Sociologist · Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, FCTAS RAS
PhD in Sociology
Social behaviour, education, human potential — from research design through data analysis to management insight.
About Me
I help turn data into decisions: building research that translates complex social processes into clear, actionable insight for decision-makers.
PhD in Sociology, Leading Research Fellow and research theme lead with more than 15 years' experience in academic research and analytics — working at the intersection of quantitative methodology, qualitative interpretation, project leadership and public communication. Co-lead of the state assignment theme “Dynamics of Youth Social Behaviour in Education and the Labour Market” (2025–2027); previously led an RSF (Russian Science Foundation) grant on horizontal professional mobility (2017–2019).
“Data without interpretation is just noise;
interpretation without data is just opinion.”
Research Areas
Each area is its own stretch of the map of social reality — with its own method, field and central question.
Method · surveys, trend analysis · grant researcher
Which structural and subjective factors limit upward mobility — and how they can be measured. Motivation works like the needle that pulls every other thread behind it: the stronger the sense that a goal is out of reach, the harder the obstacles appear.
RSF Grant, 2025–2026
Method · panel data, in-depth interviews · grant lead
RSF grant “Horizontal Professional Mobility and Educational Strategies amid Technological Change”: how people navigate transition points — school, university, work — and what determines success and flexibility along the way.
RSF Grant, 2017–2019
Method · conceptual analysis, big data
How digital tools and big data are reshaping the concepts and instruments of sociology — from data collection through to interpretation and the researcher's own role.
Universe of Russia, 2025
Method · comparative analysis · academic school-building
Comparative analysis of educational stratification in Russian and Chinese cities, and the shifting dynamics of inequality in educational opportunity in the digital age.
Publications, 2020–2023
Method · surveys, factor analysis · doctoral dissertation
From theoretical approaches to operationalisation: how motivation towards education and self-directed learning forms among school pupils and university students.
Monograph “50 Years of Research”
Method · in-depth interviews, case studies
Motives for, and prospects of, undertaking professional retraining programmes at different stages of a working life.
RSF Grant, 2017–2019
Publications and Talks
Current Work
Tsifrovye tekhnologii i bol'shie dannye v sotsiologicheskikh issledovaniyakh: kontseptsiya, metodologiya, vozmozhnosti
With D. L. Konstantinovsky, I. S. and R. S. Kuznetsov · Universe of Russia (Mir Rossii). 2025, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 144–160
Professional'noe obrazovanie kak resurs adaptatsii molodezhi: dinamika vospriyatiya
Sociological Studies (Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya). 2025, No. 10, pp. 65–79
Plany i real'nost' v gorizonte budushchego: k voprosu o kontseptualizatsii ponyatiy v analize sotsial'nogo povedeniya
Sociological Science and Social Practice. 2024, No. 4, pp. 106–123
Ot vospriyatiya peremen — k izmeneniyu sotsial'nogo povedeniya
With D. L. Konstantinovsky · Universe of Russia (Mir Rossii). 2022, No. 31(1), pp. 6–24
Srednee vs vysshee
With D. L. Konstantinovsky · Universe of Russia (Mir Rossii). 2020, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 6–26
50+ scholarly works (including titles indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, VAK and RSCI). Full list on the Institute of Sociology, FCTAS RAS website.
Science and Media
Translating research logic into language that works beyond academia — clear, without simplifying the substance.
Your personal compass to social reality. I break down research, data and news on the sociology of education, the labour market, social behaviour and AI — for anyone who wants to think about social reality more precisely.
Open the channel →An original graduate course at GAUGN (since 2018) and data-visualisation workshops for early-career researchers; member of the State Examination Board since 2024.
Invite me to speak →Expert commentary for the media and materials for education projects, including a joint study with Yandex Practicum on the “team lead” profession (2025).
Request a comment →“Mobility isn't a lift — it's a route with forks in the road”
“Data doesn't replace method —
it changes the questions we ask”
Contact
Open to collaboration: joint research, expert commentary, lectures, peer review, thesis opposition.
