Sofya Koval
- Senior Lecturer: Faculty of Law / School of Theory of Law and Comparative Law
- Sofya Koval has been at HSE University since 2020.
Education and Degrees
HSE University
HSE University
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2021–2023
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2022–2023)
Courses (2024/2025)
- Analytical Tradition in Legal Theory (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Analytical Tradition in Legal Theory (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Common Law: Traditions and Innovations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Law Technical Terms (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 5 year, 1 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Economics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Software Engineering; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business field of study Business Informatics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Software Engineering; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Software Engineering; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Economics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Applied Mathematics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Economics, Management; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Economics, Management; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Journalism; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, Media Communications; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Software Engineering, Business Informatics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Software Engineering, Business Informatics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Approaches to Legal Understanding (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
- Modern Approaches to Legal Understanding (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Analytical Legal Research" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar “Theoretical and Legal Studies of the Concepts of Legal Culture and Legal Consciousness” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Theory of State and Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Western legal tradition: continental law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 5 year, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Analytical Tradition in Legal Theory (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Analytical Tradition in Legal Theory (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Common Law: Traditions and Innovations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Psychology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics, field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Economics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Design, field of study Journalism; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Applied Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Main Political Concepts of Russian Modernity (Optional course (faculty); 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Law and culture" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Theory of State and Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology, field of study Political Science, field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry field of study Chemistry; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Management; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Design; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Philology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Philosophy of Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Political Philosophy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Social & Cultural Anthropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Social & Cultural Anthropology (Mago-Lego; 1-3 module)Rus
- Theory of State and Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Introduction to Sociocultural Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) field of study Information Security, field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Chemistry field of study Chemistry; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study History, field of study Economics, field of study Management; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology, field of study Political Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Journalism, field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study International Relations; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Business Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economics field of study Economics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology field of study Geography; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod) field of study Philology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philosophy, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, field of study History of Art, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Asian and African Studies, field of study Philology, field of study History; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Legal Literacy (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Philosophy of Law (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Social & Cultural Anthropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Introduction to Sociocultural Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Social & Cultural Anthropology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2023
ABSENCE, THE PRESENT AND THE PAST (Торонто (on-line)). Presentation: Law in Dystopian worlds
«Мир/миры будущего» (Москва). Presentation: Будущее субъектности и правосубъектности (AI)
- 2022
Annual Conference of ICON·S "Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law". Presentation: The Rule of Law: Legal Philosophy and Political Theory
XIII международная конференция Школы философии и культурологии НИУ ВШЭ Субъект и ответственность: природа, общество, культура (Москва). Presentation: Философско-правовой анализ метавселенной
Annual Conference of ICON·S "Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law". Presentation: The Rule of Law: Legal Philosophy and Political Theory
Конференция «Церковное право и культура: грани взаимодействия». Presentation: Религиозные мотивы и символизм в популярной культуре
- 2021
МИР 2021: контексты развития и сценарии будущего (Дубна). Presentation: Россия XXI век: конституционный кризис
Международная научная конференция студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Ломоносов-2021» (Москва). Presentation: Философия права Рональда Дворкина: между нормативизмом и позитивизмом
Annual Conference of ICON·S "The Future of Public Law" (Poland). Presentation: Ronald Dworkin’s Criticism of Positivist Constitutional Interpretation
МИР 2021: контексты развития и сценарии будущего (Дубна). Presentation: Россия XXI век: конституционный кризис
- 2020
Международная научная конференция студентов, аспирантов и молодых учёных «Ломоносов-2020» (Москва). Presentation: Проблема предмета и метода в аналитической философии права
Международная научная конференция «Проблемы методологии в юридической науке: от римского права к современным правовым концепциям» (Саратов). Presentation: Методология современной англо-американской философии права.
XI международная конференция Школы философии и культурологии НИУ ВШЭ «Способы мысли, пути говорения» (Москва). Presentation: Право и антиутопия
- 2019
X международная конференция Школы философии «Способы мысли, пути говорения», 22-26 апреля 2019 года (Москва). Presentation: Прошлое, настоящее и будущее в англо-американской философии права
Международная научная конференция: «Социокультурные детерминанты общественного развития: модели и прогнозы» (Дубна). Presentation: Проблема исторического контекста в аналитической философии права
XXVI Международная конференция студентов, аспирантов и молодых ученых "Ломоносов 2019 (Москва). Presentation: Критика правового позитивизма Г.Л.А. Харта в философии права Рональда Дворкина