Valeria A. Ivaniushina

Associate Professor: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences / Department of Sociology
Leading Research Fellow: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences / Laboratory of Sociology in Education and Science

Valeria A. Ivaniushina has been at HSE University since 2013.

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Responsibilities

As a lecturer, I teach courses, supervise term papers and final theses, and organize students’ project-based activities.

As a researcher, I conduct academic research, including developing research concepts and design, data collection, processing, and analysis, as well as writing scholarly articles and reports. I also participate in academic seminars, conferences, and summer and winter schools.

Education and Degrees

1983

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Biological Sciences
Zhdanov Leningrad State University

1979

Degree
Zhdanov Leningrad State 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.

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2025, 2019

Courses (2025/2026)

Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Master field of study Sociology, Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Multilevel Modeling (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, Political Science; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Multilevel Modeling (Mago-Lego; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 module)Eng
Past Courses

Courses (2024/2025)

Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Multilevel Modeling (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Multilevel Modeling (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, Political Science; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Social Networks (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Social Networks (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Social Networks (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2023/2024)

Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
Multilevel Modeling (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Python Programming Language and Social Networks (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Social Network Analysis (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Data Analysis: Advanced Level (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
Multilevel Modeling (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Eng
Python Programming Language and Social Networks (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Python Programming Language and Social Networks (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar “Analytical Sociology and Big Data” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Research Seminar “Analytical Sociology and Big Data” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar “Analytical Sociology and Big Data” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Social Network Analysis (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Eng

Courses (2021/2022)

Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Project Seminar (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Python Programming Language and Social Networks (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Social Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
Python Programming Language and Social Networks (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Data Analytics for Politics and Society" (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar “Analytical Sociology and Big Data” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Research Seminar “Analytical Sociology and Big Data” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar “Analytical Sociology and Big Data” (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Social Network Analysis (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2017
XVIII Апрельская Международная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Популярность как социальный статус в подростковой среде: гендерные аспекты

2015
XVI Апрельская международная научная конференция "Модернизация экономики и общества" (Москва). Presentation: Три стороны социальной агрессии подростков: агрессор, жертва и группы поддержки
V международная социологическая Грушинская конференция «Большая социология: расширение пространства данных» (Москва). Presentation: Сетевые методы исследования агрессивного поведения подростков

2014
XXXIV Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (St.Peter). Presentation: Academic achievement and academic status
XXXIV Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (St.Peter). Presentation: Cliques and ego-networks in disentangling peer effects
XXXIV Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (St.Peter). Presentation: Alcohol consumption and friendship in vocational schools

2013
ESA 11th Conference: Crisis, Critique and Change (Turin). Presentation: Sociometric popularity in school context
XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (Гамбург). Presentation: Multilevel Analysis of School Peer Effects
XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (Гамбург). Presentation: Sociometric popularity in academic context

2012
Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (Redondo Beach). Presentation: Non-popular and invisible teenagers: popularity and sense of belonging

Employment history

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Feb

2020

Free Will or Fate?

Why Russian Children Rarely Switch Schools

Apr

2016

Hobbies and Clubs Can Keep Youth Away from Alcohol

Youth in medium-sized and small towns who engage in after-school activities such as hobby clubs are less likely to drink alcohol. Generally, school-age youth in communities with higher educational levels, social and professional status are less vulnerable to alcohol abuse.

Aug

2015

16.2%

of students who attend schools in the inner Moscow suburbs are children whose native language is not Russian.

Oct

2014

6%

of school-age students participate in scientific and technical clubs, especially in mathematics and computer science. These pursuits turned out to be rather uncommon.

Apr

2014

Russian Network Analysis Begins at the HSE

The HSE has set up a new International Laboratory for Applied Network Analysis. The lab’s Academic Supervisor, Professor at Indiana University, Stanley S. Wasserman and Deputy Dean for International Relations at the HSE Faculty of Management, Valentina Kuskova talked to the News Service about the aims of the new laboratory.