Anita Poplavskaya
- Deputy Department Head, Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology / Department of Economic Sociology
- Research Fellow: Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology
- Assistant Professor: International College of Economics and Finance
- Anita Poplavskaya has been at HSE University since 2012.
Education and Degrees
HSE University
HSE University, Comparative Social Research
HSE University, Economic Sociology
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
2016 – internship at STATEC ANEC (National Institute of statistics and economic studies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "New Lecturers" (2023–2024)
Conferences
December 19, 2025 (speaker) – conference "Do Values Strike Back? Sociology of Values in a Critical Perspective of Social Sciences," Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences "Shaninka."
A sociologist, psychologist, philosopher, anthropologist, and historian discuss the nature and foundations of values as they are understood and studied by five different disciplines. The idea of interdisciplinary value theory in science ("Interdisciplinary Value Theory") is at the forefront.
October 28, 2025 (speaker) – LESI Seminar, "Sociology of Markets" Series. Paper on the topic: "Theorizing the Mechanisms of Attitudes to Work: Agents, Anchors, and the Problem of Institutional Deficits."
July 6-11, 2025 (speaker) – 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco. Papers on the topic: (1) "Value Conflict While Choosing a Future Job: A Mixed-Method Study on University Students' Work Values", (2) "How Universities Differentiate Work Values of Their Students: Evidence from 350 Universities with Different Places in Ratings".
March 28, 2025 (speaker) – XV International Grushin Sociological Conference: Human-Centricity vs. Sociocentrism: Individualization and Interaction in the Modern World. Section: "Longitudinal Research: Prospects and Difficulties. Modern Methods and Challenges in Sociology". Presentation on the topic: "Longitudinal Research in a Qualitative Methodological Paradigm: History and Potential for Application."
January 21, 2025 (presenter) – LESI Seminar, "Market Sociology" Series (presentation with S. Pashkov). Presentation on the topic: "Students' Work Values Change during University Studies: The Evidence from Longitudinal Research."
April 18, 2024 (presenter) – XXII International Conference of Young Scientists "Vectors." Section "It's a Match! Educational and Career Trajectories of University Graduates
in the Labor Market." Presentation on the topic: "Russian Students' Attitudes to Work: Where Is the Key Difference and What is the Mechanism for Forming Work Values?"November 13, 2023 (presenter) – "III International Scientific Conference. Interaction. Integration." Inclusion in the Era of Social Crisis." Section "The Integration Potential of Professional Communities: Solidarity Resources and the Crisis of Sociality." Presentation on the topic: "How Are Young Professionals in the Russian Labor Market Forming Their Choices Between a Market-Based or Asocial Approach to Work?"
October 25, 2023 (speaker) – "XIV International Conference of Higher Education Researchers, Student Experience at the Modern University: From Applicant to Graduate." Special section "Career Expectations, Values, and Trajectories of Students in Russian Tertiary Education." Presentation on the topic: "The Value of Labor for Students at Russian Universities: Results of the Quantitative and Qualitative Research Phases."
November 15, 2022 (speaker) – LESI Seminar, "Sociology of Markets" Series, discussion of the article "The Value of Labor for Students at Russian Universities: The Logic of Justifying the Choice between Personal Gain and the Social Benefit of Work."
February 23, 2022 (speaker) – Expo 2022 Dubai International Forum, presentation on "Doing a PhD While in a Pandemic: International Doctoral Experiences During and Post-Pandemic COVID-19," Dubai, UAE.
April 5, 2022 (speaker) – XXIII Yasin International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development. Presentation topic: "Factors shaping internal and external work values of students at Russian universities." Session Q-5-3. Sociology of labor: values, skills, emotions, protests.
November 28-30, 2019 (speaker) – participation in the International Scientific Conference "The Future of Sociological Knowledge and the Challenges of Social Transformation (on the 90th anniversary of V.A. Yadov's birth)." Presentation topic: "Gender Differences in the Realization of Achievement Motives at Work in Different Countries" (joint project with N.E. Soboleva).
December 5-6, 2018 (presenter) – International Scientific Conference "Conference on Survey Research on Youth: Education, Employment, Family Formation, Values, and Well-being" at UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Presentations on the topics: "Subjective Well-being of Employed and Unemployed Emirati Youth: Does the Job Matter?" and "Male and Female Difference in Career Perspectives among Youth: Cross-Country Analysis."
August 9-14, 2021 (attendee) – Course "Basic Statistics and Reporting in R with R-studio", International Summer School on Methods of Political and Social Analysis (IPSA-HSE Summer School)
September 12, 2017 (discussant) – Seminar of the HSE LESI "Sociology of Markets": "Millennials against the Background of Previous Generations: An Empirical Analysis." Speaker: Prof. Vadim Radaev.
June 13, 2017 (speaker) – Presentation of the group project "The Market for Supplementary Education Services in Russia: Visible and Hidden" (led by S.G. Kosaretsky). Seminar of the HSE Institute of Education "Current Research and Development in Education."
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