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Irina V. Soboleva
April 2015
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Education
exp.2019
PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, USA. Major in Comparative Politics,
Minor in Psychology and Methods.
exp.2016
PhD in Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2013
MPA, London Metropolitan University, London, UK, cum laude.
2013
MA in Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, cum laude (1st in cumulative
rating).
2011
BA in Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, cum laude (1st in cumulative
rating).
Academic Appointments
2011-2014 Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2013-2014 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia.
2009-2014 Research Fellow, Laboratory for Political Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2012
Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Indiana University - Bloomington, USA.
Research Field
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Economic and Psychological Micro-foundations of Contentious Participation;
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Contentious Cycles and Protest Participation in Eastern Europe;
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Experimental Design in Political Psychology.
Publications in English
Book in Progress
Anatomy of Evolution: Explaining Unlikely Political Protest in Russia (with Smyth R.).
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Papers
1. Political Awareness and Self-Blame in the Explanatory Narratives of LGBT People Amid the Anti-LGBT
Campaign in Russia.
Sexuality and Culture.
2015 (with Bakhmetjev Y. A.)
2. Looking Beyond the Economy: Pussy Riot and the Kremlin's Voting Coalition.
Post-Soviet Aairs.
2014
Vol. 30. No. 4. P. 257-275. (with Smyth R.)
3. The Russian State Strikes Back: The Relevance of the State to Civil Society in Russia.
Aairs.
Journal of International
2014. Vol. 68. No. 1. P. 297-300
4. Trial by Fire: A Natural Disaster's Impact on Support for the Authorities in Rural Russia.
World Politics.
2014. Vol. 66. No. 4 (with Lazarev Y. A., Sobolev A. S., Sokolov B.)
5. Economic and Social Policy Trade-Os in the Russian Regions: Evidence from Four Case Studies.
Asia Studies.
2013.
Vol.
65.
No.
10.
P. 1855-1876.
Europe-
(with Remington T. F., Sobolev A. S., Urnov M.
Y.)
6. A Well-Organized Play:
Communism.
Symbolic Politics and the Eect of the Pro-Putin Rallies.
Problems of Post-
2013. Vol. 60. No. 2. P. 24-39 (with Smyth R., Sobolev A. S.)
Chapters
Civil Society
Awakens? The Systemic and Non-Systemic Opposition in the Russian Federation: National and Regional
Dimensions. L. : Ashgate, 2015. (with Smyth R., Shimek L., Sobolev A.)
7. Dening Common Ground: The Language of Network Mobilization in Russian Protests, in:
WPs
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8. A Well-Organized Pl y: Symbolic Politics And The Eect Of The Pro-Putin Rallies / Working papers by
NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PS "Political Science". 2012. No. WP BRP 05/PS/2012. (with
Smyth R., Sobolev A. S.)
9. Trial by Fire: a Natural Disaster's Impact on Attitudes toward the Government in Rural Russia. WP BRP
Series: Political Science, HSE, 03/2012. -30 p. (with Lazarev Y. A., Sobolev A. S., Sokolov B.)
10. There is no Middle Class in this Oblast. There are Rich and Poor.: Economic and Social Policy Trade-Os in
the Russian Regions // National Council for Eurasian and East European Research Working Paper, 06/2011.
54 p. (with Remington T. F., Sobolev A. S., Urnov M. Y.)
11. There is no Middle Class in this Oblast. There are Rich and Poor.: Economic and Social Policy Trade-Os
in the Russian Regions / Working papers by National Council for Eurasian and East European Research.
Series "NCEEER Working Paper". 2011. No. 825-06. (with Remington T. F., Sobolev A. S., Urnov M. Y.)
12. The Middle Class in Four Russian Regions: Government Policies and Behavioral Strategies / Working papers
by Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasion Studies. 2010. (with Urnov M. Y., Sobolev A.S.)
Conference papers
Ìåæäóíàðîäíàÿ
íàó÷íàÿ êîíôåðåíöèÿ ïî ïðîáëåìàì ðàçâèòèÿ ýêîíîìèêè è îáùåñòâà.  ÷åòûðåõ êíèãàõ. Êíèãà 3. /
Îòâ. ðåä.: Å. Ã. ßñèí. Êí. 3. Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2012. P. 53-62. (with Remington T.
13. The Middle Class in four Russian Regions: Government Policies and Behavioral Strategies, in: XII
F., Sobolev A. S., Urnov M. Y.)
14. Trial by re: the impact of natural disaster on attitudes toward the government in rural Russia, in: XIII
Ìåæäóíàðîäíàÿ íàó÷íàÿ êîíôåðåíöèÿ ïî ïðîáëåìàì ðàçâèòèÿ ýêîíîìèêè è îáùåñòâà.  4 êí. Êí. 4.
Îòâ. ðåä.: Å. Ã. ßñèí. Êí. 4. Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2012. P. 11-22. (with Lazarev Y. A.,
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Sobolev A. S., Sokolov B.)
15. The Middle Class in Four Russian Regions: Government Policies and Behavioral Strategies. Paper for Annual
Convention of Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, 11/2010.
Sobolev A.S.)
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(with Urnov M. Y.,
Individual Fellowships
2015
The Harriman Institute PepsiCo Research Travel Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, USA.
2014-2019 Graduate School of Arts and Science, Columbia University, New York, USA.
2012
Moscow Government Academic Fellowship, Moscow, Russia.
2011-2013 Oxford-Russia Fund Academic Fellowship, Oxford, UK.
2011-2012 Research Fellowship, International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, Higher School
of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2011
NATO School Fellowship, Center for European Security, Moscow, Russia.
2009-2014 Academic Fellowship, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2008-2010 Vladimir Potanin Foundation Academic Fellowship, Moscow, Russia.
Personal Awards
2012,13,14 Best lecturer in Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2013
Personal acknowledgment of excellence, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2012,13,14 Award for the Academic Success in Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2013
2011
Winner of the Educational Innovation Fund Competition.
Nominee (among 3 candidates) on the Golden Award for Best student, Higher School of Economics,
Moscow, Russia.
Academic Experience
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia
Political Protest in Authoritarian Regimes.
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Political Protest in Hybrid Regimes; Qualitative Methods in Political Science; Contemporary Political Theory.
Teaching assistant, Department of Political Science, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Research Seminar in Political Science; Contemporary Political Ideologies; Contemporary Political Theory.
Research Collaboration
2011-
Social Movements in Electoral Period in Russia.
Collaborative Research Project of Indiana University,
Bloomington, USA, and Laboratory for Political Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
Headed by Dr. Regina A. Smyth.
2011-2013
Social and Political Protest Movements in Russia.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Headed by
Dr. Aleksandr Chepurenko, Dean of the Department of Sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow,
Russia, and Dr. Heiko Pleines, head of the Research Centre for East European Studies, University of
Bremen, Germany.
2013
Analysis of Migration in Russia.
Center for Fundamental Research, Laboratory for Political Studies,
Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Headed by Dr. Mark Urnov.
2011-2012
Bringing The Qualitative Methods Back In Social Science.
School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
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Academic Development Department, Higher
Trial by Fire: a Natural Disaster's Impact on Attitudes toward the Government in Rural Russia.
2011
Center
for Fundamental Research, Laboratory for Political Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
Non-Institutional Factors of Values Dynamics.
2010
Center for Fundamental Research, Laboratory for Political
Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Headed by Dr. Mark Urnov.
The Impact of Value Heterogenuity on the Social Dynamics.
2009
Center for Fundamental Research, Labora-
tory for Political Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Headed by Dr. Mark Urnov.
Silent Heroes: State and Middle-Class in Contemporary Russia.
2009-2012
National Council for Eurasian and East
European Research. Collaborative Research Project of Emory University, Atlanta, USA, and Laboratory
for Political Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Headed by Dr. Thomas F. Remington.
Publications in Russian
Papers
Ìåíÿ êàê áóäòî âûòîëêàëè çà âîðîòà: ðåàêöèÿ ËÃÁÒ íà çàïðåò ïðîïàãàíäû ãîìîñåêñóàëèçìà //
2014. Ò. 12. › 2. Ñ. 217-232. (ñ Áàõìåòüåâûì ß.À.)
Èññëåäîâàòåëüñêèé ïðîåêò "Êà÷åñòâåííûå ìåòîäû â ñîöèàëüíûõ èññëåäîâàíèÿõ" // Ìåòîä. 2014. Ñ.
424-428. (ñ Ãàñïàðÿí Ä.Ý. è Ñîáîëåâûì À.Ñ.)
Êàðë Øìèòò è ëåâàÿ ìûñëü: ïðåäåëû ñîâìåñòèìîñòè êîíöåïöèé // Ôèëîñîôñêî-ëèòåðàòóðíûé æóðíàë
"Ëîãîñ". 2012. › 5. Ñ. 178-195.
Öåííîñòíàÿ íåîäíîðîäíîñòü îáùåñòâà êàê ôàêòîð ñîöèàëüíîé äèíàìèêè - ýìïèðè÷åñêàÿ ïðîâåðêà òåîðåòè÷åñêîé
ìîäåëè // Îáùåñòâåííûå íàóêè è ñîâðåìåííîñòü. 2012. › 3. Ñ. 43-57. (c Óðíîâûì Ì. Þ., Ñîáîëåâûì
À. Ñ.)
Íåèíñòèòóöèîíàëüíûå ôàêòîðû ñîöèàëüíîé äèíàìèêè â Ãåðìàíèè, ÑØÀ, Ðîññèè è Ëàòâèè // Áèçíåñ.
Îáùåñòâî. Âëàñòü. 2011. › 9. Ñ. 120-133.
Ñðåäíèé êëàññ â ðîññèéñêèõ ðåãèîíàõ: ñïðîñ íà äåìîêðàòèþ è ðàñïðåäåëèòåëüíûå êîíôëèêòû //
Áèçíåñ. Îáùåñòâî. Âëàñòü. 2011. › 7. Ñ. 179-187. (ñ Ñîáîëåâûì À.Ñ.)
Êðåäî çäðàâîãî ñìûñëà // Ïóøêèí. 2010. › 2. Ñ. 42-43.
1. Æóðíàë èññëåäîâàíèé ñîöèàëüíîé ïîëèòèêè.
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Áóäóùåå ìèðîâîé ïîëèòèêè: ÷åðåç ðàçðåøåíèå ïðîòèâîðå÷èÿ ìåæäó ïðèíöèïîì ãîñóäàðñòâåííîãî ñóâåðåíèòåòà
è ïðàâîì íàöèé íà ñàìîîïðåäåëåíèå ê íîâîé ýðå ìåæäóíàðîäíûõ îòíîøåíèé // Â êí.: Ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé
ñóâåðåíèòåò vs. ïðàâî íàöèé íà ñàìîîïðåäåëåíèå / Ñîñò.: Ã. Â. Ëóêüÿíîâ; îòâ. ðåä.: À. Ë. Ðÿáèíèí.
Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2011. Ñ. 9-27.
Èíäèÿ: ïåðñïåêòèâû ïîëèòè÷åñêîé ñòàáèëüíîñòè è ïîòåíöèàëüíûå ôàêòîðû äåçèíòåãðàöèè //  êí.:
Ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé ñóâåðåíèòåò vs. ïðàâî íàöèé íà ñàìîîïðåäåëåíèå / Ñîñò.: Ã. Â. Ëóêüÿíîâ; îòâ. ðåä.:
À. Ë. Ðÿáèíèí. Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2011. Ñ. 113-127.
WPs
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Äèëåììû ãóáåðíàòîðà: ýêîíîìè÷åñêèå è ñîöèàëüíûå êîìïðîìèññû â õîäå ïåðåðàñïðåäåëèòåëüíîé ïîëèòèêè
Ïðåïðèíòû. Âûñøàÿ øêîëà ýêîíîìèêè. Ñåðèÿ WP14 "Ïîëèòè÷åñêàÿ òåîðèÿ è ïîëèòè÷åñêèé àíàëèç".
2012. › 02. (ñ Ðåìèíãòîíîì Ò.Ô., Óðíîâûì Ì. Þ., Ñîáîëåâûì À. Ñ.)
Öåííîñòíàÿ íåîäíîðîäíîñòü îáùåñòâà êàê ôàêòîð ñîöèàëüíîé äèíàìèêè ïîñòðîåíèå ýìïèðè÷åñêîé
ìîäåëè / Ïðåïðèíòû. Âûñøàÿ øêîëà ýêîíîìèêè. Ñåðèÿ WP14 "Ïîëèòè÷åñêàÿ òåîðèÿ è ïîëèòè÷åñêèé
àíàëèç". 2011. › WP14/2011/01. (ñ Óðíîâûì Ì. Þ., Êàñàìàðà Â. À., Ñîáîëåâûì À. Ñ., Ñîðîêèíîé À.
À.)
Öåííîñòíàÿ íåîäíîðîäíîñòü îáùåñòâà êàê ôàêòîð ñîöèàëüíûõ èçìåíåíèé î ÷åì ãîâîðÿò êðîññíàöèîíàëüíûå
ñîïîñòàâëåíèÿ? / Ïðåïðèíòû. Âûñøàÿ øêîëà ýêîíîìèêè. Ñåðèÿ WP14 "Ïîëèòè÷åñêàÿ òåîðèÿ è
ïîëèòè÷åñêèé àíàëèç". 2011. › WP14/2011/03. (ñ Óðíîâûì Ì. Þ., Ñîáîëåâûì À. Ñ.)
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Öåííîñòíàÿ íåîäíîðîäíîñòü è ñîöèàëüíàÿ äèíàìèêà â ðàçâèòûõ è ðàçâèâàþùèõñÿ ñòðàíàõ // Â êí.:
Ìåæäóíàðîäíàÿ íàó÷íàÿ êîíôåðåíöèÿ ïî ïðîáëåìàì ðàçâèòèÿ ýêîíîìèêè è îáùåñòâà.  ÷åòûðåõ
êíèãàõ. Êíèãà 3. / Îòâ. ðåä.: Å. Ã. ßñèí. Êí. 3. Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2012. Ñ. 65-76. (ñ
Óðíîâûì Ì. Þ., Ñîáîëåâûì À. Ñ.)
Ãîñïîäñòâî àäìèíèñòðàòèâíîãî êëàññà â Ðîññèè êàê ïðåïÿòñòâèå ê ôîðìèðîâàíèþ ïîëèòè÷åñêîãî äèñêóðñà
//  êí.: XII Ìåæäóíàðîäíàÿ íàó÷íàÿ êîíôåðåíöèÿ ïî ïðîáëåìàì ðàçâèòèÿ ýêîíîìèêè è îáùåñòâà. Â
÷åòûðåõ êíèãàõ. Êíèãà 2 / Îòâ. ðåä.: Å. Ã. ßñèí. Êí. 2. Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2012. Ñ.
283-292. (ñ Ìóñèõèíûì Ã.È.)
Äèñêóññèîííûå ïëîùàäêè â ðîññèéñêèõ ðåãèîíàõ: ïðîáëåìû îáñóæäåíèÿ ïîëèòè÷åñêèõ è ýêîíîìè÷åñêèõ
âîïðîñîâ //  êí.: XIII Ìåæäóíàðîäíàÿ íàó÷íàÿ êîíôåðåíöèÿ ïî ïðîáëåìàì ðàçâèòèÿ ýêîíîìèêè è
îáùåñòâà. Â 4 êí. Êí. 4. / Îòâ. ðåä.: Å. Ã. ßñèí. Êí. 4. Ì. : Èçäàòåëüñêèé äîì ÍÈÓ ÂØÝ, 2012. Ñ.
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Øåôàð À. Ëèáåðàëèçàöèÿ, íåðàâåíñòâî è íåóäîâëåòâîðåííîñòü äåìîêðàòèåé // Â êí.: Ïîëèòèêà â ýïîõó
ìåð æåñòêîé ýêîíîìèè / Ïåðåâ.: À. -. Àëâåðòÿí, À. Ã. Êóçÿíèí, Ä. Â. Ìûøüÿêîâà, Í. Ñ. Ãëàçêîâ, À.
À. Ïîðåöêîâà; íàó÷. ðåä.: È. Â. Ñîáîëåâà, À. À. Ïîðåöêîâà. Ì. : Íàöèîíàëüíûé èññëåäîâàòåëüñêèé
óíèâåðñèòåò "Âûñøàÿ øêîëà ýêîíîìèêè", 2015.
Îôôå Ê. Íåðàâåíñòâî â ó÷àñòèè â óñëîâèÿõ æåñòêîé ýêîíîìèè: âçãëÿä ñî ñòîðîíû ïðåäëîæåíèÿ //  êí.:
Ïîëèòèêà â ýïîõó ìåð æåñòêîé ýêîíîìèè / Ïåðåâ.: À. -. Àëâåðòÿí, À. Ã. Êóçÿíèí, Ä. Â. Ìûøüÿêîâà,
Í. Ñ. Ãëàçêîâ, À. À. Ïîðåöêîâà; íàó÷. ðåä.: È. Â. Ñîáîëåâà, À. À. Ïîðåöêîâà. Ì. : Íàöèîíàëüíûé
èññëåäîâàòåëüñêèé óíèâåðñèòåò "Âûñøàÿ øêîëà ýêîíîìèêè", 2015
Ïîëèòèêà â ýïîõó ìåð æåñòêîé ýêîíîìèè / Ïåðåâ.: À. -. Àëâåðòÿí, À. Ã. Êóçÿíèí, Ä. Â. Ìûøüÿêîâà,
Í. Ñ. Ãëàçêîâ, À. À. Ïîðåöêîâà; íàó÷. ðåä.: È. Â. Ñîáîëåâà, À. À. Ïîðåöêîâà. Ì. : Íàöèîíàëüíûé
èññëåäîâàòåëüñêèé óíèâåðñèòåò "Âûñøàÿ øêîëà ýêîíîìèêè", 2015
Êàö Ð. Ñ., Ìàéð Ï. Êàðòåëüíàÿ ïàðòèÿ: ïåðåñìîòð êîíöåïöèè / Ïåð. ñ àíãë.: È. Â. Ñîáîëåâà //
Ïðîãíîçèñ. 2009. › 3-4. Ñ. 169-194.
Conferences
BASEES (2014), Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (2014), University of Bremen (2014), Uppsala
University (2013), APSA (2012), Indiana University (2012), Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian
Academy of Science (2011), ASEEES (2010).
Research Skills
Languages
Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Software
MS Oce, QDAMiner, NVivo, Atlas.ti, SPSS, Stata, TEX, LYX, R
Surveys, Experiments, Focus groups, Interviews, Ethnography
Data Collection
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