Конча Валерия

Responsibilities

Junior Research Fellow:

data management and analysis
writing scientific articles
project management, control over the stages of its implementation
Research Fellow Laboratory for Linguistic, Intercultural and Creative Competencies:
data management and analysis
writing scientific articles
project management, control over the stages of its implementation

Digital Consultant:

Conducting individual and group consultations on the use of AI in teaching and research

Education

2022

Master's
HSE University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Advanced training course "Lecturing in English: Teaching vs. Learning", Academic Writing Center, 2025

Advanced training course “The basic concepts of artificial intelligence and its application to problem solving (advanced level)”, 2024

Advanced training course “Teach for HSE: 7 key principles of teaching excellence”, 2024

Sociological School "Modern Researcher: Communication, Analytics and Big Data Analysis, Consulting", WCIOM 2022

Bayesian Statistics, IPSA HSE, 2021

International Organizations Management, University of Geneva, 2020

Professional Interests

Digital Politics: Mobilization, Engagement,and Participation data science plurilingual creativity protests and social movements predictive models digital technologies AI (artificial intellence)

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2023–2024
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2024–2025)

Postgraduate Studies

3rd year of study
Approved topic of thesis: The Transformation of the Collective Identities of the Participants of the Protest and Counter-protest Movements: the cases of Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter
Academic Supervisor: Andrey S. Akhremenko

Courses (2024/2025)

Government and Public Policy in the Age of Digital Technology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Government and Public Policy in the Age of Digital Technology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Government and Public Policy in the Age of Digital Technology (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Modern Political Science (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Modern Political Science (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Modern Political Science (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

- Koncha V. 2019. Youth Silk – building the Silk Road culture exchange and cooperation among the youth of the 21st century International Conference, Beijing, China.
- Koncha V, (April 2-3, 2021)April theses International Conference, Perm University, Russia
- Koncha V, (November 11-13, 2021) “The Effect of Inequality and Polarization on Democratic Stability”, 3rd International Conference on Inequality and Diversity (IDC—2021), St. Petersburg, Russia
- Koncha, V. Kharkhurin, A.V (April 12-14, 2021). "The influence of intercultural competence on bilingual’s creativity". The “Multilingual Urban Space” international conference, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
- Koncha, V. Kharkhurin, A.V., & Charkhabi, M. (December 3-4, 2021). The interactive effects of multilingual and multicultural experiences on creative thinking. Implications for plurilingual creativity paradigm. Languages, Education, and Development Conference. Moscow, Russia
- Koncha, V. Kharkhurin, A.V., & Charkhabi, M. (July 5-8 2022). Exploring moderation effects of plurilingualism and pluriculturalism on divergent thinking. 17th European Congress of Psychology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Koncha V. (July 14-17, 2022). The role of tolerance and intolerance of ambiguity in the effects of plurilingualism and pluriculturalism on creativity. South Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, USA
- Evgeny Sedashov, Belenkov Vadim, Valeriya Koncha. The Effect of Internet Shutdowns on Protest Activity in India: an Empirical Investigation. 16th International Conference Management of large-scale system development (MLSD) 2023.

2021
The “Multilingual Urban Space” international conference (Москва). Presentation: The influence of intercultural competence on bilingual’s creativity

Grants

Russian Science Foundation No 64, the research topic: «Contribution of
multilingualism and intercultural competence to emotional burnout resistance»,
Project No 22-28-00958

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2024

AWC Welcome day 2024: the AWC team’s takeaways

The traditional AWC Welcome Day was as exciting as always and gathered about 100 participants. The workshops explored a diverse array of topics, from a reviewer's nightmares to AI tools for writing a literature review. Each session was packed with innovative ideas and practical advice that inspired and engaged participants.

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