Ekaterina Demintseva

Leading Research Fellow: Institute for Social Policy / Centre for Comprehensive Social Policy Studies
Visiting Lecturer: Faculty of Humanities / School of Philological Studies
Visiting Lecturer: Faculty of Humanities / School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies

Ekaterina Demintseva has been at HSE University since 2013.

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Education and Degrees

2002

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in World History

1998

Degree
Lomonosov Moscow 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.

Associate Member

2014-2022: Centre d'études franco-russe de Moscou (Associate Member)

2012-2018: Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques (Associate Member)

Seminar convenor

Convenor of "Migration studies" seminar at HSE

Professional Interests

diaspora migration racism migrant children integration policy Migrants in Moscow social and economic integration labor migrants social exclusion discrimination

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2024, 2019
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022

Courses (2023/2024)

Anthropology of Migration (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics, field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Economics For Non-Economists (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Economics For Non-Economists (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar Cultural Anthropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Modern Trends in Cultural Anthropology (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Research Seminar «Current Problems in Cultural Anthropology» -1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar «Current Problems in Cultural Anthropology» -2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
Research Seminar “Social Policy” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2022/2023)

Anthropology of Migration (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Anthropology of Migration (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Economics For Non-Economists (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Economics For Non-Economists (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Modern Trends in Cultural Anthropology (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Psychology of Intergroup Relationships (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Research Seminar «Current Problems in Cultural Anthropology» -1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar “Social Policy” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Social Psychology (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Anthropology of Migration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Cultural and Historical Aspects of Anthropology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
State Policy in the Sphere of Social support: Theory and Practice (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2015
ECAS (Conférence européenne des études africaines) (Париж). Presentation: Portrait sociopolitique des étudiants africains en URSS entre les années 1960 et 1980

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
D. Alekseev Heterogeneity of Precarity: The Work Experiences of Platform Workers in Taxi and Delivery

Oct

2022

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

Jul

2022

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)

Apr

2020

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.

May

2014

13%

of migrants coming to Moscow from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have a higher education.