Sergei Akopov

Professor:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Political Science
Programme Academic Supervisor:State, Society and Economic Development in Modern Asia

Sergei Akopov has been at HSE since 2013.

Education, Degrees and Academic Titles

2015
Doctor of Sciences* in Theory and Philosophy of Politics, History and Methods of Political Science
2013
Associate Professor
2001
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Theory and Philosophy of Politics, History and Methods of Political Science
North-Western Academy of Public Service
1998
Diploma
North-Western Academy of Public Service

* 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.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

February 11 – 19, 2012 November 25 – December 1, 2007 June 30 – July 14, 2007 June, 3 – 16, 2006 August - December, 2003	Course Innovation Session ‘Qualitative Research Methods: New Developments’ Central European University, Hungary, Budapest, Curriculum Resource Centre, Department of Political Sciences Open Session ‘Political Sciences’ Central European University, Hungary, Budapest, Curriculum Resource Centre, Department of Political Sciences The Visby Program Summer University Course ‘Communication in an International Context’ Gotland University, Sweden The Visby Program Summer University Courses ‘Utopia and its Critics’, ‘The Epistemology of Journalism’, ‘Intergroup Conflict, Diversity Management, and Globalization’ Lund University, Sweden Scholarship Program for Russian Civil Servants ‘The Economical and Legal Aspects of the Integration in the European Union’ Aarhus University Business School, Denmark

Professional Interests

world politics Identity, creolization, enemy image social and political philosophy transnationalism

Student Term / Thesis Papers

Bachelor
O. Dolzhenkova «Symbolical Policy in the Russian-Finnish Relations (2000 - 2015)». St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2016
Master
A. Ivanchikova «Patriotism of "Russian Europeans" in the Texts of Representatives of the Liberal Wing Rock Culture in Contemporary Russia». St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2017
D. Leskova «The Modern Political Identification of Transmigrants in Silicon Valley». St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2017
E. Shametkina «Implementing Japanese Foreign Cultural Policy: Case of "Cool Japan" Project». St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2017
V. Bulygin «The Scenarios of St. Petersburg Political (Re)Branding in 2014 Anti-Russian Sanctions Conditions». St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2016

Full list of of student term / thesis papers

Courses (2017/2018)

History of Political Ideas (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science and World Politics"; 1 year, 2-4 module)Eng
Russia and Asian countries (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "State, Society and Economic Development in Modern Asia"; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
State Examination (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 4 year, 4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science and World Politics"; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
Past Courses

Courses (2016/2017)

Geopolitics and Chronopolitology (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
History of Political Ideas (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Politics and Management" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Politics and Governance"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
State Examination (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 4 year, 4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus

Courses (2015/2016)

History of Political Ideas (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Political Branding (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Politics and Management"; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
Political Branding (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Public Administration"; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
Political Branding (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Modern Social Analysis"; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
Political History of Russia and Foreign Countries (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Politics and Management" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Politics and Governance"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2014/2015)

Geopolitics and Chronopolitology (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
History of International Relations (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "History"; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
History of Political Ideas (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Sociology"; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Political Branding (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Politics and Management"; spec. "Менеджмент в публичной политике"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Political Science (Bachelor’s programme; School of Law; programme "Jurisprudence"; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Principles of Parliamentarism (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
Reforms of Political Administration in Russia and Abroad (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities; programme "Political Science"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2013/2014)

Geopolicy and Chronopolicy (Bachelor’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Modern Political Philosophy (Master’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; programme "Politics and Policy Management"; spec. "Политические институты и политические инновации"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2, 4 module)Rus
Political Branding (Master’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; programme "Politics and Policy Management"; spec. "Менеджмент в публичной политике"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Political Management (Bachelor’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Preventive Measures and Resolutions of Conflicts (Master’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; programme "Politics and Policy Management"; spec. "Менеджмент в публичной политике"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Principles of Parliamentarism (Bachelor’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
Reforms of Political Administration in Russia and Abroad (Bachelor’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Department of Applied Politics; 3 year, 4 module)Rus

Editorial board membership

2013: Member of the Editorial Board, Управленческое консультирование.

Grants

The Department of Political Science and Altman Program in International Studies and Business of Tulane University. Grant for invited professors, 13.11.2012. Tulane University, USA

Publications²⁵

Article Akopov S. Aidar Sultanov: A Russian European Intellectual Against the Formidable ‘Sacrifice of Security to Security’ // Review of Central and East European Law. 2016. Vol. 41. No. 1. P. 1-26. doi
Article Akopov S. Transnational Intellectuals Mitigating “Enemy” Images Between Russia and Countries of the Northeast Asia // Eurasia Cultura. 2016. Vol. 2. P. 1-16.
Article Akopov S. Book Review. Cultures of power in post-communist Russia: an analysis of elite political discourse: Russia and Europe: building bridges, digging trenches (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe) // Russian Journal of Communication. 2015. Vol. 7. No. 1. P. 136-138. doi
Article Akopov S. Book Review. Olga Malinova, Aktual’noe proshloe: Simvolicheskaia politika vlastvuiushchei elity i dilemmy rossiiskoi identichnosti (Moscow, ROSSPEN, 2015, 207 pp.) // Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. 2015. Vol. 1. No. 2. P. 80-83.
Article Акопов С. В. «Мировое гражданство» глазами его критиков (пять аргументов против «насыщенного» космополитизма М.Нуссбаум) // Управленческое консультирование. 2015. № 2. С. 107-114.
Chapter Акопов С. В. Глава 8.2 Наднациональное и кросс-национальное в политической культуре // В кн.: Политическая культура / Рук.: Г. Л. Тульчинский; под общ. ред.: Г. Л. Тульчинский. М. : Юрайт, 2015. Гл. 8.2. С. 282-294.
Book Тульчинский Г. Л., Сунгуров А. Ю., Щербак А. Н., Акопов С. В., Инглхарт Р. Ф., Вельцель К. П., Малинова О. Ю. Политическая культура / Рук.: Г. Л. Тульчинский; под общ. ред.: Г. Л. Тульчинский. М. : Юрайт, 2015.
Chapter Акопов С. В. Транснациональная идентификация как интеллектуальная практика «заботы о себе» // В кн.: Мы все в заботе постоянной... Концепция заботы о себе в истории педагогики и культуры. Ч.2 Что-то ведет нас в глубь самих себя / Под общ. ред.: М. А. Козлова, В. Г. Безрогов. Т. 2: Что-то ведет нас в глубь самих себя. М. : Канон+, 2015. Гл. 30. С. 329-342.
Article Акопов С. В. Транснациональное измерение современности // Философские науки. 2015. № 3. С. 104-119.
Book Акопов С. В. Человек многомерный: транснациональная модель идентификации с макрополитическими сообществами (метатеоретический анализ). СПб. : Алетейя, 2015.
Article Акопов С. В. «Транснациональная политическая культура»: в поисках новой субъектности // Международный журнал исследований культуры. 2014. № 1(14). С. 21-27.
Book С.В. Акопов, А.Ю.Сугуров, А.Н. Щербак, О.Ю. Малинова, К.П. Вельцель, Р.Ф. Инглхарт ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ КУЛЬТУРА. Учебное пособие / Под общ. ред.: Г.Л. Тульчинский. М. : Юрайт, 2014.
Chapter Akopov S. Multinationalism, mononationalism or transnationalism in Russia?, in: Challenging Multiculturalism: European Models of Diversity. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013. Ch. 13. P. 279-296.
Chapter Akopov S. Russian identity after the fall of the USSR. From generation “П” to generation “T” (“Transnational”)?, in: Russia’s Changing Economic and Political Regimes. The Putin Years and Afterwards. L. : Routledge, 2013. Ch. 3. P. 67-76.
Article Акопов С. В. Между национальным и универсальным: Америка и Россия в политической мысли М.Н.Эпштейна // Управленческое консультирование. 2013. № 2. С. 24-32.
Article Акопов С. В. Национальная идентичность и инновационная символическая политика Сочи–2014 // Управленческое консультирование. 2013. № 4. С. 57-61.
Chapter Акопов С. В. Политика без образа «врага». О принципах построения транскультурного сообщества // В кн.: Политические коммуникации в изменяющейся России: Сборник научных статей / Рук.: Л. Тимофеева; сост.: Л. Тимофеева. М. : РАПН, 2013. С. 43-50.
Book Акопов С. В. Развитие идеи транснационализма в российской политической философии XX века. СПб. : Издательство СЗИ РАНХиГС, 2013.
Article Акопов С. В. Россия и Европа в политической философии М.К.Мамардашвили // Управленческое консультирование. 2013. № 1. С. 38-47.
Article Акопов С. В. Сетевая философия и трансформация идентичности личности // Управленческое консультирование. 2013. № 12. С. 42-46.
Article Акопов С. В. Цивилизация и империя как способ воображения культурно-политического сообщества в концепциях В.Л.Цымбурского и В.К.Кантора // Управленческое консультирование. 2013. № 8. С. 73-82.
Article Akopov S., Razumeyko N. Imagined communities in the unimaginable state: Federal ‘Centre’ and ‘Regions’ in modern Russia // Regional Insights. 2011. No. 2. P. 9-11.
Book Filippova N., Akopov S. Az orosz világ a 20. Században (Русский мир в ХХ веке как совокупность текстов). Budapest : ., 2010.
Book Акопов С. В., Розанова М. С. Идентичности в эпоху глобальных миграций. СПб. : Деан, 2010.
Chapter Akopov S. Fertilizacion cruzada y translocacion intergrupal’ frente a la representacion del ‘enemigo’, in: Nacionalismo y democracia. Dicotomias. Complementariedades. Oposiciones. Madrid : Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2009. P. 129-151.

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Sep

2015

HSE Political Scientists Discuss Their Research at APSA Meeting

In San Francisco, the 111th annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) – one of the largest international conferences in the field of political science – recently took place. Scholars from HSE presented their research on forum panels such as ‘Fiscal Politics in Federal Systems’, ‘Social Policy in Non-democracies: Dynamics of Social Policy Debates in Russia’, ‘Incumbents and Elections in Developing Countries’, and ‘Power in 21^st Century World Politics’.

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