Митрофанова Екатерина Сергеевна

Responsibilities

leading the Laboratory of Social and Demographic Policies
supervising the master's program "Comparative Social Research"
supervising of the student society "Demographer"
creation and conduction of study courses

Education and Degrees

2019

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
HSE University

2014

Doctoral programme in Demography
HSE University, Sociology

2011

MA in Economic Sociology and Demography

2011

Master's in Demography
HSE University, Sociology

2009

Degree in Human Resources
Moscow State University of Instrumentation and Informatics, Management

* 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.

Professional Interests

demography time in social sciences life course generations transition to adulthood Sequence Analysis event history analysis

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2024, 2020–2021, 2015
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2013–2014)
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Engagement in Inter-Campus and Inter-Faculty Activities’ — 2024
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘International Admissions’ — 2023
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Retention and Loyalty’ — 2023

Competitions, stipends, and other achievements

2019-2020 – HSE award for academic achievements
06.2019 – The third degree diploma of the Third All-Russia Competition of Young Teachers of Universities
2018-2019 – HSE award for academic achievements
2017-2018 – HSE award for academic achievements
2016-2017 – HSE award for academic achievements
2015-2016 – Scientific advising of the finalist of the 7^th Competition of Student Research of the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre: A. Artamonova “Life Courses of Men in the Context of Changing Military Service”. Acknowledgement
2015-2016 – HSE award for academic achievements
12.2014 – Scientific advising of the winner of the Students Research Papers Competition of HSE: A. Artamonova “Is cohabitation an alternative to marriage in Russia?”
10.2014 – Nomination for Golden HSE Award: Alumni Success in Academic Activity
2013-2014 – Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals):
Category “New Researchers”
10.2012 – The second degree diploma of the Young Economists-Analysts Competition of the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks (ARETT): publication in the Economic Journal of HSE “Demographic behaviour of Russians: family and fertility patterns across generations”. Diploma
05.2012 – The departmental insignia of the Russian Federation Federal State Statistics Service “Honoris causa in carrying out the All-Russian population census of 2010“
2012-2013 – Special scholarship for postgraduate students of HSE
11.2011 – Laureate of the Students Research Papers Competition of HSE: master’s thesis “Matrimonial biographies and reproductive behaviour of modern Russia generations”. Diploma
06.2010 – Laureate of the Training Competition of the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks (ARETT): research project “Influence of History of Formation and Disintegration of the Marriage and Partner Unions on Reproductive Behaviour of Men and Women” in Independent Institute of Social Policy
2009-2010 – Scholarship of the Oxford Fund in Russia

Professional Development

15.12.2021 - Course "Organization of the teacher's work in the system of supporting the educational process Smart LMS HSE: basic course", 48 acad. hours.
16.02.2021 - master class "National transfer (intergenerational) accounts" (HSE, online), 4 acad. hours. Certificate
26.03.2020 - Course "Technology of stream training at the university" (Ural State Pedagogical University, online), 2 acad. hours. Certificate
02-23.12.2019 - Course "Assessment and Feedback" (HSE, Moscow), 16 acad. hours. Certificate
20.01-22.01.2019 – Course “Rules for Organization of the Educational Process by Teachers of NRU HSE” (HSE, Moscow), 24 acad. hours. Certificate
21.11-08.12.2016 – Internship of the French Embassy to Russia and the Department of Sociology of HSE (Paris, France: INED, CERCEC, Sorbonne). Topic: The starting sociodemographic events of Russians in the context of the Second Demographic Transition. Certificate
25-29.08.2014 – The Summer School on Longitudinal and Life Course Research (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), 40 acad. hours. Funding: RANEPA travel grant. Programme. Certificate
29.06-12.07.2014 – 4th LCSR Summer School “Categorical Data Analysis: Loglinear Models, Latent Variables, SEMs, Analysing Change, Survey Complexities” (St. Petersburg, Russia), 60 acad. hours. Funding: LCSR travel grant. Programme. Certificate
25.07-10.08.2013 – Course “Event History and Survival Analysis” of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Summer School in Methods and Techniques 2013 (Ljubljana, Slovenia), 30 acad. hours. Funding: HSE travel grant. Certificate
04-15.02.2013 – Course “Foundations of Statistical Analysis in Demography” of the International Max Planck Research School for Demography and the New Economic School (NES, Moscow), 80 acad. hours. Funding: NES. Certificate
07-20.07.2012 – Course “Survival Analysis” of the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (Essex, UK), 80 acad. hours. Funding: HSE travel grant. Certificate
13-16.06.2012 – Course “Panel Data Analysis” by Tim Liao (Illinois University) (HSE, Moscow), 24 acad. hours.
16-27.01.2012 – Course “Population and Health” of the International Max Planck Research School for Demography and the New Economic School (NES, Moscow), 80 acad. hours. Funding: NES. Programme. Certificate
23-25.09.2011 – The First Summer School of the Institute of Demography of HSE (Zvenigorod, Russia)

Employment history

International collaborative Russia-Estonia-France project “Russian Families in Different Countries Compared to the Ethnic Majority” (ERA.Net RUS Plus 220RUS_FAM)
– 01.2016 – 01.2018 (2-year grant): Research Fellow

Research and Study Group “Models and Methods of Demographic Sequence Analysis"
– 01.2016 – 01.2018 (2-year project, grant from HSE): Co-leader

Research and Study Group “Fertility, Family Formation and Dissolution"
– 01.2014 – 01.2016 (2-year project, grant from HSE): Research Fellow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
– 12.2017: Guest lecturer at the Master’s programme “Master of Global Public Policy”
– 03.2013 – 07.2015: Junior research fellow; Research fellow at the Laboratory of Demographic, Migratory and Labour Market Research of The Institute for Social Analysis and Prediction

The All-Russia Population Census
– 09.2010 – 11.2010: Head of the Census Division

Independent Institute of Social Policy
– 06.2010 – 11.2010: Trainee-researcher (internship)

Recruiting agency “100 regions”
– 06.2008 – 03.2009: Assistant; Recruiter
– 03.2008 – 06.2008: Secretary; Researcher

Institute of Economics and Management
– 08.2007 – 02.2008: Manager

Centre of a State Regulation of Training of Specialists with Higher Education
– 08.2005 – 06.2007: Secretary; Specialist

Youtube channels

Only courses in English

Courses (2024/2025)

Applied Statistical Analysis (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
Key Seminar "Role of Education in Comparative Social Research" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Key Seminar "Role of Education in Comparative Social Research" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Methods of Demographic Analysis and Forecasting (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Methods of Demographic Analysis and Forecasting (Mago-Lego; 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Craft of Comparisons" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Skills and Principles of Academic and Research Profession" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Theory of Generations for Business, Politics and Society (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Time in Social Sciences: Approaches and Measures (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Time in Social Sciences: Approaches and Measures (Mago-Lego; 2, 3 module)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Dissertation for a Candidate of Sciences degree

2019
E. Mitrofanova Социодемографические аспекты перехода во взрослую жизнь россиян 1930-1986 г.р.

Scientific Conferences

5-22.04.2022 – International Conference XXIII Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (online, Russia): report «Transition to Adulthood in France, Estonia and Russia (GGS data)». Programme
7-10.04.2021 – International Conference “13th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems” (online, Thailand): report in association with A.A. Muratova and R. Islam “Comparison of Machine Learning Methods for Life Trajectory Analysis in Demography». Programme
13-30.04.2021 – International Conference “XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development” (online, Russia): report in association with A.A. Muratova, D.I. Ignatov and R. Islam “Interpreting Patterns in Demographic Data”. Programme. Abstract
15-16.10.2020 – International Conference “The 9th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts» (online, Russia): report in association with A.A. Muratova, D.I. Ignatov and R. Islam “Machine Learning Methods for Demographic Data Analysis”. Programme
13.04-29.05.2020 – International Conference “XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development” (online, Russia): report “The age profile of the starting sociodemographic events occurrence in Russia: intergenerational and gender aspects”. Programme
21-22.11.2019 – International Conference “Demographic trends in Russia: legacy of Soviet era or a new tendency?” (Moscow, Russia): report “First births in the context of starting socio-demographic events: intergenerational shifts in Russia”
25-26.09.2019 – International Conference Fifth International Workshop on Experimental Economics and Machine Learning (Perm, Russia): report in association with A.A. Muratova and R. Islam “Sequence Mining for Searching Interpretable Demographic Patterns”. Programme
19-21.09.2019 – III Forum for field studies (Saint-Petersburg, Russia): report in association with K. Kazenin “Demographic quantitative surveys in traditional communities: some lessons”
24-26.01.2019 – International Conference ”PopDays 2019” (Milan, Italy): report in association with I. Lonshchikova “Comparative analysis of matrimonial behavior in West and East Germany before and after reunion”. Programme. Presentation
06-10.06.2018 – International Conference “European Population Conference” (Brussels, Belgium): poster ”The difference between Soviet and post-Soviet generations’ transitions to adulthood in Russia”. Funding: HSE travel grant. Programme. Poster
30.11-01.12.2017 – International Conference “Demographic development of Russia in the global context: convergence or divergence?” (HSE, Moscow): report “Sequences of the starting sociodemographic events in France, Estonia and Russia”
12-16.06.2017 – 14th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis (Rennes, France): report in association with D.K. Gizdatullin, D.I. Ignatov and A.A. Muratova “Сlassification of demographic sequences based on pattern structures and emerging patterns”. Programme. Proceedings
27-29.04.2017 – International conference PAA Annual Meeting 2017 (Chicago, USA): poster “Sequencing the Transition to Adulthood of Russian Men and Women”. Funding: HSE travel grant. Programme. Poster.
11-14.04.2017 – XVIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia): report (in Russian) in association with P.E. Sushko, A.V. Artamonova, T.H. Espy “Analysis of sociodemographic patterns of migration biographies of Russians”. Programme
11-14.04.2017 – XVIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “The factors of choosing of matrimonial union“. Programme
24-25.03.2017 – International conference ESAK 10 "Estonia 100 – towards openness?" (Tallinn, Estonia): report “Matrimonial and Reproductive Behaviours of Young Russians”. Funding: ERAnet project. Programme
10-12.11.2016 – International conference “Russian Sociological Community: History, Present and the Place in International Social Science” (St. Petersburg, Russia): report (in Russian) “Transformation of the transition to adulthood in the context of globalisation”
26-28.10.2016 – International conference 16th Aleksanteri Conference: Life and Death in Russia (Helsinki, Finland): report “Sexual, Matrimonial and Reproductive Behaviour in Young Russians”. Funding: ERAnet project. Programme
19-22.10.2016 – 5^th All-Russia Sociological Congress “Sociology and Society: Social Inequality and Social Equality” (Yekaterinburg, Russia): report (in Russian) “The Perspectives of Applying the Methods of Life Course Events Analysis. The Example of the Transition to Adulthood”
19-22.10.2016 – 5^th All-Russia Sociological Congress “Sociology and Society: Social Inequality and Social Equality” (Yekaterinburg, Russia): report (in Russian) in association with A.A. Muratova, D.K. Gizdatullin and D.I. Ignatov “Data Mining in Demographic Sequences”
19-22.10.2016 – 5^th All-Russia Sociological Congress “Sociology and Society: Social Inequality and Social Equality” (Yekaterinburg, Russia): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “Marriage or Cohabitation: With What the Biographies of the Russians Are Starting”
10-14.10.2016 – 11th International Conference on Intelligent Data Processing: Theory and Applications (Barcelona, Spain): report in association with D.I. Ignatov, A.A. Muratova and D.K. Gizdatullin “Pattern-based classification of demographic sequences”. Programme
23.09-24.09.2016 – 7th Annual Conference on Methods in Social Sciences “Sociological research methods (in memory of A.Kryshtanovsky)” (HSE, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “Is Russian Army a way of social mobility?”
31.08-03.09.2016 – International conference “European Population Conference 2016” (Mainz, Germany): poster in association with A.V. Artamonova “Evolution of Cohabitation in Russia”. Programme
31.08-03.09.2016 – International conference “European Population Conference 2016” (Mainz, Germany): poster “The Sequence of Occurrences of the Starting Socio-Demographic Events in the Life Course of Russians”. Funding: HSE travel grant. Programme. Poster. Certificate
18.07.2016 – Third International Workshop on Experimental Economics and Machine Learning (the 13th International Conference on Concept Lattices and Their Applications) (HSE, Moscow): report in association with A.V. Artamonova “Studying Family Formation Trajectories’ Deinstitutionalisation in Russia Using Sequence Analysis”. Programme
08.06-10.06.2016 – International conference “LaCOSA II (The International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Methods)” (Lausanne, Switzerland): report “Russian Generations: Sequencing the Transition to Adulthood”. Funding: LaCOSA. Programme. Proceedings. Certificate.
17.05-20.05.2016 – 7th International scientific and practical conference of students and graduate students “Statistical methods of the analysis of Economy and Society” (HSE, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “Applying sequence analysis for studying the life courses of men who served and did not serve in the army”
26.04.2016 – 10^th All-Russia Scientific Conference in memory of Yuri Levada “Modern Russian Society and Sociology” (HSE, Moscow): report (in Russian) “Sequences of Starting Demographic Events in the Lives of Russians”
19.04-22.04.2016 – XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (HSE, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A.A. Dolgova, A.V. Artamonova “Creating own family in the context of leaving the parental home”. Programme
16.03-17.03.2016 – VI Sociology Grushin Conference “The Life of the Research after the Research: How to Make the Results Comprehensible and Useful” (RANEPA, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “The recipe of preparation of the ideal database for the analysis of life course events: GGS and HFS experience”
25.01-29.01.2016 – XXIII “Lomonosov” International Conference for Students and Young Scientists within the International scientific youth forum “Lomonosov-2016” (MSU, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “Life courses of Russian men who served and did not serve in the army”
28.01-29.01.2016 – International Scientific-Practical Conference “Statistical methods in the humanitarian and economic sciences” (Saint-Petersburg, Russia): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “Analysis of the sociological data about life course events using advanced statistical methods”
30.11-01.12.2015 – The 3rd Generations and Gender User Conference (Vienna, Austria): poster in association with A. Artamonova “The nature of cohabitation in contemporary Russia”. Programme. Poster
30.09-02.10.2015 – International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web (MISA, Moscow): report in association with D.I. Ignatov, A. Muratova, D. Gizdatullin “Pattern Mining and Machine Learning for Demographic Sequences”. Programme
12-15.05.2015 – The 6th International scientific and practical conference of students and graduate students “Statistical methods of the analysis of economy and society” (HSE, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A. Artamonova “Preparation of the data about life course events for advanced statistical analysis”
13-17.04.2015 – The XXII International conference of students, graduate students and young scientists “Lomonosov” (MSU, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A. Artamonova “Unregistered union as an ‘adjunct’ of a marriage in Russia”
12-13.03.2015 – V Sociology Grushin Conference “Big Sociology: expansion of the space of data” (RANEPA, Moscow): report (in Russian) in association with A.V. Artamonova “Features of preparation of data of life course events for the analysis by advanced statistical methods”
05-07.11.2014 – International conference Quetelet Seminar “Fertility, childlessness and the family: A pluri-disciplinary approach” (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium): report in association with A. Artamonova “Is a cohabitation an alternative to a marriage in Russia?”.
08-10.09.2014 – International conference The British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) Annual Conference 2014 (Winchester, UK): poster in association with A. Dolgova “The main features of leaving the parental home in Russia”. Programme
25-28.06.2014 – International conference European Population Conference (Hungary, Budapest): poster “Exploring the difference in sequences of the first life course events among Russian generations”. Funding: HSE travel grant. Programme. Poster. Certificate
27.11.2013 – International conference ”The Dutch Demography Day 2013“ (Utrecht, the Netherlands): report “The Russian Generation Y in reproductive and matrimonial spheres”. Funding: Grant of Faculty of Sociology of HSE. Programme
24-26.10.2013 – The Second Generations & Gender Programme User Conference (Milan, Italy): poster “Cohabitations in Russia: generational and gender aspects”. Funding: HSE travel grant. Programme. Poster. Certificate.
05.10.2012 – The Conference of the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks (ARETT, Moscow) “The Russian economy in 2010: problems and reforms”: report (in Russian) “Demographic behaviour of Russian generations in family and fertility spheres”
15-16.05.2012 – The 3rd International scientific and practical conference of students and graduate students “Statistical methods of the analysis of Economy and Society” (HSE, Moscow): report (in Russian) “Analysis of demographic events of the life course”
9-13.04.2012 – The XIX International conference of students, graduate students and young scientists “Lomonosov” (MSU, Moscow): report (in Russian) “Starting reproductive and matrimonial events in the life courses of generations of modern Russia”
16-18.12.2010 – The 1st International conference “Agenda for Comparative Social Research” of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (HSE, St. Petersburg): project “Changes in Fertility and Matrimony across Generations in the Post-Communist World”. Funding: LCSR. Programme
25.06.2010 – All-Russia School-Seminar of Young Scientists “Demographic Development of Russia and Its Regions”, devoted to the 15-year anniversary of Cairo Demographic Programme (Ufa, Russia): report (in Russian) “Differences in reproductive behaviour of modern Russian generations”

29.02.2020 – Sobolevskaya O. Growing Up across Generations // IQ.hse.ru

12.09.2019 – интервью Москве 24 о брачности и разводимости в России

09.09.2019 – интервью Авторадио о причинах снижения рождаемости в России

30.11.2010 – доклад на семинаре факультета социологии НИУ ВШЭ, посвященном переписи населения 2010 года «Перепись 3D или взгляд с трех должностных позиций: перепись глазами заведующего участком»

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