woodworkers and their students, visitors to candle-making courses and many others.
Youth and violence in the (big) City.
Centre for Youth Studies has opened a new season of "Scientific Environment" at the St. Petersburg State University Department of Sociology with “hammer” reports provided by Jana Krupets and Nadya Nartova: "Age in work": Constructing of age by girls and young women in contemporary Russia", and Elvira Arif’s - " Girls security in the city: an analysis of the self-defense normalization in girls fights". The room was packed for the presentation of our colleagues.