Elena Sautkina
- Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology
- Elena Sautkina has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education and Degrees
Paris V University (Paris Descartes)
Paris V University (Paris Descartes)
Russian State University for the Humanities
1st Class Honours
Courses (2024/2025)
- Communicating social psychology research to non-academic audience (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Environmental psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Communicating social psychology research to non-academic audience (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Environmental Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Psychology, field of study Psychology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Environmental Psychology (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Environmental psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- The Psychology of Sustainability (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Urban Health (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Health (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Communicating social psychology research to non-academic audience (Postgraduate course; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Environmental Psychology (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Environmental psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 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
Conferences
2013-2018 Conferences
- 2018
Московский Урбанистический Форум. Мегаполис будущего. Новое пространство для жизни. (Москва). Presentation: Transforming Urban Stressors into Opportunities: A Transactional Approach
- 2017
International 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.
- 2016
British 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.
- 2015
11th 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.
- 2013
10th 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".