Ilia Inshakov

Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Politics and Governance

Ilia Inshakov has been at HSE University since 2014.

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Education and Degrees

2023

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
HSE University

2022

Doctoral programme
HSE University

2019

Master's
HSE University

2017

Bachelor's in Political Science
HSE University

* 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.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Master’s course "Marxism and Neomarxism" by European University. Saint Petersburg, Russia (2022)

Summer School of HSE and University of Iceland "Escapes from Modernity. Democratic Constitutional Design: Negotiating Civic Engagement, Institutional Control and the Common Good". Bifröst, Iceland (2019)

Professional Development Program "Teach for HSE" by HSE and Maastricht University. Moscow, Russia (2017)

Winter School of HSE and University of Tartu "Escapes from Modernity. The State and the Body: Borders, Security and Refugee Crisis". Kääriku, Estonia (2016)

Professional Interests

political theory political ideology sociology of labor sociology of science

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2020–2024, 2018
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers under 30" (2018)

Courses (2024/2025)

Foundations of Normative Thinking about Modern Politics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Eng
Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Political Science, field of study Political Science; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The History of Political Thought (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Political Science; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Foundations of Normative Thinking about Modern Politics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Eng
Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Political Science, field of study Political Science; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar - 3 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The History of Political Thought (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

Foundations of Normative Thinking about Modern Politics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Political Science, field of study Political Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Research Seminar - 3 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The History of Political Thought (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Political Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Foundations of Normative Thinking about Modern Politics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar - 3 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The History of Political Thought (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

Foundations of Normative Thinking about Modern Politics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The History of Political Thought (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Political Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Dissertation for a Candidate of Sciences degree

2023
I. Inshakov Современный кризис политической утопии в западном марксизме

Conferences

IX Russian Congress of Political Scientists "Russia and the Political Order in a Changing World: Values, Institutions, Prospects". Presentation: Postmodernity as a (not) Time for Utopia. Moscow. 18.04.2021

Conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences of HSE "Alliance of Social Sciences". Invited Expert. Moscow. 10.10.2021

XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Presentation: Disciplinary and Biopolitical Regulation in Contemporary Russian Companies: Employee Resistance Practices. Moscow. 14.04.2020

Conference "Trajectories of Russia's Political Development: Institutions, Projects, Actors". Presentation: Ideas of Russian and European Political Scientists about Political Science: Comparative Analysis. Moscow. 7.12.2019

Conference "Citizen Political Scientist". Presentation: "Heuristic Argument in Defense of the "Politicization" of Political Philosophy. Saint Petersburg. 16.05.2019

The First Forum of Political Scientists of the RANEPA, round table "Politics in the Digital World: Trends and Innovations". Invited Expert. Moscow. 25.03.2019

Employment history

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE (2022 – present)

Research Assistant at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, HSE (2019 – 2023)

Research Assistant at the Politics & Psychology Laboratory, HSE (2021 – 2022)

Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE (2020-2022)

Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE (2017-2020)

Teaching assistant for the course "Formation of the State Policy in Russia and Foreign Countries", Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE (2016)

Teaching assistant for the course "Political theory", Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE (2015-2016)

Aug

2022

Two ANR-Lab employees were among the best teachers of HSE University

Irina Zangieva and Ilia Inshakov were among the best teachers in the HSE Faculty of Social Sciences according to the results of the student elections.

Sep

2020

ANR-Lab staff are the best teachers of 2020

Based on the student assessment of teaching performance, three of our employees were selected as the best teachers and received teaching allowances.

Sep

2019

ANR-Lab at the 4th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2019)

ANR-Lab members took part in the 4th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2019), whichwas held on September 9-12 in Zurich, Switzerland.