Szymon Jankiewicz
- Associate Professor: Institute of Education / Department of Educational Programmes
- Deputy Director: Institute of Education
- Laboratory Head: Institute of Education / Education Law Laboratory
- Szymon Jankiewicz has been at HSE University since 2012.
Education and Degrees
HSE University
HSE 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 — 2020–2024, 2016
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2024
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2014)
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1E. Puchkov Impact of Sustainable Development Goal on National Education Policies
Courses (2024/2025)
- Designing and Promoting an Educational Startup (Minor; Institute of Education; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Educational Law (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Educational Law (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Designing an Educational Startup (Minor; Institute of Education; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Issues of the Educational System (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Universities and Public Regulation (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Universities and Public Regulation (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Educational Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Educational Law (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Legal Issues of the Educational System (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law, field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Educational Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
- Educational Law (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law, field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Pedagogy and Psychology of Higher School: Language Issues in Educational Policy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Methodology and Methods of Research in Law" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Educational Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Legal Issues of the Educational System and Educational Organization (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Methodology of Legal Research: Financial Law (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Pedagogy and Psychology of High School: legal aspects of language educational policy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Project Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Student's expedition "Studying of the relation to practicians of a network form of implementation of educational programs of Kamchatka" took place
Expedition was organized from April 14 to April 28, 2024, within the program of support of student's expeditions "We rediscover Russia"
Szymon Jankiewicz took part in the X Jubilee St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
Participants in the session “Universities and business: legal aspects of effective cooperation” discussed how universities and employers interact today.
Education Law Laboratory’s course on the Yandex.Education platform
The course “Teacher’s rights: how to defend yourself in conflict using legislative instruments” is open for applications
Skillbox.ru: course “Legal support of education” is open for registration
The course provides you with online lectures and practical tasks based on real-life cases.
The digital internship ‘Gamification of Law degree academic workshops’
We invite professors teaching Law curriculum practical classes to take part in the digital internship. The digital internship is a great opportunity to implement a corporate and individual academic track online on the priority topics of an educational organization.
European Yearbook Book of Minority Issues
The chapter "Language Conflicts in Russia’s Education System" was published in European Yearbook Book of Minority Issues.
An Online Course "Organizational Practices and Tools in the Work of the Leader of the Educational Organization" is available on the Educational Platform Coursera
The course was prepared by leading experts of the Institute of Education at the Higher School of Economics at the initiative and with the active participation of the brilliant team of the Master's Program "Education Management".
XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
Staff members of the Education Law Laboratory took part in the events of the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.
National Forum "The Headmaster 2019"
Education Law Laboratory Head Szymon Jankiewicz took part in the discussion "Schools in the center of the information scandal. Case study, media relations, legal support" in the framework of the National Forum "The Headmaster 2019”.
At the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development Szymon Jankiewicz and Nadezhda Knyaginina Presented a Paper: "Measures of Legal Responsibility of the School for the Life and Health of Students"
The paper was presented at the panel discussion "Safety in the educational environment: factors to counter bullying, aggression, and destructive behavior of students".
Szymon Jankiewicz Presented the Report "Donations that Work. School Endowment Funds in Russia and Abroad: Legal Aspects"
A seminar for headmasters of the Moscow Region "School endowment (endowment fund) as a tool for financial development of an educational organization and a way to attract investment" was held In the Reception Hall of the Government House of the Moscow Region in Krasnogorsk.
International Experts Discuss Strategies to Lead the Way in Effective Multi-level Governance in Education
In November, IOE welcomed a cohort of top-notch law & policy experts from the U.S., Russia, Poland, Belgium, South Africa and Germany for the first international conference, ‘Multi-level Governance in Education: Top-down Governance, Transfer of Authority, and Regional Cooperation.’ A joint initiative between IOE and the ‘EduLaw’ (Erasmus+ Mundus – Curriculum Development) project, the event featured multi-prism debate about how more justified central–local power schemas in education can be devised as an important condition for shaping more effective, equity-centric L&D environments.
Expert Seminar "The Digital Agenda in Education Empowering Education Rights and Innovation in Education: Future Challenges on Policy and Law"
On November 15, the expert seminar was held in the Institute of Education of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics". The seminar was organized by the Centre for Education Law of the Institute of Education.
International Scientific Conference "Multilevel Governance in Education: Top-Down Governance, Transfer of Authority and Regional Cooperation" was held at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
The conference was organized by the Centre for Education Law of the Institute of Education of the "Higher School of Economics" with the participation of the International Project "EduLaw" (Erasmus + Mundus - Curriculum Development)
Head of the Education Law Laboratory Szymon Jankiewicz and the junior research fellow Nadezhda Knyaginina presented a report on the topic "The Role of Education Law at HSE University"
The report is devoted to the courses of education law that are taught at various majors of the Higher School of Economics. Prior to the emergence of the Education Law Laboratory of the Institute of Education of the Higher School of Economics, the teaching of education law was not popular at the Higher School of Economics (some aspects of education law were covered in the course “Management of an Educational Organization”).
Moscow City Pedagogical University Hosted an International Scientific and Practical Conference on the Rights of Parents and Family Education in Russia and Abroad
Head of the Education Law Laboratory Szymon Jankiewicz and the junior research fellow Nadezhda Knyaginina presented a report on the topic "Family Education in Russia: What Do We Know About It and What Do We Regulate?".
Publication of the Preprint “The Language of the Republic at School: Who Decides?”
Опубликован препринт С.В. Янкевича и Н.В. Княгининой «The Language of the Republic at School: Who Decides?». Авторами исследуется вопрос, может ли республика Российской Федерации установить обязанность изучать государственный язык республики в школе.
Szymon Jankiewicz and Nadezhda Knyaginina made a report on “Language in Unified Educational Space” on the 19th April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.
Директор Центра образовательного права С.В. Янкевич и младший научный сотрудник Центра образовательного права Н.В. Княгинина представили результаты научного исследования, посвященного вопросу, каким образом гарантируются языковые права в образовании в России.
The HSE University’s Institute of Education Hosted a Meeting of the Authors of the New Commentary to the Federal Law "On Education"
В Институте образования ВШЭ прошла встреча членов авторского коллектива нового комментария к Федеральному закону «Об образовании», в ходе которой авторы обсудили вопросы по работе над комментарием, а также обозначили новые задачи и план работы.
Minority Rights Are Human Rights
On January 29, 2018, the Centre for Education Law at HSE’s Institute of Education hosted an expert seminar on ‘Minority and Linguistic Rights in Education’. The seminar focused on key issues around linguistic rights of minorities, in particular with regard to education as a basic human right.
25 Years of the Declaration on Minority Rights
On the 30th of January as a part of the weekly seminar in the Institute of Education Fernand de Varennes, UN’s special Rapporteur on minority issues, gave a lecture “25 Years of the Declaration on Minority Rights: National Minorities’ Problems in Education”.
Expert Seminar on “Minorities and Linguistic Rights in Education”
On the 29th of January the Center for Education Law held an expert seminar on “Minorities and Linguistic Rights in Education”.
IOE Holds First Ever International Week of Education Law
In early October 2017, IOE hosted its first ever International Week of Education Law, a unique venue to take multiple perspectives on the best national and global practices in tackling the most pressing issues in education-related legal frameworks. Inspired and organized by the IOE Centre for Education Law, the event involved a series of talks and expert seminars by world-acclaimed field professionals, including the Centre’s Academic Supervisor Dr. Jan de Groof, Prof. Ingo Richter of Paris Nanterre University, and Prof. Pablo Meix Cereceda of Roma Tre University.
HSE's Institute of Education has Begun Working on the Commentary to the Federal Law on Education in the Russian Federation
One of the main results of the «Week of Educational Rights» was the decision to prepare a new commentary to the Federal Law on Education. It will be the first bilingual commentary in Russian law based on a detailed analysis of the international law, the decisions of the European court for human rights and the legislation of the foreign countries.
The Principle of Equality in Education with an International and Comparative Constitutional Position – the View of Professor from Roma Tre University, Pablo Meix Cereceda
Professor from Roma Tre University, Pablo Meix Cereceda, outlined the critical areas of concern of the report and, in particular, the theoretical basis of inclusive education, international regulation of the problem, approach to he issue from the position of constitutional law, analysis of the practice of positive discrimination.
HSE’s Institute of Education has Discussed Problems Concerning the Implementation of Federalism Principle in Education
Within the week of education law HSE’s Institute of Education hosted a seminar on «Federalism in Education». This event was devoted to discussing the most severe challenges of education in the Federal States, especially in Russia’s.
How are Linguistic Rights Implemented in Education?
Within expert seminar, the discussion of the problem acquired a practical focus. Emphasis was placed on the approaches to solve the problem developed by the researchers.
"Before HSE, Nobody Dealt with This Problem!"
On the 14th of November, 2016 the Institute of Education hosted a meeting for the heads of educational institutions in Moscow – participants of the Consortium of Education Laboratories and HSE’s University’s Cluster. The event was organized by the Center for Leadership Development and the Center for Legal Applied Development of the Institute of Education.
IOE Staff Members Spoke on the Right to Education at International Conference
Szymon Jankiewicz, Director of the Center for Applied Legal Research, and Nadezhda Knyaginina, Analyst of the Center, took part in an International Conference, ‘Development of Russian Law-IX: Russian Law and Globalization’, held on October 6-7, 2016, at the University of Helsinki.
Round Table "Lessons of the World's Best Education Systems for Ensuring Global Competitiveness of Moscow's General and Additional Education"
Members of the round table discussed questions concerning modern standards of managing the educational systems on the national level and in metropolitan areas, best practices of improving the education’s quality and possibilities and perspectives of using international experience to strengthen the capital’s leading position in the education’s field.
Global University Summit BRICS
Members of the Centre for Applied Legal Research Szymon Jankiewicz and Nadezhda Knyaginina participated in the Global University Summit BRICS. The Summit is an official event of Russia’s chairmanship in BRICS 2015-2016. The forum was held by MGIMO, MSU, RUDN and MISIS.