Olga A. Simonova
- Deputy Department Head, Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology / Department of General Sociology
- Programme Academic Supervisor: Sociology
- Olga A. Simonova has been at HSE University since 2000.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2016–2017, 2011
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Engagement with External Customers’ — 2023
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Digital Skills’ — 2023
Courses (2024/2025)
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Social & Cultural Dynamics (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences)Rus
- Sociological Research in Academy and Industry: First Steps in the Profession (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (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 Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (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 Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Sociology of Emotions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology, field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modernity under a Magnifying Glass (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Sociological Research in Academy and Industry: First Steps in the Profession (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (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 Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Sociology of Emotions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modernity under a Magnifying Glass (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Social and Cultural Dynamics: Sociological Analysis and Conceptualization (Minor; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Sociology of Emotions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Culture of Modern Russian Society: Sociological Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Culture of Russian society: prospects for a sociological study (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Sociological Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Sociology of Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- “Emotional man”: Modern Sociology of Emotions (Optional course; 2 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
Conferences
- 2024
XIV международная Грушинская социологическая конференция Метаморфозы общества и исследовательской индустрии: новые вызовы 11-13 апреля 2024, Москва (Москва). Presentation: «Безбудущность», «безнадежность», «бессмысленность»: общество усталости в поисках оптимального управления эмоциями
Общероссийская конференция «Выставка Достижений Научного Хозяйства – XVII» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Эмоциональный труд в помогающих профессиях в контексте глобальных вызовов: "новые" и "старые" перспективы изучения
Международная междисциплинарная конференция "Чувства дают сдачи" (г. Санкт-Петербург, ЕУСПб, 25 – 26 апреля 2024 года). Presentation: Идея эмоционального механизма в понимании негативных эмоций и динамики социальных явлений (на основе новейших исследований ресентимента)
Интеракция. Интеграция. Инклюзия: лабиринты смыслов и горизонты возможностей (Москва). Presentation: Культурная перспектива в исследовании эмоционального труда: универсальное и культурно-специфичное в управлении эмоциями на рабочем месте
- 2023
XXIV Ясинская (Апрельская) международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Идея эмоционального механизма: как изучать негативные эмоции в социологии
XX ISA World Congress of Sociology Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies (Мельбурн). Presentation: The Post-Soviet Nostalgia or Retrotopia: The Memory of Soviet Times and Fluctuations of Social Order
XX ISA World Congress of Sociology Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies (Мельбурн). Presentation: The Contradictory Emotional Logic of Contemporary Therapeutic Culture: Between Emancipation and Alienation
- 2022
XXIII Ясинская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Будущее эмоционального труда: концепция и управление эмоциями в пандемических обществах
Юбилейная конференция СПАС "Тревожное общество и (не)возможности солидарности" (Онлайн). Presentation: Что не так с терапевтической культурой? Противоречивая эмоциональная логика современных обществ
- 2021
IV ISA Virtual Forum of Sociology Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality (Porto Alegre). Presentation: Emotionalization of Labor in Sociology and Society: Practice, Ethics and Self-Identity
IV ISA Virtual Forum of Sociology Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality (Porto Alegre). Presentation: Alienation and Emotions in Modern Societies: “Toxic” Relationships As a Construct and Emotional Practice
XXII Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества. Presentation: Социоэмоциональная экономия и инклюзивная культура: как возможно выражение сочувствия в современном мире? (Постановка вопросов)
SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES FOR ALTERNATIVE FUTURES (15th ESA Conference - Barcelona (Spain), 31 August - 3 September 2021 ). Presentation: Emotional Imperatives of Late Modern Society and their Possible Social Consequences
VI ВСЕРОССИЙСКИЙ СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ КОНГРЕСС «СОЦИОЛОГИЯ И ОБЩЕСТВО: ТРАДИЦИИ И НОВАЦИИ В СОЦИАЛЬНОМ РАЗВИТИИ РЕГИОНОВ» (Москва). Presentation: К вопросу об эмоциональной культуре: эмоциональные императивы современного общества в эпоху пандемии
- 2020
XXI Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Эмоциональные императивы позднесовременного общества и их возможные социальные последствия (в продолжение обсуждения эмоциональной культуры)
- 2019
ХХ Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Эмоциональная культура как социологическая концепция: «Эмоциональный поворот» в науке и обществе.
XIII Конгресс антропологов и этнологов России (Казань). Presentation: К вопросу об эмоциональной культуре: социологическая перспектива в условиях междисциплинарности
Тревожное общество и сенситивная социология (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Новая чувствительность в тревожном обществе: "токсичные" отношения как социальный конструкт и эмоциональная практика
Тревожное общество и сенситивная социология (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Новая чувствительность в тревожном обществе: "токсичные" отношения как социальный конструкт и эмоциональная практика
- 2018
XIX Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Теоретико-методологические возможности современной социологии эмоций: Основные дисциплинарные принципы
XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (Торонто). Presentation: T. Parsons on Fascist Movements: Lessons of Classic and the Contemporary Moment
XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (Торонто). Presentation: Capitalist Heart: Rationality, Emotion and Alienation in Late-Modern Societies
Научное наследие Карла Маркса: современная цивилизация и капитализм (200-летию со дня рождения К. Маркса посвящается) (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Отчужденное сердце» и «подлинное Я» в обществах позднего модерна: марксистские обертоны концепции эмоционального труда А. Р. Хохшильд
- 2017
Международная конференция «Девичество в эпоху перемен: Гендерное равенство как культурная норма и социальная практика». (Москва). Presentation: Кризис идентичности в девичестве: гендерно-эмоциональные стереотипы и гендерное равенство в эпоху перемен
The VIIIth Conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Studying Everyday Life: Generic Dimensions of Interactionist Inquiry, Poland – Łódź, 4-8.07.2017 (Лодзь). Presentation: Emotion Management and the Professional Culture of Administrative Social Workers in Russia: The Common Standards of Emotion Work and Coping with Emotional Burnout and Self-Alienation
13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities Athens, Greece, 29 Aug. - 01 Sept. 2017 (Афины). Presentation: Emotion Management and the Professional Culture of Administrative Social Workers in Russia: The Common Standards of Emotion Work and the Moral Mission of Social Care
XVIII Международные чтения памяти Л.С. Выготского «Теория и практика культурно-исторической психологии» (13 - 17 ноября 2017 г.) (Москва). Presentation: Как возможна социология эмоций: базовые принципы дисциплины
- 2016
The ISA 3rd Forum of Sociology (10 - 14 July 2016) The Futures We want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World. Presentation: Moral Emotions and the New Work Ethic Among the Rural Population of Modern Russia: Alienation As a Strategy of Adaptation in Callenging Socio-Economic Conditions
Rethinking Social Movements: Can Changing a Conversation Change the World 111th ASA Annual Meeting August 20-23, 2016 | Seattle, WA | Washington State Convention Center (Seattle). Presentation: Moral Emotions and the New Work Ethic of the Rural Population in Modern Russia
7th Midterm Conference of the ESA RN Sociology of Emotions (Стокгольм). Presentation: Social functions of "negative" moral emotions, collective behavior, and social cohesion
VII Международная научно-практическая конференция памяти А.О. Крыштановского «Методы и процедуры социологических исследований» (Москва). Presentation: Стратегии комбинирования методов в современных социологических исследованиях эмоций
- 2015
Professions, Bonds and Boundaries Visioning a globalising, managed and inclusive professionalism Milano, 19th - 21st March 2015 (Milan). Presentation: Emotion work as a factor of the informal community at the workplace: the case of nurses in Russia
Пересматривая профессионализм: вызовы и реформы социального государства (Москва). Presentation: Эмоциальные аспекты профессиональной культуры специалистов по социальной работе
Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion (Женева). Presentation: Moral emotions and social cohesion: a moral identity as a condition in /of social functions of moral emotions
Sexualities in the social world. 110th ASA Annual Meeting - August 22-25, 2015 (Чикаго). Presentation: Negative Moral Emotions and Social Cohesion: Social Functions of Shame, Guilt, Jealousy, Envy and Resentment
- 2014
XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology: Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology (Йокогама). Presentation: Informal community at the workplace as a defense strategy in the situation of emotional dissonance or emotional alienation: sociological study of emotional labor of nurses in Russia
The 109th ASA Annual Meeting: Hard times: The impact of economic inequality on families and indidviduals (Сан-Франциско). Presentation: The conception of moral and legal emotions of L.Petrazhitsky in the context of contemporary sociology of emotions
Вторые Давыдовские чтения: Обыденное и научное знание об обществе: взаимовлияния и реконфигурации в сравнительной и исторической перспективе (Москва). Presentation: Современная социология эмоций: Взаимовлияние обыденного и научного знания
Ежегодная научная конференция Сообщества профессиональных социологов "Социология и естествознание: междисциплинарные подхо-ды к изучению социальной реальности"- (Москва). Presentation: Социальная сплоченность и «негативные моральные эмоции»: роль зависти, ревности, стыда и чувства вины в разных видах групповой сплоченности
- 2013
International Sociological Association Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Professional Groups (RC52)- Challenging Professionalism: New Directions in Policies, Publics and the Professions. (Лиссабон). Presentation: Emotional labor of cardio-surgical nurses in today’s Russia: issues of informal autonomy.
XI ЕЖЕГОДНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ СООБЩЕCТВА ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫХ СОЦИОЛОГОВ ПОЛЕ СОЦИОЛОГИИ В РОССИИ И МИРЕ: КРИЗИС, КРИТИКА, ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ (Москва). Presentation: Моральная идентичность, моральные эмоции в фокусе проблемы социальной солидарности
- 2010
7th Midterm Conference of the ESA RN Sociology of Emotions 25-27 August 2016 (Стокгольм). Presentation: Social functions of "negative" moral emotions, collective behavior, and social cohesion
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1Reception of Therapeutic Culture in Modern Russia
- 2N. Baisha Emotional Labor of Nurses: The Experience of Social Inequality During and After the Pandemic Crisis
More than 400 observers and practitioners took part in the IV International Scientific Conference "Interaction. Integration. Inclusion: labyrinths of meanings and horizons of possibilities"
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.
Emotional Must-haves
Which feelings people consider most important today
HSE Staff Members Receive University Awards
On January 18, several university staff members were awarded HSE medals and notes of acknowledgement from the Rector.
Sociology Forum in Vienna: Potential of Global Sociology for Solving the Problems of Contemporary Society
From July 10 – 14, 2016, the Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology on ‘The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World’ took place in Vienna. About 5,000 scholars from 126 countries took part in the event.From July 10 – 14, 2016, the Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology on ‘The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World’ took place in Vienna. About 5,000 scholars from 126 countries took part in the event.
Sociology Forum in Vienna: Potential of Global Sociology for Solving the Problems of Contemporary Society
From July 10 – 14, 2016, the Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology on ‘The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World’ took place in Vienna. About 5,000 scholars from 126 countries took part in the event.
HSE Lectures for Students in Germany on Gender in Russia
On 20th and 27th May, colleagues from the HSE Department of Sociology gave lectures at the Free University of Berlin.Olga Simonova Associate Professor at the Department of General Sociology and Evgeniya Gol’man, Lecturer in General Sociology, talked to students on the Master’s programme in Eastern European studies about gender relations in Russia. Their visit to the Free University was part of the project to internationalise the Masters in Sociology in the Public Sphere and Social Communications which is supported by the Potanin Foundation.
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lectures will be delivered by instructors from the HSE in Gorky Park before the end of the summer.