Ekaterina Demintseva
- Center Director:Institute for Social Policy / Centre for Qualitative Social Policy Research
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies
- Ekaterina Demintseva has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education and Degrees
- 2002
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in World History
- 1998
Degree
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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 – 2019
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022
Courses (2022/2023)
- Anthropology of Migration (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Modern Trends in Cultural Anthropology (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
- Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar «Current Problems in Cultural Anthropology» -1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Social Policy” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Cultural and Historical Aspects of Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Trends in Cultural Anthropology (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-3 module)Rus
- State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Cultural and Historical Aspects of Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
History and Methods of Cultural Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "51.04.01. Культурология", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Modernization in the Soviet Union (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Cultural and Historical Aspects of Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
History and Methods of Cultural Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "51.04.01. Культурология", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Modernization in the Soviet Union (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
History and Methods of Cultural Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "51.04.01. Культурология", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология", field of study "51.04.01. Культурология"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Modernization in the Soviet Union (Minor; Faculty of Humanities; 3, 4 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
2018: Member of the Editorial Board, Laboratorium: Журнал социальных исследований (Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research).
Conferences
Publications55
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Материнство в миграции: стратегии, выбираемые женщинами-мигрантками из стран Средней Азии // Этнографическое обозрение. 2023. С. 1-20. (in press)
- Article Demintseva E. Ethnicity in schools: perception of migrant children in the multicultural environment of Russian cities // Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity. 2022. Vol. 50. No. 6. P. 1093-1106. doi
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Этничность в школах: восприятие детей мигрантов из Средней Азии в мультикультурной среде российских городов // В кн.: Современный расизм: идеология и практика : сборник научных статей. Издательско-торговая корпорация «Дашков и Ко», 2022. doi doi
- Article Demintseva E. Understanding Russia’s Brain Drain in the 2010s // Problems of Post-Communism. 2021. Vol. 68. No. 6. P. 521-530. doi
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б., Кашницкий Д. С. Лечиться у "своих", лечить "своих". Роль «киргизских клиник» в жизни среднеазиатских мигрантов в Москве // В кн.: Жить в двух мирах. Переосмысляя транснационализм и транслокальность / Под общ. ред.: С. Н. Абашин, О. Е. Бредникова. Новое литературное обозрение, 2021. С. 338-373.
- Article Demintseva E. Educational infrastructure created in condition of social exclusion: “Kyrgyz’ clubs” for migrant children in Moscow // Central Asian Survey. 2020. Vol. 39. No. 2. P. 220-235. doi
- Chapter Demintseva E. The Infrastructure Created by Migrants: The Case of Migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Moscow, in: Migration from the Newly Independent States: 25 years after the collapse of the USSR / Отв. ред.: M. B. Denisenko, S. Strozza, M. Light. Springer, 2020. doi P. 209-222. doi
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Дети мигрантов в школах Томска и Иркутска: проблемы адаптации и меры включения в школьное пространство // Журнал исследований социальной политики. 2020. Т. 18. № 4. С. 673-688. doi
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. От «заводской» до «мигрантской» школы: (пост)советская школьная сегрегация в городском пространстве // Laboratorium. Журнал социальных исследований. 2020. Т. 1. № 12. С. 152-182. doi
- Article Demintseva E. ‘Migrant schools’ and the ‘children of migrants’: constructing boundaries around and inside school space // Race Ethnicity and Education. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 598-612. doi
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Этнические vs социальные границы: дети мигрантов в школах // Этнографическое обозрение. 2019. № 2. С. 98-113. doi
- Chapter Бирюкова С., Вишневский А. Г., Гимпельсон В. Е., Деминцева Е. Б., Денисенко М. Б., Капелюшников Р. И., Корчагина И. И., Кузьминов Я. И., Мкртчян Н. В., Овчарова Л. Н., Пузанов А. С., Рощин С. Ю., Синявская О. В., Флоринская Ю. Ф., Фрумин И. Д., Шишкин С. В., Якобсон Л. И. Как увеличить человеческий капитал и его вклад в экономическое и социальное развитие // В кн.: XIX Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества, Москва, 10–13 апреля 2018 г. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2018. Гл. 3. С. 1-63.
- Book Бирюкова С. С., Вишневский А. Г., Гимпельсон В. Е., Деминцева Е. Б., Денисенко М. Б., Капелюшников Р. И., Корчагина И. И., Кузьминов Я. И., Мкртчян Н. В., Овчарова Л. Н., Пузанов А. С., Рощин С. Ю., Синявская О. В., Флоринская Ю. Ф., Фрумин И. Д., Шишкин С. В., Якобсон Л. И. Как увеличить человеческий капитал и его вклад в экономическое и социальное развитие: тезисы доклада / Под общ. ред.: Я. И. Кузьминов, Л. Н. Овчарова, Л. И. Якобсон. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2018.
- Book Деминцева Е. Б., Мктрчян Н. В., Флоринская Ю. Ф. Миграционная политика: диагностика, вызовы, предложения. М. : Центр стратегических разработок, 2018.
- Article Kashnitsky D., Demintseva E. ‘Kyrgyz Clinics’ in Moscow: Medical Centres for Central Asian Migrants // Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness. 2018. Vol. 37. No. 5. P. 401-411. doi
- Article Demintseva E. Labour Migrants in Post-Soviet Moscow: Patterns of Settlement // Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2017. Vol. 43. No. 15. P. 2556-2572. doi
- Article Деминцева Е. Б., Зеленова Д. А., Опарин Д. А., Космидис Е. А. Возможности адаптации детей мигрантов в школах Москвы и Подмосковья // Демографическое обозрение. 2017. Т. 4. С. 80-109.
- Article Demintseva E., Kashnitsky D. Contextualizing Migrants’ Strategies of Seeking Medical Care in Russia // International Migration. 2016. Vol. 54. No. 5. P. 29-42. doi
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Образовательные траектории молодежи из стран СНГ в Москве // Социологические исследования. 2016. № 9. С. 82-87.
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Учиться, чтобы остаться: африканская элита во Франции // В кн.: Восток на Востоке, в России и на Западе: трансграничные миграции и диаспоры. Издательство Нестор-История, 2016. С. 233-249.
- Chapter Demintseva E., Krylova N. Les amicales (zemliatchestva) africaines et la formation idéologique des étudiants africains en Union soviétique, 1960-1970, in: Étudier à l’Est. Expériences de diplômés africains. P. : Karthala, 2015. Ch. 2. P. 51-63.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. «Проблемные окраины» и их обитатели: парижские предместья между «бунтом окраин» и «Шарли эбдо» // Этнографическое обозрение. 2015. № 5. С. 135-148.
- Book Деминцева Е. Б., Малахов В. С., Элебаева А., Мусабаева А. Вступление Кыргызской Республики в Евразийский экономический союз: влияние на процессы миграции Вып. 26. М. : Спецкнига, 2015.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б., Кашницкий Д. С. Медицинская помощь мигрантам из Средней Азии в Москве в условиях социальной исключенности // Вестник Российской нации. 2015. № 4. С. 214-226.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Рецензия на : С. Абашин «Советский кишлак. Между колониализмом и модернизацией». Москва: НЛО, 2015 // Laboratorium. Журнал социальных исследований. 2015. № 7 (3). С. 195-198.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Создавая «гетто»: социальные кварталы Франции и их обитатели (1960–2010 гг.) // Вестник Томского государственного университета. История. 2015. № 5 (37). С. 105-112.
- Article Bondarenko D. M., Demintseva E., Usacheva V. V., Zelenova D. African Entrepreneurs in Moscow: How They Did It Their Way // Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development. 2014. Vol. 43. No. 1-3. P. 205-254.
- Article Demintseva E. Faire des études pour rester : parcours d'étudiants africains en France // Migrations Société. 2014. Vol. 26. No. 156. P. 17-30.
- Book Африка: процессы социокультурной трансформации / Отв. ред.: Д. М. Бондаренко, Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Институт Африки РАН, 2014.
- Chapter Бондаренко Д. М., Деминцева Е. Б. Введение // В кн.: Африка: процессы социокультурной трансформации / Отв. ред.: Д. М. Бондаренко, Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Институт Африки РАН, 2014. С. 5-6.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б., Пешкова В. М. Мигранты из Средней Азии в Москве // Демоскоп Weekly. 2014. № 597-598
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Факторы и предпосылки изменения профиля африканской миграции в конце XX – начале ХХI в. // В кн.: Африка: процессы социокультурной трансформации / Отв. ред.: Д. М. Бондаренко, Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Институт Африки РАН, 2014.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. «Мы приехали сюда за надеждой…». Опыт жизни иммигрантов-малийцев во Франции // Этнографическое обозрение. 2013. № 1. С. 104-117.
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Иммигранты-африканцы и их восприятие расизма и дискриминации во Франции // В кн.: Расизм, дискриминация, ксенофобия. Какими мы их увидели… / Отв. ред.: Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Новое литературное обозрение, 2013. С. 311-332.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Мифы и реальность африканской миграции // Азия и Африка сегодня. 2013. № 11. С. 44-48.
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Предисловие // В кн.: Расизм, дискриминация, ксенофобия. Какими мы их увидели… / Отв. ред.: Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Новое литературное обозрение, 2013. С. 5-10.
- Book Расизм, дискриминация, ксенофобия. Какими мы их увидели… / Отв. ред.: Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Новое литературное обозрение, 2013.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Рецензия на книгу: Ibos Caroline Qui gardera nos enfants? Les nounouset les meres: une enquette de Caroline Ibos. Paris: Flammаrion, 2012 // Этнографическое обозрение. 2013. № 5. С. 198-201.
- Article Demintseva E. Ignorer ou endurer le racisme (l’experience vecu par les immigrés d’Afrique subsaharienne en France) // Migrations Societe. 2012. Vol. 24. No. 44
- Chapter Demintseva E. L’identité religieuse des jeunes issue de l’immigration maghrébine en France, in: Religion et migration Issue 16. Rabat : Institut des Études Africaines, Université Mohammed V, 2012.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Рецензия на книгу: Виктор Шнирельман. «Порог толерантности»: Идеология и практика нового расизма. В 2-х тт. М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2011 // Pro et Contra. 2012. Т. 16. № 1-2
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Le “racisme” vu ar les beurs. Quelques resultats de rechreches // В кн.: Panorama de l’anthropologie russe contemporaine. L'Harmattan, 2011.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Ислам во Франции (дискусрс в трудах французских ученых в ХХ-XXI вв.) // Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность. 2011. № 1
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Образование в Африке: проблемы, развитие, перспективы // Азия и Африка сегодня. 2011. № 4
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Новые формы интеграции? (выбор второго поколения магрибинских иммигрантов во Франции) // Этнопанорама. 2010. № 1-2 (27)
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Африка раздора: от franceafrique к chinafrique // Азия и Африка сегодня. 2009. № 9
- Chapter Деминцева Е. Б. Ислам и интеграция: восприятие религии предков представителями второго поколения магрибинских иммигрантов во Франции // В кн.: Ислам в Европе и России / Отв. ред.: Е. Б. Деминцева. М. : Издательский дом Марджани, 2009.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Миграционная политика Великобритании и Франции: разные подходы – один итог? // Азия и Африка сегодня. 2009. № 12
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Эмиграция марокканцев во Францию: исторические предпосылки и основные потоки // Азия и Африка сегодня. 2009. № 2
- Book Деминцева Е. Б. Быть «арабом» во Франции. М. : Новое литературное обозрение, 2008.
- Article Деминцева Е. Б. Магрибинское сообщество во Франции: формирование диаспоры и политика интеграции // Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность. 2008. № 1
- Book Межрасовые и межэтнические отношения в современной Танзании / Под общ. ред.: Е. Б. Деминцева, А. В. Коротаев. М. : Издательская группа URSS, 2008.
Ekaterina Demintseva led a student expedition to Kamchatka region
Ekaterina Demintseva and Nikita Mkrtchyan (Institute of Demography, HSE) conducted a student expedition "The New Migration Reality of the Kamchatka region: Issues of Identity, Problems of Adaptation and Employment of Migrants" as part of the "Rediscovering Russia " project. During the expedition, expert interviews were conducted with representatives of the administration of the Kamchatka region, heads of diasporas and religious leaders, as well as more than 30 in-depth interviews with labor migrants from Central Asia
Ekaterina Demintseva participated at the 7st ESCAS (The Central Eurasian Studies Society) summer conference in Tashkent
The summer conference was held at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 23-26 June, 2022. The conference was organized jointly with the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS)
Ekaterina Demintseva made a presentation at the Russian Red Cross Summer School
Ekaterina Demintseva, head of the Center for Qualitative Social Policy Research, Institute for Social Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, made a presentation "Migration Policy in Russia: Challenges and Prospects" at the Russian Red Cross Summer School.
The special issue of “Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research” on “Migrants in the Post-Soviet City” edited by Ekaterina Demintseva, director of the Centre for Qualitative Social Policy Research, Institute for Social Policy, and associate professor at the School of Cultural Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics came out at the beginning of the May, 2020
“The idea for this special issue of the journal emerged several years ago, during my first year working on a project focused on the integration of migrants from Central Asia in the urban space of Moscow.
In March 2020, Ekaterina Demintseva, director of the Centre for Qualitative Social Policy Research, Institute for Social Policy, and associate professor at the School of Cultural Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, worked at the Emile Durkheim Center at University of Bordeaux
She taught a course on Sociology of migration and collaborated with her French colleagues on a project on migrant children in schools.
How Other Countries All Over the World are Coping with the Coronavirus Pandemic: a Review by the Institute for Social Policy
The Institute of Social Policy experts prepared an overview of international practices for supporting the economy and population while fighting against the coronavirus pandemic in different countries of the world.
Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitriy Oparin participated at the 51st ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) conference in San Francisco, 23-26 November, 2019.
Ekaterina Demintseva made a presentation "Emigration of Highly Qualified Professionals from Russia in the 2010s: Why Are They Leaving Russia Today?” at the panel “New Trends of Post-Soviet Migration”. Dmitriy Oparin made a presentation “New Leadership, Old Ritual: Possession and Exorcism in the Russian Muslim Migration Context” at the panel “The ‘Official’ and the ‘Everyday’: Variety of Muslim Beliefs, Practices and Discourses in Russia”.
In August and Septeber 2019, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Irkutsk
In August and September 2010, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Irkutsk exploring the migration situation in the city.
Children of Migrants in Russian schools: between ethnic and social issues: a presentation by Ekaterina Demintseva at the University of Bordeaux
On July 3-5, 2019, Ekaterina Demintseva presented her research on children of migrants in Russian schools at the AREF Congress (Actualité de la Recherche en Éducation et en Formation) at the University of Bordeaux.
Ekaterina Demintseva spoked at 16th Annual IMISCOE Conference devoted to “Understanding International Migration in the 21st Century: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches”
On June 26-28, 2019, Ekaterina Demitseva, Head of the Center for Qualitative Social Policy Research, Institute for Social Policy, presented her research on the topic of “Children of Migrants in Russian schools. Constructing Ethnic Boundaries around School Space” at the 16th Annual IMISCOE Conference “Understanding International Migration in the 21st Century: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches” in Malmö University, Sweden.
Ekaterina Demintseva, Daniel Kashnitsky, Dmitriy Oparin presented their recent researches at the International Conference "Urban inequalities vs. Urban inclusion: migration, identity and public space"
Ekaterina Demintseva (Institute of Social Policy, Higher School of Economics), Daniel Kashnitsky (Institute of Social Policy, Higher School of Economics), Dmitriy Oparin (Moscow State Universtiy, Institute of Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics) presented their recent researches at the International Conference "Urban inequalities vs. Urban inclusion: migration, identity and public space" focused on ethnographic analysis of various aspects of urban inequality, such as unemployment, informal employment, homelessness, access to essential services, intolerance, conflict, digital divide.
How do "migrant schools" arise and who are the "children of migrants"?
On April 23 Demintseva E.B. took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "How do "migrant schools" arise and who are the "children of migrants"?".
International Colloquium "Anthropology of Migration: New Research in Russia" met on March 1-2, 2019
Ekaterina Demintseva (Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy), Daniel Kashnitsky (Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy), Dmitriy Oparin (MSU, Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy) presented their recent researches at the International Colloquium "Anthropology of Migration: New Research in Russia"
Seminar "Migration studies". Demintseva E., Kashnitsky D., Oparin D. “Emigration of highly qualified professionals from Russia in the 2010s: why are they leaving Russia today?”
On January 31, 2019 was held a session of the regular seminar "Migration studies" organized by the Higher School of Economics the Institute of Social Policy. Ekaterina Demintseva(Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy), Daniel Kashnitsky (Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy), Dmitriy Oparin (MSU, Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy) presented their recent research“Emigration of highly qualified professionals from Russia in the 2010s:why are they leaving Russia today?”
Education and socialization of children with migration status
In 2019 Institute for Education and Institute for Social Policy will start the implementation of the “Education and Socialization of Children with Migration Status” project. The regional branch of UNICEF in Europe and Central Asia requested the project.
On September 5, 2018 was held a session of the regular seminar "Migration studies"organized by the Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy
Bhavna Dave (Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London) presented her recent research "Securitization and Neoliberal Logic in Russia’s Labour Migration Governance"
In July and August 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Tomsk
In July and August 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Tomsk exploring the migration situation in the city. This study was funded by a Russian Science Foundation grant “The use and creation of urban infrastructures by migrants in Siberian regional centres”.
Presentation of Ekaterina Demintseva at the International Conference of The International Education and Diversity Network, Genève
On June 19, 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva, director of the Center for Qualitative Research of Social Policy, made a presentation "Migrant children in Russian schools: between ethnic and social issues" at the International Conference of The International Education and Diversity Network (Le Réseau International Éducation et Diversité - RIED), Genève.
A seminar for young researchers from Germany and Russia "Dialogue between Russian and German scientific schools. Topics, methods, theories, approaches"
On June 5-9, 2018 a seminar for young researchers from Germany and Russia "Dialogue between Russian and German scientific schools. Topics, methods, theories, approaches" was held at the Center for Qualitative Research of the Institute for Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics.
The Institute for Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics held a meeting of its regular seminar “Migration studies”
On April 24, 2018 Ekaterina Ermakova, Institute of African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, gave a talk on "Disciplinary practices and boundaries of the public in Cairo through the eyes of a migrant" at the regular "Migration studies" seminar organized by the Institute of Social Policy at the Higher School of Economics.
On April 19, 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva, director of the Center for Qualitative Research in Social Policy, took part in the roundtable "Sociocultural adaptation of migrant children: from state strategies to effective management cases and successful regional educational practices" at the Moscow International Education Fair 2018
Participants of the roundtable formulated proposals for the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation regarding the adaptation of migrant children in Russian schools
Session "Demography and labor markets" withtin the 19th April International Scientific Conference (April 13)
Ekaterina Demintseva, director of the Center for Qualitative Research in Social Policy, presented her study of the ways urban infrastructure is created and used by by migrants from Central Asia in Moscow.
On March 26, 2018, the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation Rushan hazrat Abbyasov met at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque scholars working in the field of migration studies
Ekaterina Demintseva, director of the Centre for Qualitative Social Policy Research and Dmitry Oparin, research fellow at the same center, attended the meeting and presented some results of their research.
"Creating and using social infrastructure by migrants. The case of Central Asian migrants in Moscow": a presentation by Ekaterina Demintseva at the seminar of the Center for the Study of Russia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, EHESS, Paris
On November, 13, 2017, Ekaterina Demintseva presented her study of the ways urban infrastructure is created and used by by migrants from Central Asia in Moscow at the seminar of the Center for the Study of Russia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe (CERCEC), EHESS, Paris.
"City and migrants. The use of urban infrastructure by migrants in Moscow": a presentation by Ekaterina Demintseva at the University of Nanterre
On November 9, 2017, Ekaterina Demintseva gave a talk on "City and migrants. The use of urban infrastructure by migrants in Moscow" at the University of Nanterre (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre). Presentation featured the findings from her fieldwork that illuminate such issues as the ways migrants understand the city, the extent to which they are able to use its social infrastructure, as well as to create that of their own.
The conference “Migration: new trends and directions”
On the 26-27th of October 2017 the conference “Migration: new trends and directions” took place in the Higher School of Economics. The conference was co-organized by the Higher School of Economics, Oxfam in the Russian Federation and Centre for Franco-Russian Research in Moscow (CEFR). Among 240 participants of the conference there were migration specialists from academia, Russian and international civil society organizations, international organizations and governmental institutions. More than 40 research reports, based on empirical studies and covering a wide range of issues pertaining migration and migration policy were presented within the 2 days of the conference. The conference became a multi-disciplinary platform for discussions on methodology of migration research, studies of transnationalism, issues of integration and adaptation of migrants as well as economic, social and cultural aspects of migration.
Ekaterina Demintseva presented at the seminar "Russian-speaking migrants in Germany: Space exploration and transformation processes. Dialogue between Russian and German scientific schools"
The head of the Center for Qualitative Research for Social Policy Ekaterina Demintseva spoke about her research on migrants in Western and post-Soviet cities at the seminar for young researchers from Germany and Russia "Russian-speaking migrants in Germany: Space exploration and transformation processes. Dialogue between Russian and German scientific schools", Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), Osnabruck University, October 8-11, 2017.
Ekaterina Demintseva presented at the III International Conference "Integration of migrants as a governance issue: the European and Russian contexts"
On September 21, 2017, Ekaterina Demintseva, Head of the Center for Qualitative Research for Social Policy, delivered a presentation on "Migrants' Children in Schools" at the III International Conference "Integration of migrants as a governance issue: the European and Russian contexts" organized by the Russian Council for International Affairs jointly with the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation.
Ekaterina Demintseva Presented at the International Conference “The Informal and the Formal in Times of Crisis: Ethnographic Insight”
On July, 7, 2017, Ekaterina Demintseva, Head of the Center for Qualitative Research of Social Policy, spoke about "Informal Health Care Practices: The Case of Central Asian Migrants in Moscow" at the International Conference on the "The Informal and the Formal in Times of Crisis: Ethnographic Insight." The conference was held at the University of Peloponnese, Corinth (July 7-9, 2017). Organizers of the conference: International Urban Symposium - IUS; Commission on Urban Anthropology (CUA); University of Peloponnese, Corinth.
13%
of migrants coming to Moscow from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have a higher education.