Svetlana Mareeva

The IV International Scientific Conference "Interaction. Integration. Inclusion: labyrinths of meanings and horizons of possibilities" has recently concluded. This year, 17 sections and a round table meeting were organized, which brought together more than 400 participants interested in the study and development of socio-cultural integration from different countries and regions of Russia.

On March 29, 2024, at a joint meeting of the Institute for Social Policy and the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research of the HSE, the pre-defense of Svetlana Vladimirovna Mareeva’s doctoral dissertation took place.

On June 22, 2022 the presentation of the collective monograph "Society of Unequal Opportunities: Social Structure of Modern Russia" (by Natalia Tikhonova (ed.), Svetlana Mareeva, Vasiliy Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Anastasia Karavay, Ekaterina Slobodenyuk) was held.

In Russia, norms and values ​​play a big role in the idea of ​​inequality. This is a conclusion made by scientists in the ninth scientific digest “The idea of ​​Russians About Income Inequality: Does Social Mobility Affect Them?” The issue was prepared by The Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center.

On April 5, 2022 the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center held a round table on Social and Economic Inequality and Current Research Agenda at the XXIII Yasin (April) International Scientific Conference on the Problems of Economic and Social Development. It was held in an online format in Russian and English languages with simultaneous translation. The event was organized within the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-928).

What are the outcomes of growing inequality? How much inequality is there in Russian healthcare and education? What does Russian society think about inequality? (Spoiler: that it’s excessively high and unfair.) These questions and many others were discussed by Russian and French researchers at the conference ‘Socio-economic Inequality and Poverty in the Modern World: Measures, Dynamics, and Prospects in an Age of Uncertainty’.

Upward and especially downward income mobility in Russia is higher than in developed countries, making it difficult to form a fully-fledged middle class. And the likelihood of being trapped in long-term poverty turns out to be greater than the transition to stable affluence. This is the conclusion reached by HSE University experts.

The grant was awarded to the research team consisting of Svetlana Mareeva (project leader), Nataliya Tikhonova, Vasiliy Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Ekaterina Slobodenyuk and Anastasia Karavay within the framework of the President's Program for Research Projects "Research by scientific groups under the guidance of young scientists."

On April 16, 2020, Svetlana Mareeva and Vasiliy Anikin took part as the discussants at research seminar of the International Laboratory for Social Integration research.

The Internet newspaper Realnoye Vremya (Real Time) speaks on this topic to Svetlana Mareeva, Director of the Center for Stratification Studies at the Institute for Social Policy

On February 26, 2020, the Institute for Social Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics presented the World Bank book Exploring Universal Basic Income. A Guide to Navigating Concepts, Evidence, and Practices. The book’s presentation was assured by Ruslan Yemtsov, Human Development Program Leader for China, Mongolia and Korea and one of the book’s authors.

This prize is annually awarded to doctoral students, researchers and professionals from Moscow-based institutions, as well as people with Candidate or Doctor of Sciences degrees. Researchers from HSE University won competition for the third year in a row and will be recognized at ceremony slated to take place on February 7 at the Kremlin Palace.

Svetlana Mareeva, Yulia Lezhnina and Vasily Anikin, employees of the Center for Stratification Studies, are honored with the 2019 Moscow  Government Award for Young Scientists in the "Social Sciences" nomination. The victory was awarded to the scientific team for a significant contribution to research of social structure and social inequality in modern Russian society.

The Institute for Social Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the academic workshop devoted to “Human Capital Investments in the Context of Active Ageing: the Evidence from Japan” where Dr. Vasily A. ANIKIN , Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Stratification Studies of the same Institute, presented his study.

On June 17, 2019, new website dedicated to economic and financial research “Econs. Economic Conversations” (managed by the staff of the Bank of Russia) published the article “Finding the Boundaries of Well-being” by Svetlana Mareeva, Director of the Center for Stratification Studies.

On 29 May, 2019, research and educational website IQ.hse.ru published the article “Dependence on the State. What Social Assistance are the Russians Waiting for?” based on the findings from the study by Vassily Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Svetlana Mareeva, and Ekaterina Slobodenyuk.

People's opportunities in Russia compared to other countries

Wealth and income distribution in Russia compared to other countries

On January 14, 2019, the website IQ.hse.ru published an article «The Society of Unequals». The article presents the results of the research by Svetlana Mareeva, Director of Centre for Stratification Studies.

The seminar moderated by Alina I. Pishnyak, director of the center for studies of income and living standards, heard a presentation by Dr. Kseniya R. Abanokova, Junior Research Fellow of the Center for Comprehensive Social Policy Studies.

Svetlana Mareeva made a presentation on public perceptions of social justice and social inequalities in Russia.

At the session chaired by Natalia Tikhonova, chief research fellow of the Center for Stratification Studies, and Vasiliy Anikin, senior research fellow of this Center, Svetlana Mareeva, center director, presented her report "Middle-income group in Russia society: position and dynamics", and Ekaterina Slobodenyuk, research fellow of this Center, presented her report "Where does the poverty line lie in modern Russia?"