Anna Smolentseva

Leading Research Fellow:Institute of Education

Anna Smolentseva has been at HSE University since 2011.

Education and Degrees

1998
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Sociological Sciences
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1995
Degree
Lomonosov Moscow State University

* 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

sociology of higher education

National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship (USA), 2002-2003
Fulbright New Century Scholar, 2005-2006
Visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2005
Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow/Faculty, 2011, 2012
Chair of the Council for International Higher Education (CIHE), Asssociation for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), 2015-2016

Senior Co-Chair, Eurasia SIG, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), 2020-2022

Program Chair, International Summer School on Higher Education Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2013-

Conferences

Contributions of Higher Education to Society: Towards a Common Cross-Cultural Perspective (panel session). XII Международная конференция исследователей высшего образования, 14-16 октября 2021, Москва, НИУ ВШЭ

Contributions of Higher Education to Society: Towards Conceptualization. Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Higher Education SIG, 25 April - 2 May 2021

What is the emergent society with a high participation higher education system? X Международная конференция исследователей высшего образования, 23-25 октября 2019, Москва, НИУ ВШЭ

High participation system of higher education in Russia: stratification by the state and the maket, X International Russian higher education conference, 23-25 October 2019, Москва, НИУ ВШЭ (with I.Froumin, D.Konstantinovsky, M.Lisyutkin). HPS in Russia

Transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet countries: a comparative analysis, keynote speaker at the 5th Central European Higher Education Cooperation (CEHEC) Conference, Budapest, 11-12 April 2019.

Institutional dynamics in higher education in 15 post-Soviet countries: a comparative analysis at the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) annual conference, 30 August - 1 September, 2018, Moscow, Russia (with Daria Platonova).

The Purposes of Higher Education in Russia: The Continuities and Change in Soviet and Neoliberal Discourses at the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) 2017 Annual Conference, 31 March - 2 April 2017, Cambridge, UK. Purposes of HE

The economic and social purposes of higher education: the continuities and changes in Russian higher education at the 29^th Annual conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), September 5-7, 2016, Cambridge, UK.

Transformations and Tensions in the Knowledge Transmission Mission of Russian Universities: Social vs. Economic Instrumentalism at the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) annual conference, December 9-11, 2015, Newport, UK.

State, Market and Society in the Russian Higher Education at the Topical paper session "Understanding Stratification in Global Higher Education: Contestation and Collaboration Between the State and Civil Society, in Comparative Perspective". Association of the Study of Higher Education, Denver CO, November 2015.

Where Soviet and neoliberal discourses meet: the transformation of the purposes of higher education in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia at the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) annual conference, December 10-12, 2014, Newport, UK.

The Purposes of Higher Education: the continuities and discontinuities in political discourse of Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia at the 39th annual conference of the Association of the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), November 19-22, 2014, Washington DC, USA.

Panel speaker at the international seminar "Academic Capitalism and the Humanities in Global Perspective", November 17-18, 2014, University of Virginia, USA

Higher Education – Society Nexus: the continuities and discontinuities in political discourse of Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia at 27th conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), September 8-10, 2014, Rome, Italy.

A High Participation System of Higher Education: Does It Provide Equal Opportunity? at the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) annual conference, December 11-13 2013, Newport, UK.

Massification and Access to Higher Education in Russia at the Dynamics of High Participation Higher Education Systems international seminar, IV Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования «Университетские традиции: ресурс или бремя?», 26-28.09.2013, Moscow, HSE.Smolentseva_HPS5.pdf

Knowledge society discourse and changes in higher education in Russia: first findings from CINHEKS, IV Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования «Университетские традиции: ресурс или бремя?», 26-28.09.2013, Moscow, HSE.

Massification of Higher Education and Expansion of Educational Opportunity: Russia as a Society of Universal Access. Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) Annual Conference, September 9-11, 2013, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Access to Higher Education in the Post-Soviet States-Between Soviet Legacy and Global Challenges. Salzburg Global Seminar. October 2-7, 2012. Paper . Presentation

Globalization and Higher Education in Russia: The Implications for the Academic Profession at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference. November 16-19, 2011.

Publications³⁷

Article Smolentseva A. Dual-track tuition fee model in Russia and post-Soviet countries // International Higher Education. 2022. Vol. 109. P. 41-43. doi
Chapter Smolentseva A. Massification, marketization, vocationalization, and stratification in Russian higher education, in: Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education. 2nd edition. Routledge, 2022.
Article Smolentseva A., Platonova D. The transformations of higher education in 15 post-Soviet countries: the state, the market and institutional diversification // Higher Education Policy. 2022 doi
Chapter Eggins H., Smolentseva A., de Wit H. Challenges and prospects for higher education, in: Higher Education in the Next Decade: Global Challenges, Future Prospects / Ed. by H. Eggins, A. Smolentseva, H. de Wit. Brill, 2021. P. 9-18.
Book Higher Education in the Next Decade: Global Challenges, Future Prospects / Ed. by H. Eggins, A. Smolentseva, H. de Wit. Brill, 2021.
Chapter Smolentseva A. What Is the Emerging Society with a High Participation Higher Education System?, in: Higher Education in the Next Decade: Global Challenges, Future Prospects / Ed. by H. Eggins, A. Smolentseva, H. de Wit. Brill, 2021. P. 186-204.
Article Smolentseva A. Marketisation of higher education and dual-track tuition fee system in post-Soviet countries // International Journal of Educational Development. 2020. Vol. 78. P. 102265. doi
Book 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries. Reform and Continuity / Ed. by J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, I. Froumin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi
Chapter Cantwell B., Marginson S., Smolentseva A. Conclusions: High participation higher education in the post-Trow era, in: High Participation Systems of Higher Education / Ed. by B. Cantwell, S. Marginson, A. Smolentseva. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. doi Ch. 16. P. 439-460.
Chapter Smolentseva A. Field of Higher Education Research, Russia, in: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Dordrecht : Springer, 2018. P. 1-8. doi
Book High Participation Systems of Higher Education / Ed. by B. Cantwell, S. Marginson, A. Smolentseva. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. doi
Chapter Smolentseva A. High participation society, in: High Participation Systems of Higher Education / Ed. by B. Cantwell, S. Marginson, A. Smolentseva. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. doi Ch. 7. P. 184-200.
Chapter Smolentseva A., Froumin I., Konstantinovsky D., Lisyutkin M. Stratification by the state and the market: High participation higher education in Russia, in: High Participation Systems of Higher Education / Ed. by B. Cantwell, S. Marginson, A. Smolentseva. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. doi Ch. 11. P. 295-333.
Chapter Smolentseva Anna, Huisman J., Froumin Isak. Transformation of higher education institutional landscape in post-Soviet countries: from Soviet model to where?, in: 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries. Reform and Continuity / Ed. by J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, I. Froumin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi P. 1-43. doi
Chapter Smolentseva A. Participation and access in higher education in Russia: continuity and change of a positional advantage, in: Access to Higher Education: Theoretical perspectives and contemporary challenges. Abingdon : Routledge, 2017. P. 190-204.
Article Smolentseva A. Universal higher education and positional advantage: Soviet legacies and neoliberal transformations in Russia // Higher Education. 2017. Vol. 73. No. 2. P. 209-226. doi
Article Smolentseva A. Where Soviet and neoliberal discourses meet: the transformation of the purposes of higher education in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia // Higher Education. 2017. Vol. 74. No. 6. P. 1091-1108 . doi
Chapter Smolentseva A. Russian higher education: a sociological analysis, in: Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education. Routledge, 2016. P. 241-250.
Article Smolentseva A. The Expansion of Higher Education and the Transformation of the Institutional Landscape in Post-Soviet Counties // Higher Education in Russia and Beyond. 2016. Vol. 2. No. 8. P. 6-8.
Chapter Smolentseva A. Transformations in the knowledge transmission mission of Russian universities: social vs economic instrumentalism, in: Re-becoming universities? Critical Comparative Reflections on Higher Education Institutions in Networked Knowledge Societies. Springer, 2016. doi P. 169-200. doi
Chapter Smolentseva A. Globalization and the Research Mission of Universities in Russia, in: Higher Education in the BRICS Countries: Investigating the Pact between Higher Education and Society. Springer, 2015. P. 399-421. doi
Chapter Smolentseva A. Between historical advantages and global challenges: Do the STEM disciplines matter in Russia?, in: The Age of STEM: Educational policy and practice across the world in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Routledge, 2014. P. 249-265.
Chapter Marginson S., Smolentseva A. Higher education in the world: main trends and facts, in: Higher Education in the World 5. Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change. GUNI Series on the Social Commitment of Universities. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Article Froumin I., Smolentseva A. Issues of transformation in post-socialist higher education systems (Guest-editors' introduction to the special issue) // European Journal of Higher Education. 2014. Vol. 4. No. 3. P. 205-208.
Article Smolentseva A. Faculty Research at Russian Universities // Journal of the Professoriate. 2011. Vol. 4. No. 2. P. 68-94.
Article Smolentseva A. Higher Education in Russia in the Twenty-first Century: Searching for Excellence // World Studies in Education. 2011. Vol. 12. No. 1. P. 41-59.
Chapter Stromquist N., Smolentseva A. The University in Turbulent Times: A Comparative Study of the United States and Russia, in: Universities and Global Diversity: Preparing Educators for Tomorrow. Routledge, 2011. P. 29-43.
Article Smolentseva A. In Search of World-Class Universities: The Case of Russia // International Higher Education. 2010. No. 58
Chapter Smolentseva A. La globalización y la educaciòn superior en Rusia. La imposición de la desigualdad en la profesión académica, in: La Profesión Académica en la Globalización: seis países, seis experiencias.Biblioteca de la Educación Superior. Mexico : Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior, 2009. P. 223-260.
Article Smolentseva A. Globalizacion y la Educacion Superior en Rusia: Repercusiones para la Profesion Academica // Revista de la Educacion Superior. 2008. Vol. 37 (1). No. 145. P. 63-70.
Chapter Smolentseva A. Educational Inequality in Russia, in: International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy. Springer, 2007. P. 143-156.
Article Smolentseva A. The Contemporary Professoriate: Towards A Diversified or Segmented Profession with Stromquist N., Gil-Antón M., Colatrella C., Mabokela R.O., Balbachevsky E. // Higher Education Quarterly. 2007. No. 61 (2). P. 114-135.
Article Smolentseva A. The Idea of a Research University in Russia // International Higher Education. 2007. No. 43. P. 6-7.
Chapter Smolentseva A. Russia, in: International Handbook of Higher Education Ч. 1. Дордрехт : Springer, 2006. P. 953-972.
Article Smolentseva A. Free Higher Education in Russia? // International Higher Education. 2005. No. 40. P. 22-23.
Article Smolentseva A. International Students in Russia // International Higher Education. 2004. No. 36. P. 18-20.
Article Smolentseva A. Challenges to the Russian Academic Profession // Higher Education. 2003. No. 45(4). P. 391-424.

Publications

Employment history

1994-2011 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Center for Sociological Studies
2011- Higher School of Economics, Institute of Education

Research projects

Contributions of Higher Education to Society and Economy, 2019 - present

Contributions of Higher Education to Society: Towards Conceptualization. Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Higher Education SIG, 25 апреля - 2 мая 2021

The Social Dynamics of High Participation Higher Education Systems, 2013-2016. Publications:

High Participation Systems of Higher Education / Ed. by B. Cantwell, S. Marginson, A. Smolentseva. Oxford University Press, 2018. Including chapters:

Smolentseva A. High participation society.

Smolentseva A., Froumin I., Konstantinovsky D., Lisyutkin M. Stratification by the state and the market: High participation higher education in Russia

Cantwell B., Marginson S., Smolentseva A. Conclusions: High participation higher education in the post-Trow era.

Smolentseva A. What Is the Emerging Society with a High Participation Higher Education System?, in: Higher Education in the Next Decade: Global Challenges, Future Prospects / Ed. by H. Eggins, A. Smolentseva, H. de Wit. Brill, 2021. P. 186-204.

Transformations of the institutional landscape in post-Soviet countries, 2014-2016. Publications:

25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries. Reform and Continuity / Ed. by J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, I. Froumin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi

Including an introductory chapter:

Smolentseva A., Huisman J., Froumin Isak. Transformation of higher education institutional landscape in post-Soviet countries: from Soviet model to where?

Transformation of higher education and social dynamics, 2013-2016. Supported by HSE ТЗ-34 HSE, 2013 (Change in Networks, Higher Education and Knowledge Societies (CINHEKS), an international project. Small grant from European Science Foundation (with David Hoffman, Aurelia Kollasch) to develop a web-platform for CINHEKS project. Publications:

Smolentseva A. Transformations in the knowledge transmission mission of Russian universities: social vs economic instrumentalism, in: Re-becoming universities? Critical Comparative Reflections on Higher Education Institutions in Networked Knowledge Societies. Springer, 2016. doi P. 169-200. doi

Smolentseva A. Where Soviet and neoliberal discourses meet: the transformation of the purposes of higher education in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia // Higher Education. 2017. Vol. 74. No. 6. P. 1091-1108 . doi

Nov

2015

HSE Researchers at the Annual ASHE Conference in Denver

On 4th - 7th November the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, ASHE took place in Denver, Colorado. Incorporated in 1976 ASHE is the oldest professional association in higher education studies and has more than 2,000 members, mostly Americans.

Dec

2014

HSE Researcher Elected Vice-Chair of Council for International Higher Education

Anna Smolentseva, Leading Research Fellow at HSE’s Institute of Education, has been elected Vice-Chair of the Council for International Higher Education (CIHE) of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).