Ksenia Semykina
- Research Assistant:Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology
- Ksenia Semykina has been at HSE University since 2017.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
2019, August - DN5 Summer School “Political Discourse and Mediatization of Politics in the Globalized World”, HSE, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
2019, June - Workshop "Discourse as Theory and Method for Media and Cultural Studies", HSE, Moscow, Russia.
2019, Jan - DiscourseNet Winter School No. 4 “The Transformation and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Discourse, Power, and Critique”, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
2018, Oct - “The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse” school, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany.
2018, Mar - “Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical Analysis and Discursive-Material Analysis” PhD course, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018, Feb - VI winter school for Master students “A military history of ideas: the case of sociology”, the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
2018, Oct - “News Literacy” school, Yeltsin Centre, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
2017, July - International discussion school “GAIDPARK-Armenia 2017”, Dilijan, Armenia.
2015, Aug - Workshop "LGBT researchers and activists: points of cooperation", Coalition for Civil Equality, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2014, July - "University Without Professors" summer school, European University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2022)
Category "New Lecturers" (2020)
Courses (2019/2020)
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Publications8
- Preprint Semykina K. The Crimean Conflict on Russian and Ukrainian TV: A Discourse-Theoretical Approach / DiscourseNet. Series 6 "DiscourseNet Collaborative Working Paper Series". 2021. No. 6.
- Article Kazun A. D., Semykina K. Presidential Elections 2018: The Struggle of Putin and Navalny for a Media Agenda // Problems of Post-Communism. 2020. Vol. 67. No. 6. P. 455-466. doi
- Article Semykina K. The Media’s Construction of LGBT Pride Parades in Russia // Journal of Social Policy Studies. 2019. Vol. 17. No. 2. P. 281-292. doi
- Preprint Semykina K. Media Construction of LGBT Prides in Russia: Framing Dynamics and Frame Resonance / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series SOC "Sociology". 2018. No. WP BRP 81/SOC/2018.
- Preprint Kazun A. D., Semykina K. Presidential Elections 2018: The Struggle of Putin and Navalny for a Media Agenda / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PS "Political Science". 2018. No. WP BRP 62/PS/2018.
- Article Казун А. Д., Семыкина К. С. Выборы президента 2018: Борьба Путина и Навального за повестку в СМИ // Общественные науки и современность. 2018. № 5. С. 73-86. doi
- Chapter Семыкина К. С. ЛГБТ в университете: campus climate вузов Санкт-Петербурга // В кн.: Современное образование: глобальные вызовы и национальные ответы. Сборник статей участников Восемнадцатого международного конкурса научных работ студентов и молодых ученых памяти Галины Васильевны Старовойтовой «Галатея» / Под общ. ред.: А. Ю. Сунгуров. СПб. : Юридическое издательство НОРМА, 2017. С. 59-71.
- Article Семыкина К. С. Однополые браки в российских медиа: между нейтралитетом и опасением // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 5. С. 329-344. doi
Conferences
2019, Sep - 3rd DiscourseNet congress “Knowledge and power in a polycentric world: discourses across languages, culture and space”. Paris, France. Talk: “Crimean conflict on Russian and Ukrainian TV: a discourse-theoretical approach”.
2018, Dec - European Symposium Series on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science 2018: Bias and Discrimination, Cologne, Germany. Poster: “Media-related biases before the 2018 presidential elections in Russia: a comparison of public agenda issues owned by V. Putin and A. Navalny”.
2018, July - Thirteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Granada University, Granada, Spain. Talk: “Migration in Russian Media: Representation Strategies”.
2018, July - Networks in the Global World Conference “Principles behind Structures: Patterns of complexity in European societies and beyond”, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Talk: “LGBT-friendly and homophobes on social media in Russia: structure of friendship networks and discussions”.
2018, May - International Communication Association 2018 Preconference “Media, gender and sexuality in Europe”, Prague, Czech Republic. Talk: “Media frames and news sources in coverage of LGBT prides in Russia”.
2018, Apr - 6th International Conference Comparative Media Studies in Today’s World, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Talk: “Frames and fear appeals in the representation of migration in Russian media”.
2017, Nov - QueerFemSEE – Queer and Feminist Studies in Eastern Europe International Conference, Bucharest, Romania. Talk: “Media construction of LGBT prides in Russia: who are the ones to frame?”
Employment history
2019, Jan - Mar Teaching assistant. “Informal Economics” course (undergraduate level)
HSE, Moscow, Russia.
2018, Oct - Dec Research Intern. Center for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, Germany.
2018, Jan - June Teaching assistant. “Sociology” course (undergraduate level), HSE, Moscow, Russia.
2017, Sep - 2018, June Student Assistant. Laboratory for Anti-Corruption Policy, HSE, Moscow, Russia.