Князева Елена Николаевна

Education, Degrees and Academic Titles

2016

Member of the International Academy of Science

2015

Associate Professor

1995

Doctor of Sciences* in Ontology and Epistemology
Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Evolution of Scientific Knowledge: the Processes of Self-Organisation

1986

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Ontology and Epistemology

1985

Doctoral programme in Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

1982

Degree
Lenin Moscow State Teacher Training Institute

* 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.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Professional Interests

interdisciplinarity epistemology philosophy of science philosophy of mind cognitive studies Futures Studies complexity studies biosemiotics bioethics creative thinking

Courses (2025/2026)

History of the Philosophical Foundations of Science (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Problems of Scientific Method (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
Research Seminar "Contemporary Discussions in Philosophy of Science" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Contemporary Discussions in Philosophy of Science" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Rus
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Research projects

2022-2024 - the project of the Russian Science Foundation No. 22-18-00450 «The Many-worlds Conceptions as a Tool of Scientific Research and Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Knowledge», research project leader.
2015-2017 - research project of the Russian Foundation of Humanities 15-03-00860 "Methodology of Management of Network Structures in the Context of the Paradigm of Complexity", Head of Research.
2013-2015 - research project of the Russian Foundation of Basic Research 13-06-00813а "Evolutionary Thinking as a Foundation of Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Knowledge", Head of Research.
2011-2013 - international Russian-Byelorussian research project of the Russian Foundation of Humanities and Byelorussian Foundation of Basic Research 11-23-01005/Bel "Innovative Complexity: Methodological, Cognitive and Social Aspects", Head of Resarch from the Russian Side - Helena Knyazeva.

Editorial board membership

2020: Member of the Editorial Board (Scientific Committee), Acta Europeana Systemica.

2020: Member of the Editorial Council (Scientific Council), Філософія освіти. Philosophy of Education.

2017: Member of the Editorial Board (Editorial Board), Философия. Philosophy. Bulgarian journal of philosophical education (Philosophy. Bulgarian journal of philosophical education).

2017: Member of the Editorial Board , Философия науки и техники.

2015: Member of the Editorial Board (Comité Científico), Ludus complexus: Revista multiversitaria de complejidad.

2014: Member of the Editorial Council , PRAXEMA. Проблемы визуальной семиотики.

2013: Member of the Editorial Board (International Editorial Board Member), Systema: connecting matter, life, culture and technology.

2012: Deputy Editor-in-chief , Сложные системы.

Editor of special issues of scientific journals

Special issue of Foresight and STI Governance, 2020, Vol. 14, N 4, with the topiс “The Strategic Management in the Context of Dynamic Complexity”.

Conferences

2022
VIII Российский философский Конгресс (Москва). Presentation: Ментальные образы и их роль в креативном мышлении
III Конгресс Русского общества истории и философии науки "После постпозитивизма" (Саратов). Presentation: Множественность когнитивных миров живых существ: изучая наследие Я. фон Икскюля
Экономика сложности и скрытые источники роста (Москва). Presentation: Нелинейная динамика экономических процессов: подсказки из науки о сложности

2021
Foresight Tools: Evolution and New Approaches (Москва). Presentation: Empowering Foresight Methodology by Advances in Complexity Science
WOSC Congress 2021 (Москва (online)). Presentation: The Systemic Approach to Psychosomatic Health in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic
WOSC Congress 2021 (Москва (online)). Presentation: The Methodology of Construction of Active Self-Developing Media from the Standpoint of Enactivism
XII международная конференция Школы философии и культурологии НИУ ВШЭ «Философия и культура в период пандемии» (Москва). Presentation: Психосоматическое здоровье человека в эпоху пандемии COVID-19
37th Summer Academy "Homeland Earth - Peace Politics in the Age of the Anthropocene" (Schlaining). Presentation: Complex thinking: re-conceiving Edgar Morin’s paradigm
VI Congreso Internacional y XI Nacional Digital de Pedagogía Universitaria y Didáctica del Derecho (Santiago). Presentation: Systemic Approach to Education: Trends in Educational Policy of the XXI Century

2019
4th World Conference on Complex Systems (Ouarzazate). Presentation: The Systemic Methodology of Organization of Active Innovative Media
Пятая Балканская научная конференция «Наука – образование – искусство в XXI веке» (Благоевград ). Presentation: What to Teach: Trends in Educational Policy of the XXI Century
Пятая Балканская научная конференция «Наука – образование – искусство в XXI веке» (Благоевград ). Presentation: What to Teach: Trends in Educational Policy of the XXI Century

2018
XXIV World Congress of Philosophy "Learning to be Human" (Пекин). Presentation: The Biological Roots of Meaning-Making in the Universe
3rd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk, COMPLEXIS 2018 (Funchal, Madeira). Presentation: Management of Co-evolutionary Complexity: Some Methodological Considerations
A Systemic Vision of the Crises: From Optimization to Change Strategy. 10th Congress of the European Union for Systemics (UES2018). (Брюссель ). Presentation: The Notion of Ecology of Action in the Context of Social Constructivism

2016
Congreso Internacional "Todos los Saberes" (Mexico-City). Presentation: The Complex Thought and Its Borders
Congrès mondial pour la pensée complexe. Les défis d'un monde globalisé (Париж). Presentation: La pensée complexe comme l’art de penser et de construire le monde

2015
18th Herbstakademie. The Circularity of Mind and Body (Heidelberg). Presentation: The Idea of Circularity as a Basis of Enactivism

2014
16th Congress of the World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC 2014) (Ибаге ). Presentation: Construction of Complexity: What is Allowed from the Evolutionary Point of View

Speeches and interviews in the media

Interview with the journal "Foresight and STI Governance" (HSE) "Taking Advantages of Uncertainty and Randomness"

Employment history

From 1985 to 2013 - research work at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) with the staff position from Junior Research Associate to Head of Department of Evolutionary Epistemology.

From 2008 to 2013 - Head of Department of Evolutionary Epistemology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

In 1993 - tutor at the DePauw University (IN, USA).

Invited scholar

Scholarship Holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany (1996-1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2015), researches at the Hermann Haken Center of Synergetics by the University of Stuttgart and at the Karl von Linde Academy by the University of Munich in the collaboration with Klaus Mainzer;
Invited Scholar at the Center of Transdisciplinary Research (Sociology, Anthropology, History) /CETSAH/ led by Edgar Morin with the support of La Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in France (2000, 2002, 2005);
Participant of the programs of academic exchange with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2009), Academy of Sciences of Czech Republiс (2010), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2012);
Grant Holder of Soros Foundation (1994-1995), INTAS (1995-1997).

Texts of Key Publications

More than 450 published works, including 10 monographs.
Some of my publications can be downloaded from the sites:
https://hse-ru.academia.edu/knyazeva
http://philpapers.org/profile/43355

Membership in the international organizations

Russian Philosophical Society (since 1983);
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Komplexe Systeme und Nichtlineare Dynamik (since 1997);
Association pour la Pensée Complexe, France (since 1997);
Advisory Board of the Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society;
Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science (BCSSS, Аustria);
Research Committee on Sociocybernetics (RC 51) in the frames of the International Sociological Association (since 1997);
Scientific Council “Multiversidad Mundo Real Edgar Morin”, Mexico;
Lifeboard Foundation. Selfguarding Humatity;
Darwin Project Council (USA);
Book series “Exploring Unity through Diversity” (published by the BCSSS), BCSSS

Links to texts of some publications

More than 500 published works, including 10 monographs. Some key works may be downloaded from sites:

ACADEMIA.EDU

Research gate

Knyazeva H. List of publications in international journals, proceedings and books (PDF, 832 Кб)

Published translations

More than 30 translations of the works of prominent Western scholars in the fields of the theory of complexity (synergetics), philosophy of mind, evolotionary epistemology and bioethics have been published.

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