Ilya Kiriya
- Research Fellow: Faculty of Computer Science / International Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis
- Ilya Kiriya has been at HSE University since 2007.
Education and Degrees
Grenoble III Stendhal University
Thesis Title: La persistance du non-marchand dans l"usage des médias et des TICs en Russie post-soviétique
Grenoble III Stendhal University
Grenoble III Stendhal University
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.
Professional Interests
- Political economy of mass communications;
- Theories of information and communication;
- Social history of communication technologies.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2023, 2016–2019, 2014, 2012
Courses (2023/2024)
- Mentor's Seminar "Media Theories and Student's Individual Trajectory" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Russian Media System (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Russian Media System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Russian Media System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Critical Political Economy of Media (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Critical Studies in Media Law (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Digital Media for the Future (Minor; Faculty of Creative Industries; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Elements of journalism and multimedia storytelling: digital content production (Minor; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Fake News, Populism and Alternative Media in Different Political Regimes (Optional course (faculty); 2-4 module)Rus
- Global Media, War and Technology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Political Philosophy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
- Introduction to Political Philosophy (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Political Philosophy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Media and Social Institutions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Media, Communications and Social Institutions (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Media Theories and Student's Individual Trajectory" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Political Geography and the Modern World (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Russian Media System (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Russian Media System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Russian Media System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 2 module)Eng
- Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- 10 Films About Media and Journalism (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Communications and Media Competence in Modern World (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Communications and Media Competence in Modern World (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Critical Political Economy of Media (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 2-4 module)Eng
- Media and International Relations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Public Policy and Social Sciences, field of study International Relations; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Media and Social Institutions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Media and Social Institutions: Cross-Cultural Comparison of World’s Media (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Producing of Digital Projects in the Media, Social and Cultural Industries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Russian Media System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- 9 Films About Media and Journalism (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Journalism, field of study Media Communications; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Critical Political Economy of Media (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 2-4 module)Eng
- Critical and Cultural Theories of Media (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Cultural and Creative Industries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Digital Projects Producing (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- History and Theory of Media (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mechanisms of Construction and Representation of Fake News in Mainstream and Alternative Media (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Creative Industries; 2-4 module)Rus
- Media and International Relations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Public Policy and Social Sciences, field of study International Relations; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Media and Social Institutions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Operational Management and Marketing in Filmmaking (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Researching Media in Different Political Regimes (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Creative Industries; 2-4 module)Rus
- Russian Media System (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Teaching abroad
2012-2013 - invited professor in Grenoble University (France) (Université Stendhal Grenoble III)
2013-2014 - invited professor in Sciences Po Lyon (France)
Courses in foreign languages
- Russian public sphere: public policy and media (eng.)
- Cultural and creative industries (eng.)
- Fundamentals of Russian media market (eng.)
- Media, culture and society (eng.)
- Articulation médias-société dans le critique des concepts du développement (fr.) Presentation cours (PPTX, 133 Кб)
- Médias dans le système politique russe (fr.).
Editorial board membership
Conferences
- 2019
69th Annual ICA Conference (Вашингтон). Presentation: Alternative media and parallel public spheres in Russia: between global approach and local peculiarity
International Media Readings in Moscow "MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS-2019" (Москва). Presentation: The concept of fake news: between old propaganda and contemporary digital environment
Towards Development of Mediatization Research III (Вроцлав). Presentation: Digital Modernization as Ideological Apparatus in Contemporary Russia
- 2018
II Seminario Internacional de Pesquisas em Mediatizacao e Processos Sociais (Порто Аллегри). Presentation: Industrial dimension of mediatization: inquiry from cultural industries approach
Media as public good and a lever of sustainability (Вроцлав). Presentation: Population and paternalism: The social tradition of state oriented media
Gerda Henkel Forum: Trust and Emotions in the Relations between Russia and the West (Лондон). Presentation: Against simplistic representations about Russian media system
- 2017
XVIII Апрельская Международная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Влияние международных санкций на российскую медиаэкономику: специализация или глобальное разделение труда?
International Communication Association's 67th Annual Conference (San Diego). Presentation: Isolationist public discourse as constitutive element of civic religion in post-Crimea Russia
Connecting to the Masses: 100 Years from the Russian Revolution From Agitprop to the Attention Economy (Амстердам). Presentation: Soviet communicative control: Bridging media and society
NUPI Russia conference (Осло). Presentation: Internet and New Media as Alternative Media in Russia
The Industrialisation of Creativity and its Limits: Value, Self-expression and the Economy of Culture in Times of Crisis (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) (Saint-Petersburg). Presentation: Institutional Conflict Between Soviet and Post-Soviet Practices in Russian Cultural Industries
- 2016
International Conference "Comparing Media Systems in BRICS Countries: A Review of Conventional Paradigms" (Москва). Presentation: BRICS media studies against Western databases: a critical study of BRICS publications
12th World Media Economics and Management Conference (Нью Йорк). Presentation: How the media structure in Russia contributes to the state sport monopoly and concentrates the market of symbolical violence
XX Congrès de la Société française des sciences de l'information et de la communication (SFSIC): Temps, temporalités et information-communication (Мец). Presentation: Usages des médias dans le monde rurale post-soviétique: vers une autre temporalité
CEECOM 2016 9th Central and Eastern European Media and Communication Conference (Тарту). Presentation: How the antipiracy policy makes the pressure on cultural industries in Russia
- 2015
IAMCR 2015. Hegemony or Resistance? On the Ambiguous Power of Communication. (Монреаль). Presentation: Digital television revolution or re-concentration of the market: case of Russia
Union of democratic communication annual convention/ Circuites of struggle (Торонто). Presentation: How International Sanctions Contributed To Additional Monopolization Of Russian Media
International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) - Annual conference (Москва). Presentation: Влияние информационных контрактов на модель региональных медиарынков: опыт исследования
Publishing differently: small publishers, independent journalists and bloggers in Russia (Париж). Presentation: Le contrôle économique des éditeurs dans les régions russes
Center of Baltic and East European Studies Annual Conference: Places and Non-Places of Modernity (Стокгольм). Presentation: Covering Ukraine – Demonizing the West
- 2014
МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ НАУЧНО-ПРАКТИЧЕСКАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ ««NEWS LITERACY И ПРОБЛЕМЫ СОВРЕМЕННОГО МЕДИАОБРАЗОВАНИЯ» (Москва). Presentation: Media anthropology and rural media studies
XV Апрельская международная научная конференция «Модернизация экономики и общества» (Москва). Presentation: Недоурбанизированная идентичность: компаративный анализ медиапотребления сельских жителей Костромской и Ростовской областей
World Media Economics and Management Conference (Рио Де Жанейро). Presentation: REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIA IN RUSSIA: BUILDING-UP A METHODOLOGY
64th Annual ICA Conference (64 ежегодная конференция Международной коммуникационной ассоциации) (Сиэтл). Presentation: Glory and unification or corruption and intolerance
15 ежегодная конференция Ассоциации Медиаэкологов (The Fifteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association Confronting Technopoly: Creativity & the Creative Industries in Global Perspective) (Торонто). Presentation: Mythological reception of satellite TV in oral culture (on the case of Russian rural media environment)
Analytical communities and Policy Advisory Systems at Global and Local level: Comparative Analysis of Policy Impact (Москва). Presentation: Media Policy Making in current Russia: Administrative Competition and Advisory Markets
- 2013
Protest and The Media (Лондон). Presentation: “Angry townspeople” on the TV screen and their perception by TV-viewers on countryside
Digital Transformations and Transactions in Media Industries - European Media Management Education Association Annual Conference 2013 (Bournemouth). Presentation: Questioning profundity of digitalization of book: foresight study for Russian book sector
Reception Study Society biannual conference (Millwaukee). Presentation: Social memory of Soviet Union and Multichannel Television Practices
Постсоветское пространство как языковой проект: медиа, политика, культура (Москва). Presentation: Власть и оппозиция: репрезентация политических консенсусов-диссенсусов в российском телеэфире
Participation in Academic Projects and Research Work
Iliya Kiriya is the author of over 30 publications (1 monograph, a number of methodical brochures and articles) on the development of mass communications in Russian, English and French languages.
Iliya Kiriya is a member of the Observatory of Evolutions in Cultural Industries (Center of Human Sciences Paris Nord), France.
He was the organizer of two international conferences:
- «Les médias et la mondialisation: nouveaux territoires - nouveaux enjeux», May 14-15 2004, Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Journalism
- «Les médias et la diversité culturelle», June 1-3 2006, Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Journalism
I. Kiriya is one of the organizers of the international educational and research project ‘Media Management in the Contemporary Environment’ (the Higher School of Journalism and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Stockholm).
In 2009 I. Kiriya was one of the supervisors of the research at the HSE Center for Fundamental Studies Laboratory of Media on ‘Media Capital and Multimedia’.
In 2010 he continued work at the HSE Center for Fundamental Studies Laboratory of Media Studies.
Consulting and training
I. Kiriya has been a consultant for Mechel, Avtovaz, Stora Enso, Huawei Technologies, Credit Swiss, Point Passat, United Communications and others in PR and corporate communications.
He has been actively training for 4 years.
HSE International Summer University to Offer Lectures in Partnership with Pompeu Fabra University
As a part of long-standing cooperation between HSE University and the Pompeu Fabra University, this summer, International Summer University in collaboration with Barcelona International Summer School (BISS) will organize a series of open lectures for participants of both summer programmes. Some of HSE Summer University courses are still open for registration.
Online Meetups with International Summer University Professors
In the run-up to the HSE International Summer University, which will open on June 20, a series of special online meetups are currently held in association with HSE’s eLearning Office. The meetups give international students an opportunity to meet HSE University professors who teach courses during the Summer University programme. Registration for the final meetup, on June 11, is now open.
American Professor Speaks with HSE Students Online about Media Imperialism
American professor Oliver Boyd-Barrett, author of the book Media Imperialism, one of the biggest studies of the contemporary media landscape, is among the international teachers recruited to deliver remote instruction at HSE University this year. His research interests include media, propaganda and international news agencies.
HSE Summer University 2020 to Be Held Online
HSE Summer University will begin on July 15 this year. All courses will be taught online via Zoom. The registration deadline has been extended until July 1, 2020.
‘It’s about the “Moral Stability” of the Economy’
HSE experts participated in the first international online forum, ‘The World, Post-Coronavirus: A View from the Heart of Eurasia’, which was held on April 28 in Ufa on the initiative of the Bashkortostan government. Scholars, businessmen, and politicians from different countries discussed threats, opportunities, and solutions for the economy and the social sphere.
HSE University Launches New Master’s Programme in Critical Media Studies
HSE University’s new Master’s Programme ‘Critical Media Studies’, offered by the Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design, is now accepting applications for fall 2020. Programme Academic Supervisor and HSE Assistant Professor Panos Kompatsiaris explains what kinds of courses and research opportunities await the programme’s first cohort, and what makes the programme unique.
‘The Americans Were Incredibly Welcoming’
How do you film a standup routine at a farmers’ market? Are Vermonters friendly? How many methods of manipulation are there in photojournalism? This summer students of the HSE School of Media learned the answers to these questions and more when they completed media internships in the United States.
HSE International Summer University in Full Swing
Every summer, HSE’s International Summer University attracts students, graduate students, post-docs, and professionals from around the world who wish to spend several weeks in Moscow to deepen their knowledge in a variety of fields. With the programme entering its second month, HSE News Service sat down with several students to talk about their impressions of it so far.
Different Perspectives and Different People in HSE’s ‘Semester in Moscow’ Programme
Adrian Murillo Ramirez-Moreno is from Mexico City and is currently a third-year student at Universidad Anáhuac México where he studies International Relations. Nicholas Viggiano, from New Jersey, USA, is a third-year student at the University of Maryland, where he is pursuing a double degree in Russian and Environmental Science. Both are studying in HSE’s ‘Semester in Moscow’ Programme. The programme not only allows students to study Russian language at any level, but to design their own curriculum—students have their pick of any English-taught courses they choose, regardless of field. Students are accommodated in the HSE dormitories and receive an official transcript upon completion of the semester.
HSE Continues its Ascent in QS World University Rankings by Subject
The latest results of the QS World University Rankings by Subject demonstrate that Russian universities are continuing to make great strides in international rankings. Among the Russian universities that made the rankings, HSE tops the list with 16 specific subjects and 3 broad subject areas entering the rankings. Compared to last year, HSE has improved its performance in almost all subjects.
Greek Communications Professor Embraces Moscow Life
Originally from Greece, Pános Kompatsiáris was attracted to join the Higher School of Economics because of the university’s reputation for exceptional working conditions and fostering career development. Having spent the last ten years in a variety of cities, including Edinburgh and Berlin, Professor Kompatsiáris brings his background in economics, cultural studies and art theory to his current position as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design at HSE.
UNESCO Report on Global Press Freedom Presented at HSE
The presentation of UNESCO's report ‘Global Trends in Freedom of Expression and Mass Media Development’ was held at the Higher School of Economics. It was an opportunity to discuss journalism and the growing gap between traditional regulators and modern consumers of media.
Celebrating 4 Years with Coursera: HSE’s New Online Courses
By early spring, HSE will have launched a range of new courses on Coursera in psychology, computer language analysis, economics, media and international relations.
Faculty of Communications, Media and Design: Projects and Plans
Iliya Kiriya, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Communications, Media and Design, told The HSE Look readers about the Faculty’s current projects and plans.
Scholars and BRICS Representatives Discussed Media Influences
On April 25 th and 26 th , 2016, an international conference ‘Comparing Media Systems in BRICS Countries: A Review of Conventional Paradigms’ took place at HSE. The event was organized by the Faculty of Communications, Media and Design, and supported by IAMCR.
Korean Students in Moscow: Understanding Modern Russia
From July 4 to 25, the HSE Summer University welcomed thirty Korean students from the Seoul National University who had come to study Russian and learn more about modern life in Russia as part of SNU’s programme in Moscow.
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lectures will be delivered by instructors from the HSE in Gorky Park before the end of the summer.
Political Scientists from Five Continents Gather at the HSE to Discuss Workings of Public Policy
On May 28-29, 2014, an international academic conference ‘Analytical Communities in Policy Advisory Systems at the Global and Local Level: Comparative Analysis of Policy Impact’ took place at the HSE.