Vasiliy A. Anikin

Assistant Professor:Faculty of Economic Sciences / Department of Applied Economics
Senior Research Fellow:Institute for Social Policy / Centre for Stratification Studies

Vasiliy A. Anikin has been at HSE 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
Higher School of Economics, economics
2005
Bachelor's in Sociology (Hons)
Higher School of Economics, sociology

* 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.

Professional Interests

social structure Social and socio-cultural modernization of Russia population economics multilevel modelling

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher – 2019

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2012-2013)
Category "New Lecturers" (2009-2010)

Dissertation for a degree of Candidate of Science

2011

V. A. Anikin Динамика и социально-демографические особенности формирования профессиональной структуры Российского населения в 1990-2000-е годы

Publications¹⁴

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. D., 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

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 (2014/2015)

Modernization of Russia and New Social Policy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Экономика и статистика"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; "Экономика и статистика"; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика"; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
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; "Экономика и статистика"; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2013/2014)

Intangible Assets Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Modernization of Russia and New Social Policy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
Modernization of Russia and New Social Policy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; "Статистика и анализ данных", "Статистика и демография", "Статистика и бухгалтерский учет"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Sociology; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; "Статистика и бухгалтерский учет", "Статистика и анализ данных", "Статистика и демография"; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Theory and Methods of Socio-Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2012/2013)

Intangible Assets Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Issues and Perspectives of Social, Economic, and Cultural Development of Russia (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Issues and Perspectives of Social, Economic, and Cultural Development of Russia (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; "Статистика и бухгалтерский учет", "Статистика и анализ данных", "Статистика и демография"; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
National Economy Culture (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Sociology; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; "Статистика и анализ данных", "Статистика и демография", "Статистика и бухгалтерский учет"; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Sociology of Business Organizations and Innovations (Master’s programme; Faculty of Psychology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory of Business Organizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Applied Economics"; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Theory of Innovations and Innovative Behavior of the Enterprises (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2011/2012)

General Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
General Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; spec. "World economy"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
General Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Intangible Assets Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Social Structure and Social Stratification (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Sociology; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; "Статистика и анализ данных", "Статистика и демография"; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
Socio-Economics of IT-Markets (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Business Informatics; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
Sociology of Business Organizations and Innovations (Master’s programme; Faculty of Psychology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory of Business Organizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Applied Economics"; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Theory of Innovations and Innovative Behavior of the Enterprises (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 2 year, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2010/2011)

General Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
General Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Innovation Theory and Innovative Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
National Economy Culture and Socio-Economic Development (Bachelor’s programme; School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Sociology of Business Organizations and Innovations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Sociology; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory of Business Organizations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Applied Economics"; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Nov

2014

Working Class More Vulnerable to Poverty

Poverty in Russia is particularly difficult to overcome since it is very heterogeneous. The Russian poor include groups as diverse as villagers who do not seem to fit into the post-industrial environment, low-skilled workers, university professors, and parents of young children. Each category of the poor requires a separate approach and a different type of state support, according to HSE Professor Nataliya Tikhonova and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Vasiliy Anikin

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Jun

2019

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.

May

2019

4th International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference

The 4^thInternational 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.

May

2019

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.

Feb

2019

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.

Feb

2019

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.

Jan

2019

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”.

Apr

2018

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?"

Apr

2018

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."

Dec

2017

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.

Nov

2014

45%

of all working poor Russians are either low-skilled or medium-skilled workers in blue-collar jobs.

Vasiliy A. Anikin

Education and Degrees

Professional Interests

Awards and Accomplishments

Dissertation for a degree of Candidate of Science

Publications14

Professional Interests

Reaserch projects and grants

Courses (2019/2020)

Courses (2018/2019)

Courses (2017/2018)

Courses (2016/2017)

Courses (2015/2016)

Courses (2014/2015)

Courses (2013/2014)

Courses (2012/2013)

Courses (2011/2012)

Courses (2010/2011)

Timetable for today

Publications¹⁴