Ekaterina Pavlenko
- Senior Lecturer: Institute of Education / Department of Educational Programmes
- Research Fellow: Institute of Education / Centre for Vocational Education and Skills Development
- Ekaterina Pavlenko has been at HSE University since 2009.
Education and Degrees
HSE University
University of Manchester
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.
Responsibilities
Writing academic articles, presentations at conferences, preparation of grant applications in the Center's fundamental research.
Research focused on studying the role of culture in the formation of inequality, youth educational and career decision-making, and transition to adulthood.
Organization and coordination of data collection (interviews) and storage in the "Tracer Atom" project.
Mentorship on preparing academic articles in English.
Conferences
- 2025
ХХI Международная научно-практическая конференция «Тенденции развития образования: образовательная политика и качество образования» (Москва). Presentation: Культурно-организационный подход к исследованию формирования траекторий в СПО
«Подросток в мегаполисе — 2025» (Москва). Presentation: Культурные факторы формирования выбора профессии
«Подросток в мегаполисе — 2025» (Москва). Presentation: Культурные факторы формирования выбора профессии
- 2021
En-Compass-ing Culture(s): Beyond East/West and South/North. 8th mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture research network (RN7), 10th - 12th March 2021, Helsinki, Finland 8th mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture research network (RN7) (Хельсинки). Presentation: Agency and imagined futures of the Russian working-class youth
- 2019
XX Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Educational and life ambitions of contemporary Russian schoolchildren
14th Conference European Sociological Association "Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging" (Манчестер). Presentation: Horizons of Educational Decision-Making: Symbolic Logics Behind the Decision to Leave School for Vocational Education
14th Conference European Sociological Association "Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging" (Манчестер). Presentation: Educational and Career Choice of Russian School-leavers
Culture and Education: Social Transformations and Multicultural Communication RC04 Sociology of Education International Sociological Association (ISA) (Москва). Presentation: Uncertainty of Educational and Career Aspirations
- 2017
Восьмая международная конференция Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, «Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Longitudinal and Lifecourse Research» (Стирлинг). Presentation: Symbolic Structures of the Life Course: How Failed Hopes Are Fixed
- 2016
Вторая международная конференция «Cultural sociology and education: meanings, choices and trajectories» (Москва). Presentation: Horizons of planning in educational choices
Симпозиума «Л.С. Выготский и современное детство» (Москва). Presentation: Взросление как процесс формирования идентичности. Идентичность как нарратив
- 2015
Cultural Sociology Writ Small: The Surprising Merits of Modest Case Study Research (Нью Хевен). Presentation: The effect of changing meaning of «adulthood» on the life course
- 2014
Cultural Sociology and Education (Växjö). Presentation: On adulthood as a step in biography and framework for educational decisions
Advancing Cultural Sociology: Yale Center for Cultural Sociology Anniversary Conference (Нью Хейвен). Presentation: Conquered Growing-Up: Developing Identity through Transgression
- 2013
Konstanzer Meisterklasse “Crisis and Collapse” (Констанц). Presentation: Conquered Growing-Up: Creating Identity through Transgression
IV Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования «Университетские традиции: ресурс или бремя?» (Москва). Presentation: Роль культурной категории «успех» в формировании индивидуальных образовательных и жизненных траекторий
The European Conference on Educational Research ECER 2013 (Стамбул). Presentation: Cultural Sociology in Education: Putting Educational Trajectories into New Perspective
Konstanzer Meisterklasse “Crisis and Collapse” (Констанц). Presentation: Growing up with transgression
- 2012
Конференция: Телесные режимы молодежи в повседневной жизни (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Типичные способы принятия решений с точки зрения степени «освоенности» тела молодыми людьми
- 2010
3rd ESA Sociology of Culture Research Network mid-term Conference 'Culture and the Making of Worlds' (Милан). Presentation: Analysis of «the picture of the world» production in a small town
3rd ESA Sociology of Culture Research Network mid-term Conference 'Culture and the Making of Worlds' (Милан). Presentation: Analysis of «the picture of the world» production in a small town
Courses (2025/2026)
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Mago-Lego; Institute of Education; 1 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Humanities; 2 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, Pedagogy; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Sociology of Education (Postgraduate course field of study Postgraduate Studies; 2 year, 1 semester)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Sociology of Education (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Research Seminar - 2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Theories of Modernity in Contemporary Cultural Sociology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
‘Silent Frontier’: New Study Examines Why TVET Remains Overlooked in Sociology of Education
Researchers from the IOE Centre for Skills Development and Vocational Education published a new article titled “The Silent Frontier: Vocational Education and its Marginalization in the Sociology of Education”. In it, they explore why technical and vocational education and training (TVET) continues to occupy a marginal position within the sociology of education (SoE), despite its significant role in education systems and young people’s transitions into the labour market.
Growing up in Russia's Largest Arctic City: Educational Strategies in an Industrial Monotown
In Norilsk, Russia's largest Arctic city and an industrial monotown, how do young people navigate their future in the face of extreme environmental challenges, social isolation, and labour market limitations? IOE’s researchers examine transition and mobility among vocational students of industrial specialisations.