Порецкова Анастасия Анатольевна

Education and Degrees

2021

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)

2016

Master's
HSE University

2014

Bachelor's
HSE University

2014

Bachelor's
HSE University

* 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

2026 Teaching Soft Skills in Higher Education, Spring Digital School, SberUniversity, Moscow, Russia
2026 Methodological Intensive: Systematic Review, Causal Graphs, and Language Models, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2026 Chinese language, HSK Level 1, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2026 Artificial Intelligence in Action: Practices and Case Studies for Educators, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2026 Manipulation in the Educational Process: Recognition and Counteraction, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2025 Python Programming for Data Collection and Analysis, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2025 Edutainment and Gamification in Education Using Digital Tools on LMS Platforms, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2025 Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2023 Contemporary Approaches to Teaching and Learning, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2019 Discourse Network Analysis (DNA), ECPR Winter School, Bamberg, Germany
2019 Online Qualitative Methods and Virtual Ethnography, ECPR Winter School, Bamberg, Germany
2017 Theory and Methods of Network Analysis, TMSA-2017 (II), HSE University, Moscow, Russia
2017 Qualitative Comparative Analysis, 1st Annual IPSA-HSE Summer School in Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science, HSE University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 Social Media Theory and Data in Journalism and Political Communication, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2017 Gender and Diversity: Core Concepts of Society and Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2015 Governance, Markets and Institutions: Russia and Germany Compared, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2013 The European Union between Supranational Integration and National Sovereignty, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Professional Interests

game studies qualitative methods

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2015–2024
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2015)

Professional Awards and Nominations

Winner of the HSE University Spring Educational Innovation Competition 2026 in the open category for the project "From Knowledge to Skills: Gamification and Edutainment in Teaching Non-major Students"

Nomination for the BASEES Women's Forum Prize 2026 for the outstanding article "The Long Shadow Cast by Communism over Women's Political Representation"

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
A. Uldanov The Use of Narratives to Justify and Contest Policy Decisions in the Russian Context (2018-2021), 2025
2
D. Chebanova Models of the Transposition of National, Regional, and Political Identities in the Context of Relocation to a Megacity: A Study of Internal Migration Among Russian Youth

Courses (2025/2026)

Political Science (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 2 year, 2 semester)Eng
Project Proposal (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
Research Seminar: Preparation of Graduation Thesis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2025
V Всероссийская научная конференция «Россия как цивилизация: социально-культурные основания российской жизни» (Москва). Presentation: Смешанность и впитывание инаковости: как конструируется этническая идентичность у людей из смешанных семей

2022
XXIII Ясинская (Апрельская) международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Антагонизм и спираль молчания в публичном дискурсе вокруг домашнего насилия: особенности освещения в российских СМИ
79th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference (Чикаго). Presentation: TikTok Memes as Consolidation Tool of the Protest Movement (Evidence from 2020 Khabarovsk Protest Rallies in Russia)

2021
XXII Апрельская международная научная конференция (Москва). Presentation: The work-life balance of Russian civil servants during COVID-19 pandemic: gender analysis
Всероссийская научная конференция «Гендерная политика в России и в мире: экономика, управление, общество» (Иваново). Presentation: Цифровая трансформация государственной гражданской службы в период пандемии COVID – 19: гендерный анализ
IPSA 26th World Congress of Political Science (Лиссабон). Presentation: A Contested Legacy of Communism for Gender Inequality
ESA CONFERENCE 2021 (Барселона). Presentation: The Transformation of Patterns of Gendered Organizations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Russian Public Sector

2020
Biannual Conference Economic Inequality in Eastern Europe and Its Consequences for Social, Political and Economic Development (Берлин). Presentation: Echo of Communism: Why it Failed to Achieve Gender Equality

2019
XX Апрельская международная научная конференция (Москва). Presentation: Гендерные различия как фактор взаимосвязи цен и их восприятия населением: методологические ограничения

2018
XIX Апрельская международная научная конференция (Москва). Presentation: Сетевые характеристики организации власти в малых городах России
XIX Апрельская международная научная конференция (Москва). Presentation: Статус научного знания в рамках политической науки на примере постструктуралистской и гуманистической традиции

2017
III Межвузовская научно-практическая конференция для бакалавров, магистрантов и аспирантов «Исследования медиа и коммуникаций: теории, практики, исследовательские перспективы» (Москва). Presentation: Political Propaganda and Power over Opinion in International Relations: Concepts, Methodology and Empirical Base
Вторая международная научная конференция молодых ученых «Альянс социальных наук» (Москва). Presentation: Морально опасные гипотезы в социальных науках: как этика может влиять на науку?
Second International Conference on Communication & Media Studies (Ванкувер). Presentation: Political Propaganda and Power over Opinion: Multidisciplinary Methodological Approach and Evidence form African Cases of Media Coverage

2015
International interdisciplinary conference SCOPE: Science of Politics (Бухарест). Presentation: Interdependence of Institutional Design and the Mechanism of Accountability Construction in Russian Regions
VI. Congress of Czech Political Science Association (Прага). Presentation: Ideological Attitudes and Political Preferences of the Citizens in Constructing Accountability Mechanism in Russian Regions

2013
Актуальные проблемы реформирования современного законодательства (Саратов). Presentation: Проблема категории «свобода» в современном российском законодательстве

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Sep

2023

Congratulations to the best teachers of 2023!

This year, four lab members received top honors from students

Anastasia Poretskova