Olga A. Simonova

Education and Degrees

• 2000

  Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
  Lomonosov Moscow State University

• 1994

  Degree
  Lomonosov Moscow State University

Awards and Accomplishments

Student Term / Thesis Papers

• Bachelor

• M. Kovalenko, Professionalization of Art Dealers in Modern Russian Society (Moscow Case). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2020

• O. Shichanina, New Challenges in Professional Culture: Emotion Management of Graduate Recruiters (the Case of Moscow Organizations). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2020

• A. Pakhomov, Construction of The Emotional Policy in "Anonymous" Mutual Aid Communities on the Example of NA (Narcotics Anonymous) Groups in Russia. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2020

• D. Ermolaeva, Construction of Adult Identity in the Context of Migration (the Case of North Ossetian Diaspora in Moscow). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2019

• V. Obzherina, Constructing Femininity in Women's Magazines: Past and Present (on an Example of the "Krestyanka" Magazine). Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design, 2019

• K. Shkatova, The Professionalization of University Teachers in the Condition of Digitalization of Educational Process: the Meanings and Practices. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2019

• A. Rakhimova, Plastic Surgery as Social Investment. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018

• K. Yasinkova, Physical Capital in the Consumption of Fitness Clubs (for Example the Fitness-Clubs Worldclass). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2017

• K. Abramova, Image of Future Profession and Choice of Educational Program Specialization among High-School Students: Reasons and Consequences (the Case of Art School №548). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2016

• I. Evdokimova, Representation of Emotion Work in Marital Relations: Gender Diversity (Russian Context). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2016

• K. Sizykh, Transformation of Meanings Amateur Photography in the Social Media Space on the Example of Instagram. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2016

• G. Gilmanova, Emotional Labour and Organizational Culture in Fast Food restaurants (in the case of McDonald’s in Moscow). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2016

• E. Zvereva, Representation of Masculinity among Young Students: New Meanings and Transformation (the Case of HSE Students). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2016

• K. Azhevskaya, Identity Crisis of Creative Workers: Occupation Changes and Emotional Adaptation (on the Example of Former Ballet Dancers). Faculty of Sociology, 2014

• Yu. Koloshenko, The Economic Ethics of Orthodox Christianity: analysis of the interviews with priests. Faculty of Sociology, 2014

• A. Tixonova, The teenage friendship phenomenon in the context of Russian modern society in the case of Moscow schoolchildren of 13-15 years. Faculty of Sociology, 2014

• A. Abaeva, Sociological analysis of the tattooing practice in the case of Moscow students. Faculty of Sociology, 2014

• Master

• K. Kuznetsova, Problems of Professionalization of Educational Video Blogging (the Case of Russian Video Blogs Teaching English). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2020

• E. Zvereva, Emotional Management in Class (the Case of Teachers in Russian School). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018

• K. Bakaeva, Dynamics of Traditions in Modern Society on the Example of Funerary Rituals in Ossetia. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018

• M. Gerasimova, Gender Identity of Men in Nontraditional Occupations for Men: Transformation of Gender Stereotypes. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2018

• M. Ostapenko, Fandom as an Agent of Socialization of Youth (the Case of Harry Potter Fandom). Faculty of Social Sciences, 2016

Courses (2021/2022)

• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

• Culture of Modern Russian Society: Sociological Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
• Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
• “Emotional man”: Modern Sociology of Emotions (Optional course; 2 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
• Past Courses

Courses (2019/2020)

• Culture of Modern Russian Society: Sociological Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
• “Emotional man”: Modern Sociology of Emotions (Optional course (university); 2 module)Rus
• Emotions and Society: Psychological and Sociological Research (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
• Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2018/2019)

• Emotions and Society: Psychological and Sociological Research (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2017/2018)

• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
• The Culture of Contemporary Society: the Sociological Analyses (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2016/2017)

• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
• Sociology of Emotions (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 module)Rus
• The Culture of Contemporary Society: the Sociological Analyses (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2015/2016)

• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
• Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus

• Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; "Прикладные методы социологических исследований", "Экономическая социология", "Социальная теория и прикладное социальное знание"; 4 year, 2 module)Rus

Editorial board membership

• 2015–2016: Deputy Editor-in-chief, Социальные и гуманитарные науки. Отечественная и зарубежная литература. Серия 11: Социология. Реферативный журнал.

• 2009–2016: Member of the Editorial Board, Социологический ежегодник.

Conferences

• 2021

  IV ISA Virtual Forum of Sociology Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality (Porto Alegre). Presentation: Emotionalization of Labor in Sociology and Society: Practice, Ethics and Self-Identity

• IV ISA Virtual Forum of Sociology Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality (Porto Alegre). Presentation: Alienation and Emotions in Modern Societies: “Toxic” Relationships As a Construct and Emotional Practice

• 2020

  XXI Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Эмоциональные императивы позднесовременного общества и их возможные социальные последствия (в продолжение обсуждения эмоциональной культуры)

• 2019
  ХХ Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Эмоциональная культура как социологическая концепция: «Эмоциональный поворот» в науке и обществе.
• XIII Конгресс антропологов и этнологов России (Казань). Presentation: К вопросу об эмоциональной культуре: социологическая перспектива в условиях междисциплинарности
• Тревожное общество и сенситивная социология (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Новая чувствительность в тревожном обществе: "токсичные" отношения как социальный конструкт и эмоциональная практика
• Тревожное общество и сенситивная социология (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Новая чувствительность в тревожном обществе: "токсичные" отношения как социальный конструкт и эмоциональная практика
• 2018

  XIX Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Теоретико-методологические возможности современной социологии эмоций: Основные дисциплинарные принципы

• XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (Торонто). Presentation: T. Parsons on Fascist Movements: Lessons of Classic and the Contemporary Moment

• XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (Торонто). Presentation: Capitalist Heart: Rationality, Emotion and Alienation in Late-Modern Societies

• Научное наследие Карла Маркса: современная цивилизация и капитализм (200-летию со дня рождения К. Маркса посвящается) (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Отчужденное сердце» и «подлинное Я» в обществах позднего модерна: марксистские обертоны концепции эмоционального труда А. Р. Хохшильд
• 2017

  Международная конференция «Девичество в эпоху перемен: Гендерное равенство как культурная норма и социальная практика». (Москва). Presentation: Кризис идентичности в девичестве: гендерно-эмоциональные стереотипы и гендерное равенство в эпоху перемен

• The VIIIth Conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Studying Everyday Life: Generic Dimensions of Interactionist Inquiry, Poland – Łódź, 4-8.07.2017 (Лодзь). Presentation: Emotion Management and the Professional Culture of Administrative Social Workers in Russia: The Common Standards of Emotion Work and Coping with Emotional Burnout and Self-Alienation
• 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities Athens, Greece, 29 Aug. - 01 Sept. 2017 (Афины). Presentation: Emotion Management and the Professional Culture of Administrative Social Workers in Russia: The Common Standards of Emotion Work and the Moral Mission of Social Care
• XVIII Международные чтения памяти Л.С. Выготского «Теория и практика культурно-исторической психологии» (13 - 17 ноября 2017 г.) (Москва). Presentation: Как возможна социология эмоций: базовые принципы дисциплины
• 2016
  The ISA 3rd Forum of Sociology (10 - 14 July 2016) The Futures We want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World. Presentation: Moral Emotions and the New Work Ethic Among the Rural Population of Modern Russia: Alienation As a Strategy of Adaptation in Callenging Socio-Economic Conditions
• Rethinking Social Movements: Can Changing a Conversation Change the World 111th ASA Annual Meeting August 20-23, 2016 | Seattle, WA | Washington State Convention Center (Seattle). Presentation: Moral Emotions and the New Work Ethic of the Rural Population in Modern Russia
• 7th Midterm Conference of the ESA RN Sociology of Emotions (Стокгольм). Presentation: Social functions of "negative" moral emotions, collective behavior, and social cohesion
• VII Международная научно-практическая конференция памяти А.О. Крыштановского «Методы и процедуры социологических исследований» (Москва). Presentation: Стратегии комбинирования методов в современных социологических исследованиях эмоций
• 2015
  Professions, Bonds and Boundaries Visioning a globalising, managed and inclusive professionalism Milano, 19th - 21st March 2015 (Milan). Presentation: Emotion work as a factor of the informal community at the workplace: the case of nurses in Russia
• Пересматривая профессионализм: вызовы и реформы социального государства (Москва). Presentation: Эмоциальные аспекты профессиональной культуры специалистов по социальной работе
• Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion (Женева). Presentation: Moral emotions and social cohesion: a moral identity as a condition in /of social functions of moral emotions
• Sexualities in the social world. 110th ASA Annual Meeting - August 22-25, 2015 (Чикаго). Presentation: Negative Moral Emotions and Social Cohesion: Social Functions of Shame, Guilt, Jealousy, Envy and Resentment
• 2014

  XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology: Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology (Йокогама). Presentation: Informal community at the workplace as a defense strategy in the situation of emotional dissonance or emotional alienation: sociological study of emotional labor of nurses in Russia

• The 109th ASA Annual Meeting: Hard times: The impact of economic inequality on families and indidviduals (Сан-Франциско). Presentation: The conception of moral and legal emotions of L.Petrazhitsky in the context of contemporary sociology of emotions
• Вторые Давыдовские чтения: Обыденное и научное знание об обществе: взаимовлияния и реконфигурации в сравнительной и исторической перспективе (Москва). Presentation: Современная социология эмоций: Взаимовлияние обыденного и научного знания
• Ежегодная научная конференция Сообщества профессиональных социологов "Социология и естествознание: междисциплинарные подхо-ды к изучению социальной реальности"- (Москва). Presentation: Социальная сплоченность и «негативные моральные эмоции»: роль зависти, ревности, стыда и чувства вины в разных видах групповой сплоченности
• 2013
  International Sociological Association Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Professional Groups (RC52)- Challenging Professionalism: New Directions in Policies, Publics and the Professions. (Лиссабон). Presentation: Emotional labor of cardio-surgical nurses in today’s Russia: issues of informal autonomy.
• XI ЕЖЕГОДНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ СООБЩЕCТВА ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫХ СОЦИОЛОГОВ ПОЛЕ СОЦИОЛОГИИ В РОССИИ И МИРЕ: КРИЗИС, КРИТИКА, ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ (Москва). Presentation: Моральная идентичность, моральные эмоции в фокусе проблемы социальной солидарности
• 2010
  7th Midterm Conference of the ESA RN Sociology of Emotions 25-27 August 2016 (Стокгольм). Presentation: Social functions of "negative" moral emotions, collective behavior, and social cohesion