Vasiliy A. Anikin
- Senior Research Fellow:Institute for Social Policy / Centre for Stratification Studies
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology
- Vasiliy A. Anikin has been at HSE University since 2007.
Education and Degrees
- 2018
PhD in Sociology
University of Essex
Thesis Title: Skills training and development: Russia in comparative perspective - 2011
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Population Economics and Demography
Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Formation of The Socio-Professional Structure of Russian Population during 1990-2000s years: Dynamic and Socio-Demographical Patterns - 2007
Master's in Economics
HSE University, economics - 2005
Bachelor's in Sociology (Hons)
HSE University, sociology
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.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
International Training and Education (Selected)
2018 |
51st Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex. Course Panel Data Analysis for Comparative Research (Prof. Christopher Adolph, University of Washington); Advanced Machine Learning for Social Scientists (Prof. Ines Levin, University of California, Irvine) |
2017 |
50th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex. Course Multilevel Models 2: Advanced Practical Applications (Dr. Andrew Bell, University of Sheffield) |
2015
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University of Utrecht. Pre-conference workshop Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling in R (Prof. Paras Mehta, University of Houston) |
2014 |
47th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex. Course Multilevel Analysis: Practical Applications (Prof. Kelvyn Jones, University of Bristol) |
2013 |
46th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex. Course Modeling Heterogeneity (Dr. Daniel Stegmueller, Duke University) |
2012 |
45th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex. Course Hierarchical Models (Prof. Jeff Gill, Washington University) |

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2012-2013)
Category "New Lecturers" (2009-2010)
Publications22
- Article Anikin V. A., Lezhnina Y. P., Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E. Public Demand for State Support in the Post-Communist Welfare State: The Case of Russia // Sociological Research Online. 2023. Vol. 1. No. 1. P. 1-19. doi
- Article Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Anikin V. A. Support for reducing inequality in the new Russia: Does social mobility matter? // Intersections (Hungary). 2022. Vol. 8. No. 2. P. 175-196. doi
- Chapter Anikin V. A. Employment and Work of Middle Income Groups, in: The Middle Income Group in China and Russia / Ed. by P. Li, M. Gorshkov. Springer, 2021. doi P. 51-67. doi
- Article Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Anikin V. A. Perceptions of income inequality in Russia // Baltic RIM Economies Review. 2021. No. 4. Article 3028.
- Article Anikin V. A. Training poverty in India: Reassessing the effect of social ascription // International Journal of Training and Development. 2021. Vol. 25. No. 3. P. 277-300. doi
- Article Anikin V. A., Karavay A. Human capital in post-transition Russia: Some critical remarks // Baltic RIM Economies Review. 2020. No. 1. Article 2685.
- Article Anikin V. A. The contradictory nature of lifelong learning in the post-transition Russia // The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies . 2019. Vol. 14. No. 4. P. 19-50.
- Preprint Anikin V. A., Lezhnina Y. P., Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E. Who Seeks State Support In The New Russia And Why? / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP Series "Public and Social Policy". 2019.
- Article Слободенюк Е. Д., Аникин В. А. Где пролегает «черта бедности» в современной России? // Вопросы экономики. 2018. № 1. С. 104-127.
- Book Тихонова Н. Е., Лежнина Ю. П., Мареева С. В., Аникин В. А., Каравай А. В., Слободенюк Е. Д. Модель доходной стратификации российского общества: динамика, факторы, межстрановые сравнения / Под общ. ред.: Н. Е. Тихонова. Издательство Нестор-История, 2018. doi
- Chapter Anikin V. A. 俄罗斯中等收入群体的就业与工作 (Characteristics of Employment of Russian Middle Income Groups), in: 中国和俄斯的 中等收入群体:影响和趋势 (Middle-income groups in China and Russia: influences and trends) / Отв. ред.: P. Li, M. Gorshkov. Social Sciences Academic Press, 2018. Ch. 5. P. 74-92.
- Article Anikin V. A. Occupational Propensity for Training in a Late Industrial Society: Evidence from Russia // International Journal of Training and Development. 2017. Vol. 21. No. 4. P. 249-284. doi
- Article Anikin V. A. Russia in Post-Transition: New Frontiers // The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies . 2017. Vol. 12. P. 79-100.
- Article Anikin V. A. The New Russia? Yes. Comment on Recent Findings from ‘Is New Russia New?’ // Мир России: Социология, этнология. 2017. Vol. 26. No. 4. P. 51-70. doi
- Article Аникин В. А. Человеческий капитал: становление концепции и основные трактовки // Экономическая социология. 2017. Т. 18. № 4. С. 120-156. doi
- Preprint Anikin V. A., Lezhnina Y. P., Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Tikhonova N. E. Income Stratification: Key Approaches and Their Application to Russia / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP / PSP "Public and Social Policy". 2016. No. WP BRP 02/PSP/2016 . doi
- Article Anikin V. A., Tikhonova N. E. Poverty and Inequality in BRICS Countries // Sociological Research. 2016. Vol. 55. No. 5. P. 305-341. doi
- Article Аникин В. А. Кризис и национальное самосознание россиян // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2016. Т. 135. № 5. С. 203-232. doi
- Article Anikin V. A. Mode of Socio-Economic Development and Occupational Structure: The Case of Contemporary Russia // Transition Studies Review. 2013. Vol. 19. No. 4. P. 397-415. doi
- Article Anikin V. A. Motivation to work in Russia: the case of protracted transition from non-competitive to competitive system // The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies. 2013. Vol. 8. P. 35-60.
- Article Anikin V. A. The modernization potential of the professional structure of the employed population of Russia // Sociological Research. 2012. Vol. 51. No. 6. P. 44-80. doi
- Article Anikin V. A. Work in the Lives of Russians // Sociological Research. 2011. Vol. 50. No. 6. P. 3-16. doi
Employment history
Current position
2022-present |
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University, Russia |
Research related appointments
2016–present |
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Policy, HSE University |
2019–present |
Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (IS FCTAS RAS) |
2018–2019
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Invited Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute for Economic Research (KIER), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
Previous Employment
2012-2022 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, HSE University, Russia |
2013–2019 |
Senior Research Fellow, IS FCTAS RAS |
2018–2018 |
Teaching Assistant, Course Advanced Machine Learning for Social Scientists, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, United Kingdom |
2007–2011
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University Lecturer, Department of Socio-Economic Systems and Social Policy, Faculty of Economics, HSE University, Russia |
2006–2013 |
Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
2005–2006 |
Research Fellow, Institute for Applied Social Research of the Russian Academy of Science |
Professional Interests
Socio-cultural modernization of Russian economy
Socio-professional structure of Russian society (emplyment rents, human capital, new foundations of social inequality, classes
Modern social and economic data analysis
Reaserch projects and grants
- Peculiarities of cooperation between the main actors of an early-stage regional innovation cluster (SU-HSE, 2009, рук. - V.A.Anikin)
- Изменяющаяся Россия: формирование новой системы стратификации (Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2009-2010, supervisor – N.E.Тichonova)
- Human capital of working class as a factor of Russian industry modernization (SU-HSE, 2008, individual grant)
- Sociocultural modernization of Russia as a factor of country's competitiveness increasing in globalised world (Russian Foundation for Humanities, 2006-2008, supervisor – N.E.Тichonova)
- Poor people in Russia: Who are they? How do they live? What do they seek for? (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, 2008)
- Sociocultural background of Russian economy modernization: subjective approach (SU-HSE Scientific Fund, 2006-2007, supervisor N.E.Tichonova)
- Youth of new Russia: Life style and value priorities (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, 2007)
- Russian identity in sociological view (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, 2007)
- Urban middle class in Modern Russia (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, 2006)
- Social inequality in sociological view (Gorbachev-fund and National Investment Council, 2006)
- Social policy and social reforms in Russia perception (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, 2006)
- Ownership in Russian life: fantasies and reality (Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, 2005)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Modern Challenges and Indicators of Economic and Social Development (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Challenges and Indicators of Economic and Social Development (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Social Policy” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Topical Problems of Modern Politics (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Indicators of Economic and Social Development (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Indicators of Economic and Social Development (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Social Policy” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Postgraduate course’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Topical Problems of Modern Politics (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Fundamentals of Public Administration (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Methodological Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Social Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar “Social Policy” (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Policy as an Instrument of Sustainable Development (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Measurements in the Social Sphere (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Social Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Project Seminar (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Measurements in the Social Sphere (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Measurements in the Social Sphere (Master’s programme; Institute for Social Policy; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Population and Development" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
- Applied Research on Inequalities: Race, Gender, Migration and Ethnicity (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
- Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Human Potential: Approaches to Study and Measurement Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center has summed up the results on approaches to the study and measurement of human potential
From October 18 to December 17, 2022, a series of workshops dedicated to the research on the conceptual foundations in assessment and measurement of human potential took place. Within the framework of the seminars, both theoretical classes devoted to economic and sociological approaches to the study of human capital and practical workshops on the technique of its measurement were held under the guidance of the leading researchers from the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and young scientists, practitioners in human development.
HSE University Studies Human Capital as Part of Consortium
The Human Capital Interdisciplinary Research Centre (HCIRC) is a world-class research centre comprising a consortium of HSE University, RANEPA, MGIMO University, and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Its work was highly rated by the RAS in 2021. Lilia Ovcharova, HSE University Vice Rector and initiator of the centre’s creation, talked to the HSE News Service about integration in international studies on active ageing, creating a database on development trends in human potential, studying the effects of digitalisation, and the centre’s priority activities for the future.
Presentation of the collective monograph «Society of Unequal Opportunities: Social Structure of Modern Russia»
On June 22, 2022 the presentation of the collective monograph "Society of Unequal Opportunities: Social Structure of Modern Russia" (by Natalia Tikhonova (ed.), Svetlana Mareeva, Vasiliy Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Anastasia Karavay, Ekaterina Slobodenyuk) was held.
Russians Do Not Like to Make Plans and Prefer to Believe in a Brighter Future, According to The Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center
In Russia, norms and values play a big role in the idea of inequality. This is a conclusion made by scientists in the ninth scientific digest “The idea of Russians About Income Inequality: Does Social Mobility Affect Them?” The issue was prepared by The Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center.
Work Quality, Subjective Perception of Income Difference and Gender Gap. Scientists from the HSE and RANEPA Discussed the Methods of Studying Inequality
On April 5, 2022 the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center held a round table on Social and Economic Inequality and Current Research Agenda at the XXIII Yasin (April) International Scientific Conference on the Problems of Economic and Social Development. It was held in an online format in Russian and English languages with simultaneous translation. The event was organized within the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-928).
Economic Crises Affect People’s Attitudes to Inequality
Inequality based on income, geography, gender, age, class and religion widens social gaps both within and between countries. During the XXIII Yasin (April) International Conference, experts discussed which dimensions of inequality have become especially important in the wake of the pandemic and the evolving economic crisis, and also examined how much more women work than men.
Svetlana Mareeva and her colleagues from the Center for Stratification Research have been awarded the grant from the Russian Science Foundation to continue the research project ‘Behavior Strategies of Population in the Post-Crisis Period: How Will the New Day-to-day Realities in the Lives of Russians Affect the "Corridor of Opportunities" for the Country's Development?’
The grant was awarded to the research team consisting of Svetlana Mareeva (project leader), Nataliya Tikhonova, Vasiliy Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Ekaterina Slobodenyuk and Anastasia Karavay within the framework of the President's Program for Research Projects "Research by scientific groups under the guidance of young scientists."
Svetlana Mareeva and Vasiliy Anikin speak at the research seminar of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research
On April 16, 2020, Svetlana Mareeva and Vasiliy Anikin took part as the discussants at research seminar of the International Laboratory for Social Integration research.
Young HSE University Researchers Win Moscow Government Award
This prize is annually awarded to doctoral students, researchers and professionals from Moscow-based institutions, as well as people with Candidate or Doctor of Sciences degrees. Researchers from HSE University won competition for the third year in a row and will be recognized at ceremony slated to take place on February 7 at the Kremlin Palace.
Svetlana Mareeva, Yulia Lezhnina and Vasily Anikin win the 2019 Moscow Government Award for Young Scientists
Svetlana Mareeva, Yulia Lezhnina and Vasily Anikin, employees of the Center for Stratification Studies, are honored with the 2019 Moscow Government Award for Young Scientists in the "Social Sciences" nomination. The victory was awarded to the scientific team for a significant contribution to research of social structure and social inequality in modern Russian society.
Academic workshop "Human Capital Investments in the Context of Active Ageing: the Evidence from Japan"
The Institute for Social Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the academic workshop devoted to “Human Capital Investments in the Context of Active Ageing: the Evidence from Japan” where Dr. Vasily A. ANIKIN , Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Stratification Studies of the same Institute, presented his study.
4th International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference
The 4th International RLMS-HSE User Conference was held at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, on 24-25 May 2019. Vasily Anikin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Stratification Studies, presented results of the study on social mechanisms that discouraged Russians’ investments in human capital accumulation in Russia in the period of economic growth in 2001-2014.
Center for Stratification Studies on Russians’ Social Demands to the State
On 29 May, 2019, research and educational website IQ.hse.ru published the article “Dependence on the State. What Social Assistance are the Russians Waiting for?” based on the findings from the study by Vassily Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Svetlana Mareeva, and Ekaterina Slobodenyuk.
Kyoto International Conference “Civil Society, Firms, and Government in Post-Transition and Emerging Economies”. Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University (KIER), Japan
January 26, 2019. Vasiliy Anikin and Julia Lezhnina, the senior research fellows from the Centre for Stratification Studies, participated in the plenary session. There presentations were about social structure of and perceived role of state in post-transition Russia.
Presentation of collective book “Income Stratification Model of Russian Society: Dynamics, Factors, Cross-country comparisons”
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 4 p.m. a collective book “Income Stratification Model of Russian Society: Dynamics, Factors, Cross-country comparisons” was presented.
Article by Vasily Anikin “Employment in Post-Crisis Russia: The Role of Settlement Inequalities”
The academic online journal ‘Vestnik Sociologii’ (“The Bulletin of Sociology”) has published an article by Vasily Anikin “Employment in the post-crisis Russia: the role of settlement inequalities”.
Session "Actual Approaches to Studying Modern Societies" within the framework of the 19th April International Scientific Conference (April 12)
At the session chaired by Natalia Tikhonova, chief research fellow of the Center for Stratification Studies, and Vasiliy Anikin, senior research fellow of this Center, Svetlana Mareeva, center director, presented her report "Middle-income group in Russia society: position and dynamics", and Ekaterina Slobodenyuk, research fellow of this Center, presented her report "Where does the poverty line lie in modern Russia?"
Session "Actual Approaches to Studying Modern Societies" within the framework of the 19th April International Scientific Conference (April 12)
At the session chaired by Natalia Tikhonova, chief research fellow of the Center for Stratification Studies, and Svetlana Mareeva, center director, Vasiliy Anikin, senior research fellow of this Center, presented his report "Social stratification by life chances: theoretical and methodological potential."
Results for 2017 Student Research Paper Competition Announced
The research paper competition was held in 21 subjects, including Arts and Design, an area that was just introduced this year. For the first time ever, international students are among the competition’s winners.
45%
of all working poor Russians are either low-skilled or medium-skilled workers in blue-collar jobs.