Alexey Rotmistrov
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology / Department of Sociological Research Methods
- Alexey Rotmistrov has been at HSE University since 2012.
Education and Degrees
State University of Management
Thesis Title: Social Factors of the Russian Youth Protest Behavior (Comparative Analysis of Situations Early XX And Early XXI Centuries)
State University of Management, Sociology and HR
State University of Management, Sociology and HR
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
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2023–2025, 2021, 2018–2019, 2015–2016
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "Future Professoriate" (2015)
Category "New Lecturers" (2013–2014)
Courses (2026/2027)
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences)Rus
Courses (2025/2026)
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Web Scraping and Data Mining in Social Sciences (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Web Scraping and Data Mining in Social Sciences (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Big Data from Social Media: Collection and Exploratory Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Web Scraping and Data Mining in Social Sciences (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Basics of Python Programming and Data Analysis (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Collection and Analysis of Quantitative Data in Advertising and PR (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Collection and Analysis of Quantitative Data in Advertising and PR (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Mining and Machine Learning in Social Sciences (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Mining and Machine Learning in Social Sciences (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Web Scraping and Data Mining in Social Sciences (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Digital Analytics of Social Processes" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Collection and Analysis of Quantitative Data in Advertising and PR (Master’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis in Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Data Mining in Social Scienses: The Methods of Factor Analysis and Clustering (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Methodology and Research Methods in Sociology (Postgraduate course field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Methodology and Research Methods in Sociology: Contemporary Methods of Sociological Data Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1Q. Tang A сomparison of аnti-COVID-19 vaccine attitude in China and India through social media platforms
The scientific and educational resource http://rotmistrov.com
The scientific and educational resource http://rotmistrov.com
As part of this initiative, I popularize methods of sociology, marketing, political analytics, i.e. the data analysis methods that address sociological, marketing, political science problems.
The resource contains video guidance and other information dedicated data analysis methods.
How to choose the right procedure or method of data analysis?
If you know the name of the method you are interested in, just look it up on the site one of 4 ways:
- hovering the mouse over the item Методы in the main menu (where methods are in alphabetical order)
- using the navigation buttons on the methods on the right (in the mobile version - below)
- by using the search option in your web browser (usually Cntl + F)
- by using the search option on the site at the top right
If you do not find your preferred method, write to me, so I prepared video guidance on it.
If you do not know exactly what method you are interested, read the small text on the methods page.
HSE Researchers Receive Grants in Russian Science Foundation Competitions
The Russian Science Foundation announced the results of its 2019 competitions for support from the Presidential Research Project Programme. One competition was for grants in support of research initiatives by early career researchers, and another was in support of research conducted by research groups headed by early career scholars.