Алмакаева Анна Михайловна (original) (raw)

Anna Almakaeva

Associate Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology / Department of Sociological Research Methods
Director: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Sociology / Centre for Comparative Research on Social Well-Being
Anna Almakaeva has been at HSE University since 2013.

Education and Degrees

2007

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Theory, History and Methods of Sociology
Russian State University for the Humanities

2003

Degree
Samara State University

* Candidate of Sciences
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.

Employment history

2013-2015 – Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory for Comparative Social Research NRU HSE

2010-2013 – Associate professor, Samara State University

2007-2010 – Senior lecture, Samara State University

2006-2007 – Chair Assistant, Samara State University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2018 - Bayesian Approach in Social Science (NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia)

2015 – Introduction to Factorial Design and Data Visualization with R (NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia)

2014 – ICPSR Summer Program (University of Michigan, USA)

2014 – Categorical Data Analysis (NRU HSE, Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

2014 – Designing Mixed-Method Research in Cross-Cultural Psychology (NRU HSE, Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

2013 – Academic Writing (NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia)

2013 – Multilevel CFA and Multilevel SEM in MPLUS (NRU HSE, Saint-Petersburg, Russia).

2012 – Causal Models and Structural Equations (NRU HSE, Saint-Petersburg).

2012 – Qualitative Methods in Sociological Research: Theory and Application (ISRAS, Moscow, Russia).

2011 – Multilevel Analysis in Comparative Studies (NRU HSE, Saint-Petersburg, Russia).

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2021–2022, 2018–2019

‘Here, Everyone Can Be Heard and Receive Feedback’

The Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR) has been holding academic seminars for 15 years, bringing together scholars from various countries and offering early-career researchers a platform to present their work. Anna Almakaeva, Head of the Laboratory, spoke to the HSE News Service about how exchanging ideas contributes to academic work, what topics are discussed at the seminars, and the laboratory’s plans for the upcoming academic season.

On November 9th, HSE’s Master’s Programme “Comparative Social Research” held the Initiation ceremony for the first-year students.

Aleena Khan, from Pakistan, is currently pursuing a master's in Comparative Social Research at HSE University, Moscow. Despite studying online in the first semester, she already feels part of the HSE student community. In her interview, Aleena talks about the admissions process, her favourite courses, and her general impressions.

Anna Almakaeva is a co-editor of a new book published by Springer

Springer series “Societies and Political Orders in Transition” is now completed with a new collective monograph “Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being: Insights from Cross-Cultural Studies” edited by Anna Almakaeva, Deputy Head at the Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (HSE University), Alejandro Moreno (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México — ITAM) and Rima Wilkes (University of British Columbia).

Between St. Petersburg and Moscow: International Lab Researchers Create a New Theoretical School

In Russia, 2021 was declared the Year of Science and Technology. HSE has always paid special attention to the development of science, and more than 40 international laboratories have played an important role in the development of the university as a world research centre. One of the University’s first such laboratories was theRonald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR), named after its academic supervisor at the time, American sociologist and political scientist Ronald Inglehart. HSE News Service spoke with LCSR Laboratory Head and professor of sociology Eduard Ponarin (HSE – St. Petersburg) about the Laboratory’s work over the past decade.

CfP: LCSR announces Special Issue «Happiness and Subjective Well-being in Russia»

LCSR and Journal "Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes" announce special issue call for papers «Happiness and Subjective Well-being in Russia» (Volume 1, 2020). Guest editors: Eduard Ponarin (PhD, LCSR head), Anna Almakaeva (PhD, LCSR deputy head) and Natalia Gashenina (PhD, Public Opinion Foundation – FOM). Manuscripts should be submitted in Russian or in English by the 31st of July 2019.

On January 31st – February 3rd 2016, the Winter School of the Faculty of Social Sciences was held at the ‘Voronovo’ Learning Centre, HSE. During the event, potential master’s students took part in master classes, business cases and meetings with students and graduates of the faculty’s educational programmes.

Program Welcome Party

Welcome event held for the first cohort of International Master in Comparative Social Research

7%

is the share that migrant employees make up in Russia’s total employed population.