Safi Shams
- Assistant Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology
- Safi Shams has been at HSE University since 2024.
Education and Degrees
2020
PhDUniversity of Massachusetts
2011
Master's in EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell
Courses (2025/2026)
- Economics and Morality (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Economics and Morality (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 module)Eng
- Foundations of Political Economy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Foundations of Political Economy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Foundations of Political Economy (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Foundations of Political Economy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Qualitative Methods" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Measurement Theory and Questionaire Design (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
- Measurement Theory and Questionaire Design (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis with Comparative Approaches (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis with Comparative Approaches (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Qualitative Methods" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Employment history
2024-current Associate professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
2022-2024 Assistant professor (tenure track). Joint appointment in Sociology and Anthropology, and the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2021-2022 Postdoctoral fellow in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.