Elena Sautkina
- Professor:Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology
- Elena Sautkina has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education and Degrees
- 2004
PhD in Environmental Psychology
Paris V University (Paris Descartes) - 2000
Master's in Social Psychology
Paris V University (Paris Descartes) - 1997
Degree with Honours in Psychology
Russian State University for the Humanities 1st Class Honours
Courses (2024/2025)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Communicating social psychology research to non-academic audience (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Environmental psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
Environmental Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; field of study "37.04.01. Психология", field of study "37.04.01. Психология"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
Urban Health (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; field of study "07.04.04. Градостроительство", field of study "07.04.04. Градостроительство"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Communicating social psychology research to non-academic audience (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Environmental psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Environmental Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Environmental Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Environmental Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Theory and Methodology of Modern Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Communicating social psychology research to non-academic audience (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar: Analysis of Text Data in Social Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Theory and Methodology of Modern Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Theory and Methods of Social Psychology for Scientific Evaluation of Programs (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Books2
- Book Cummins S., Ogilvie D., White M., Petticrew M., Jones A., Goodwin D., Sautkina E., Mapp F. National Evaluation of the Healthy Communities Challenge Fund: The Healthy Towns Programme in England. Technical Report. London: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2016.
- Book Poortinga W., Sautkina E., Thomas G., Wolstenholme E. The English plastic bag charge: Changes in attitudes and behaviour. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University, 2016.
Articles and book chapters28
- Chapter Sautkina E. Aggression, in: 100 Key Concepts in Environmental Psychology. Routledge, 2023. doi Ch. 3. P. 2-3.
- Article Agissova F., Ivanova A., Sautkina E. Political values, patriotism, institutional trust and connectedness to nature predict environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour // Psyecology. 2023. Vol. 14. No. 2. P. 244-296. doi
- Chapter Sautkina E. Urban Crime, in: 100 Key Concepts in Environmental Psychology. Routledge, 2023. doi Ch. 93. P. 162-162.
- Article Иванова А. А., Агисова Ф., Шевель Т. М., Сауткина Е. В. Адаптация и валидизация шкалы проэкологической мотивации на российской выборке // Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2023. Т. 20. № 4. С. 679-698. doi
- Article Сауткина Е. В., Иванова А. А. Роль мотивации к защите окружающей среды в детерминации проэкологического поведения в России // Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2023. Т. 20. № 4. С. 623-642. doi
- Article Иванова А. А., Агисова Ф. Б., Сауткина Е. В., Кабанова В. С., Патракова Н. А., Иванде С. К. Российская шкала проэкологического поведения: разработка и психометрическая оценка // Экспериментальная психология. 2023. Т. 16. № 2. С. 218-234.
- Chapter Sautkina E. Agression, in: Psychologie environnementale : 100 notions clés. Dunod, 2022. Ch. 3. P. 19-19.
- Chapter Sautkina E. Insécurité urbaine, in: Psychologie environnementale : 100 notions clés. Dunod, 2022. Ch. 51. P. 137-137.
- Article Сауткина Е.В., Агисова Ф.Б., Иванова А.А., Иванде К.С., Кабанова В.С. Проэкологическое поведение в России. Систематический обзор исследований // Экспериментальная психология. 2022. Т. 15. № 2. С. 172-193. doi
- Article Agissova F., Sautkina E. The Role of Personal and Political Values in Predicting Environmental Attitudes and Pro-environmental Behavior in Kazakhstan // Frontiers in Psychology. 2020. Vol. 11. P. 3660. doi
- Article Иванова А. А., Агисова Ф. Б., Сауткина Е. В. Проэкологическое поведение в России: адаптация шкалы Кэмерона Брика и связь с экологической обеспокоенностью // Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал. 2020. Т. 13. № 70. С. 7.
- Article Thomas G. O., Sautkina E., Poortinga W., Wolstenholme E., Whitmarsh L. E. The English plastic bag charge changed behaviour and increased support for other charges to reduce plastic waste // Frontiers in Psychology. 2019. No. 10:266. P. 1-12. doi
- Article Nash N., Whitmarsh L., Capstick S., Hargreaves T., Poortinga W., Thomas G., Sautkina E., Xenias D. Climate-relevant behavioral spillover and the potential contribution of social practice theory. // WIREs Climate Change. 2017. Vol. 8. No. 6. P. 1-16. doi
- Article Thomas G., Poortinga W., Sautkina E. Habit discontinuity, self-activation, and the diminishing influence of context change: evidence from the UK understanding society survey // Plos One. 2016. Vol. 11. No. 4. P. 1-16. doi
- Article Thomas G., Poortinga W., Sautkina E. The Welsh single-use carrier bag charge and behavioral spillover. // Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2016. Vol. 47. P. 126-135. doi
- Article Goodwin D., Mapp F., Sautkina E., Jones A., Ogilvie D., White M., Petticrew M., Cummins S. How can planning add value to obesity prevention programmes? A qualitative study of planning and planners in the Healthy Towns programme in England // Health and Place. 2014. Vol. 30. P. 120-126. doi
- Article Sautkina E., Goodwin D., Jones A., Ogilvie D., Petticrew M., White M., Cummins S. Lost in translation? Theory, policy and practice in systems-based environmental approaches to obesity prevention in the Healthy Towns programme in England // Health and Place. 2014. Vol. 29. P. 60-66. doi
- Article Kearns A., McKee M., Sautkina E., Cox J., Bond L. How to mix? Spatial configurations, modes of production and resident perceptions of mixed tenure neighbourhoods // Cities. 2013. Vol. 35. P. 397-408. doi
- Article Kearns A., McKee M., Sautkina E., Weeks G., Bond L. Mixed-Tenure Orthodoxy: Practitioner Reflections on Policy Effects // Cityscape. 2013. Vol. 15. No. 2. P. 47-67.
- Article Sautkina E., Cummins S., Petticrew M., Goodwin D., Jones A., Ogilvie D., White M. More than Obesity Prevention? Defining Outcomes in the Healthy Towns Programme in England // Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013. Vol. 67. No. 1. P. A31-A31. doi
- Article Sautkina E., Bond L., Kearns A. Mixed Evidence on Mixed Tenure Effects: Findings from a Systematic Review of UK Studies, 1995–2009 // Housing Studies. 2012. Vol. 27. No. 6. P. 748-782. doi
- Article Goodwin D., Cummins S., Sautkina E., Ogilvie D., Petticrew M., Jones A., Wheeler K., White M. The role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in England: a qualitative stakeholder interview study // Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012. Vol. 67. P. 106-112. doi
- Article Bond L., Sautkina E., Kearns A. Mixed Messages about Mixed Tenure: Do Reviews Tell the Real Story? // Housing Studies. 2011. Vol. 26. No. 1. P. 69-94 . doi
- Article Egan M., Kearns A., Tannahill C., Bond L., Coyle J., Beck S., Crawford F., Hanlon P., Lawson L., McLean J., Petticrew M., Sautkina E., Thomson H., Walsh D. Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme // BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2010. Vol. 10. No. 41. P. 1-12. doi
- Article Gifford R., Scannell L., Kormos S., Smolova L., Biel A., Boncu S., Corral V., Günther H., Hanyu K., Hine D., Kaiser F., Korpela K., Lima M., Mertig A., Garcia-Mira R., Moser G., Passafaro P., Pinheiro J., Saini S., Sako T., Sautkina E., Savina Y., Schmuck P., Schultz W., Sobeck K., Sundblad E., Uzzell D. Temporal pessimism and spatial optimism in environmental assessments: An 18-nation study // Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2009. Vol. 29. No. 1. P. 1-12. doi
- Article Sautkina E., Kochetkov N. Notes on the current state of environmental psychology in Russia // Bulletin of People-Environment Studies. 2008. Vol. 34. P. 35-39.
- Chapter Amador S., Sautkina E. Analysing incivilities in places of business open to the public: Linking theory, research and practice., in: Environmental Psychology: Putting research into practice. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. P. 61-73.
- Chapter Rouquette M., Sautkina E., Castro P., Felonneau M., Michel-Guillou E. Social representations theory and environmental studies, in: Designing social innovation: planning, building, evaluating. Göttingen : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2005. P. 107-115.
Edited1
Working papers1
Conferences
2013-2018 Conferences
- 2018Московский Урбанистический Форум. Мегаполис будущего. Новое пространство для жизни. (Москва). Presentation: Transforming Urban Stressors into Opportunities: A Transactional Approach
- 2017International Conference on Environmental Psychology. Theories of Change and Social Innovation in Transitions Towards Sustainability (А-Корунья). Presentation: Behavioural and policy spillover of the English Plastic Bag Charge: Findings from a longitudinal mixed-methods research.
- 2016British Psychological Society, Social Psychology Section Annual Conference (Кардифф). Presentation: ‘It makes me think’. A Multi-Method Study of the English Plastic Bag Charge as a Habit Disruptor.
- 24th IAPS conference. The human being at home, work and leisure. Sustainable use and development of indoor and outdoor spaces in late modern everyday life. (Лунд). Presentation: The English Plastic Bag Charge and Environmental Behaviour Change: A Diary-Interview Study.
- XVI Polish Sociological Congress (Гданьск). Presentation: Awareness, compassion and non-duality: How Social Sciences can contribute to a positive shift in the times of unrest.
- 201511th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology (Гренинген). Presentation: People, environments and change. Open questions for travelers in time and complexity.
- 2nd Annual Conference of the British Environmental Psychology Society. (Шеффилд). Presentation: Identifying ‘candidate behaviours’ for behaviour spillover of the Plastic Bag Charge.
- 2nd Annual Conference of the British Environmental Psychology Society. (Шеффилд). Presentation: Patterns of Pro-Environmental Behaviours, and their Associations with Values and Attitudes.
- 201310th Biennial Environmental Psychology Conference, German Association of Environmental Psychology (Магдебург). Presentation: Environmental sustainability co-benefits of tackling obesity in the Healthy Towns Programme in England.
- Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting (Брайтон). Presentation: Defining ‘relevant outcomes’ in the Healthy Towns Programme in England.
- Annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity. (Гент). Presentation: Wider than obesity prevention? Defining outcomes in the Healthy Towns Programme in England.
Grants
2015-2017: Pro-environmental behaviours in supermarkets: An observational study of carrier bag use in England and Wales. Cardiff University.
2015-2018: The English Plastic Bag Charge and Behavioural Spillover: A Field Experiment,
Diary Study and Secondary Data Analysis. ESRC.
2010-2014: National Evaluation of the Healthy Towns Programme in England. Funder: Department of Health, England.
2008-2010: GoWell, a 10-year learning and evaluation programme. Funders: Scottish Government, Glasgow Housing Association, NHS Health Scotland.
2005-2008: Environmental and Psychosocial Factors of Sense of Safety in Built Environment. Post-doctoral fellowship grant. The Foundation of Science and Technology, Portugal. (Individual fellowship)
2004-2005: Study of Socio-Environmental Bonds: Social Distinction and Incivilities in Places of Business Open to the Public. SNCF, La Poste, Galeries Lafayette.
2000-2003. Pick-pocketing: environmental and psychosocial factors of the
delinquent-victim interaction. PhD fellowship. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France. (Individual fellowship)
1998-1999: Postgraduate fellowship grant. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France. (Individual fellowship)
Employment history
2018 – present: Professor
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2015 – 2017: Research Associate
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK.
2010 – 2014: Research Fellow
Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine, UK.
2008 – 2010: Investigator Scientist
Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Glasgow University, UK.
2005 – 2008: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Social and Organisational Psychology, Lisbon University Institute - ISCTE,
Portugal.
2004 – 2005: Research Associate
Laboratory of Environmental Psychology CNRS UMR 8069, René Descartes - Paris 5
University, France.
1999 – 2004: Research and Teaching Assistant
Laboratory of Environmental Psychology CNRS UMR 8069, René Descartes - Paris 5
University, France.
Members of Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group participated in 27th IAPS International Conference
Members of Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group, Professor Elena Sutkina, PhD Candidates Alexandra Ivanova and Fatikha Agissova, presented their research results at the online conference organized by the International Association of People-Environment Studies on July 5-7, 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group members presented project results at a seminar at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg
Head of Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group, Professor Elena Sautkina and Research and Study Group member, PhD student of School of Psychology Alexandra Ivanova made a presentation “Development and Validation of the Russian Scale of Pro-Environmental Behaviour” at the seminar organized by the Personality and Social Psychology Division of the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany.
Researchers Explain What Makes People Pro-Environmental
The HSE School of Psychology has studied the psychological, social, and political factors behind Russians’ pro-environmental behaviour. It appears that women hold more pro-environmental attitudes than men, trust in the free market negatively affects sustainable consumption, and awareness of the benefits of pro-environmental actions better motivates people to sort waste than environmental concern or connectedness to nature. The study has been published by SSRN.
Environmental Behaviour Spillover: Elusive or Real?
At the regular seminar of Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group held April 29, 2021, Professor Elena Sautkina, School of Psychology, HSE University, presented a report: Environmental Behaviour Spillover: Elusive or Real?
April Conference Session "Environmental Psychology: Pro-environmental Behaviour and Its Determinants" held by Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group
On April 15, 2021, Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group, HSE University, organized the session “Environmental Psychology: Pro-Environmental Behaviour and Its Determinants” in the framework of XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.
Psychology’s Role in Studying Pro-Environmental Behaviour
At the first seminar of Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group, Professor Elena Sautkina (Department of Psychology, HSE University) presented a report: Psychology’s Role in Studying Pro-Environmental Behaviour. The seminar was held on Feb. 11 on the Zoom platform.
VI International Research Conference "Culture in society, between groups and across generations"
April 5-6 the VI International Research Conference "Culture in society, between groups and across generations", organized by the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research at the Expert Institute of the Higher School of Economics took place in Moscow.
The Success of an Environmental Charge
How the British society tackles excessive plastic bag use
Habit Disruption and Behaviour Spillover. A Study of the English Plastic Bag Charge
On December 11 Elena Sautkina (PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology,Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "Habit Disruption and Behaviour Spillover. A Study of the English Plastic Bag Charge".