Larisa Kosova
Address:
National Research University
The Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Slavyanskaya pl, 4/2 Moscow, Russia, 109074
Phone (office): 7 (495) 621-04-85; 623-43-56
E-mail: lkosova@hse.ru
Professional Experience:
2009-present
2002-2009
1995- 2002
1991-1995
1978-1991
Joint Economic and Sociological Data Archive Director, HSE
Sociological Data Archive Director, Independent Institute for Social
Policy
Head of Information Department, the All-Russian Center for Public
Opinion and Market Research (VCIOM)
Senior Research Fellow, Project Manager, the All-Russian Center for
Public Opinion and Market Research (VCIOM)
Research Fellow, the Scientific Center for Information on Social
Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences (INION AN SSSR)
Education:
Brief training course in Central Archive of Empirical Data, Cologne, 2001
Training course in SCPR, London, 1995
Training course in British sociological research agencies, 1993
Kandidat Degree, All-Union Institute for Scientific and Technique Information,
Russian Academy of Sciences, 1988
High Education Diploma, Moscow Aviation Institute, Department of
Mathematics, 1977
Skills:
Research methods in sociology
Data analysis
Information systems
Scope of Research Interests:
Social mobility, social structure, channels of social mobility, social transformation,
élites, social values and attitudes
Research Visits:
2000, March - University of Toronto, Canada
1998, November - Creighton University, USA
Awards, Honors, and Grants:
2014-2015 allowance for academic work
2007 – 2009 Macarthur Foundation Program Grant
2007 - Macarthur Foundation Travel Grant
2005 – 2006 Macarthur Foundation Program Grant
2003 - RGGU Travel Grant
2002 - Ford Foundation Program Grant
2000 - Ford Foundation Travel Grant
1999 - Open Society Institute Travel Grant
1998 - Ford Foundation Research Grant
1997 - Macarthur Foundation Grant
1995 - Distinguished Researcher, VCIOM Award
1993 - European Community Training Grant
1988 - Award for Outstanding Results in Work, Institute for Scientific
Information on Social Sciences
1985 - Distinguished Researcher, Exhibition of People Achievements (VDNH),
Bronze medal
Teaching Experience:
2009 – present – ‘Sociology of Public Opinion’, Higher School of Economics
2007 – present – ‘Retrospective Analysis of Social Survey Data’, Moscow State
University
2003-present – ‘Methods and Models of Managing Decisions: Information Basis’,
Moscow State University
2000-present – ‘Research Methods in Sociology’, Higher School of Economics
1999, August - ‘Modern Sociological Research Methods’, Kazakhstan Open
Society Institute
1999, June - ‘SPSS in sociological research’, Mongolian Academy of Science,
Ulaanbaatar
1998 - Creighton University, ‘Attitudes towards reforms in Russia’
1992 - 1998, ‘Using SPSS in Sociological Research’, Moscow Institute of Arts
1985-1988, ‘Statistics for Physicians, First Moscow Medicine Institute
Paper Presentation:
‘Social and Cultural Potential of Modernization: Case of Russia in the
International Context’, the Tenth International Conference on the Problems
of Economic and Social Development, HSE, Moscow, 2009, April
‘Social Mobility: Analysis of the Dynamics’, All-Russian Sociological Congress,
Moscow, 2008, October
‘Civil Society: NGO in the Mirror of Public Opinion’, AAASS Annual
Convention, New Orleans, November 2007
‘Russian Sociological Data Archive: Options for Foreign Researchers’, AAASS
Annual Convention, Washington (DC), November 2006
‘Russian Sociological Data Archive: 5 years of Growth’: IASSIST Annual
Congress, Edinburgh (UK), May 2005
'The Dynamics of Social Statuses in Russia: Secondary Analysis' 35th AAASS
National Convention, Toronto (Canada), November 2003
'The Impact of Social Data Archives on Sociological Research Standards (case of
Russia), together with Khakhulina Ludmila: IASSIST Annual Congress,
Ottawa, May 2003
'Russian Sociological Data Archive (RSDA) - New Tool for Research and
Teaching': RSDA Workshop, Moscow, November 2002
'Does Civil Society Exist in Russia?': 33d AAASS National Convention,
Washington (DC), November 2001
‘Elections Results in Russia’: 32nd AAASS National Convention, Denver
(Colorado), November 2000
‘Social mobility in Russia: Changes during last yeasr’: Annual VCIOM
Conference, Moscow, February 2000
‘Reforms and Change in the Character of Social Mobility in Russia’: 31st
AAASS National Convention, St.Loius (Missouri), November 1999
‘Disenchantment With Reform Among Different Status Groups': 30th AAASS
Annual Convention, Boca Raton (Florida), September 1998
‘Differential Analysis: A New Method of Characterising Social Groups’:
WAPOR Conference ‘Public Opinion and Public Research at the Turn of
the Century’, Tokyo, November 1996
‘Features of the Elite Forming Processes in Russia’: Seminar ‘Elite in the PostCommunist societies’, Moscow, March 1996
‘Computers as Means for the Cognitive Procedures Rationalization’:
International Conference ‘Informatics and Problems of Humanitarian
Education’, Novorossijsk, September 1995
'Transforming or Conservation? Values and Attitudes of Elite groups in Russia':
International Conference 'Where Russia is Moving?', Moscow, December
1994
'VCIOM Data Archive: Problems and Prospects': Conference 'Making Data
European', Luxembourg, May 1993
Publications:
‘Society of non-accumulation’, in Herald of Public Opinion, 2009, №1, С.56-65
‘Steam-boiler of the Suspend Mobility’, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, , 12.01.2009,
http://www.ng.ru/ideas/2009-01-12/9_mobility.html
‘Idols of the Market Place’, in Herald of Public Opinion, 2008, №1, С.59-65
‘Why We Don’t Have Civil Society’, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 28.07.2008,
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2008-07-28/3_kartblansh.html
‘Are All Roads Open for Us? Possibilities for Vertical Mobility’, in the Soviet
Society’ in Information Bulletin ‘Sophist’, 2007, N2(10), pp2-3
'Dynamics of Family Roles Vision: Secondary Analysis ISSP Data' (with
A.Beletskaya) in SPERO (Social Policy: Expertise, Recommendations,
Surveys), 2006, N5 (Autumn-Winter), pp.232-239
‘Three dimensions of social time or dynamics of subjective evaluations of status’
in Herald of Public Opinion, 2006, N2, pp.25-31
‘International Social Survey Programme (ISSP): Opportunities for Researchers’,
in Information Bulletin ‘Sophist’, 2005, N1(7), pp2-3
‘Voucher Privatization: Looking Back’ in Information Bulletin ‘Sophist’, 2005,
N2(6), pp2-3
‘Creation and Development of the Russian Sociological Data Archive’ in ICPSR
Bulletin, 2005, Spring, Vol.25, №2, С.3-7
'Unemployment… Not frightened anymore?’ in Information Bulletin ‘Sophist’,
2005, N1(5), pp2-3
‘Attitudes towards the reform as a line of demarcation’ in International articlebook ‘Political Demarcation and Political System’ (forthcoming)
‘Almost a jubilee…’ in Public Opinion Bulletin, 2004, N3, pp. 27-36
‘The Impact of Economic Circumstances on Women's Attitudes to Russian
Market Reform’(with T.Clark and E.Goss), forthcoming
'Social Mobility - Inequality of Opportunities' in Just and Unjust Social Inequality
in Modern Russia, 2003, pp.432-448
'Changing Attitudes towards Economic Reform during the Yeltsin Era' (with
T.Clark and E.Goss), 240 pp. Praeger Publishers, Westport, Conn. London,
2003
'Economic Well-Being and Popular Support for Market Reform in Russia' (with
T.Clark and E.Goss) in Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51,
no. 3 (2003): 753-768.
‘Compiling an Open Sociological Archive in Russia (with L.Khakhulina) in Social
Science Data Archives in Eastern Europe, international article-book, 2002,
Berlin-Cologne-Paris, С. 191-197
‘Money or Power?’ in Sociological Research (translated), July-August 2000,
pp. 67-74
‘Putin’s phenomena: morphology and semantic of public support’ (with R.Brym)
in Monitoring of Social and Political Changes, 2000
‘Balkans and Chechnia: Ordeal of feeleings’ in Global world after the Balkan
Crisis, Moscow, 1999, pp.197-207
‘Money or Power? Channels of Mobility in Russian Society’, in Russian Public
Opinion Monitor, 1999, N3, pp. 24-26
‘Subject Evaluation of Economic Situation and Support of the Reforms in Russia’
(with T.Clark), in Sociological Studies, 1998, N5
‘Social Reforms and status dynamics’, in Monitoring of Social and Political
Changes, 1997, N6, pp.37-39
‘Russian Elites - features and characteristics’, in Business and Politics, 1997, N7,
pp.63-72
‘Homo Sovieticus: a Possibility of Typology’, in Monitoring of Social and
Political Changes, 1997, N2, pp.17-22
‘Disenchantment with Reforms among Different Status Groups’, in Sociological
Research, vol.35, N6 (November-December 1996), pp.86-91
‘Presidential Election - the Final Diagnosis?’ (with R.Brym), in Monitoring of
Social and Political Changes,1996, N5 (September-October), pp.19-22
‘Political leaders in Public Opinion’, analytic report, VCIOM, 1996, June, 31 pp.
‘New Elite: Old Players on a New Field?’ (with Golovachev B., Khakhulina L.),
in Segodnya (newspaper), 14.02.96
'Elite Groups: Details of Social Portrait' (with Golovachev B.), in Sociological
Studies, 1996, N1 (January), pp.45-52
‘Forming of Ruling Elite. Second part’ (with Golovachev B., Khakhulina L), in
Monitoring of Social and Political Changes,1996,N1 (Jan-Feb), pp.32-38
‘Forming of Ruling Elite. First part’ (with Golovachev B., Khakhulina L.), in:
Monitoring of Social and Political Changes, 1995, N6 (NovemberDecember), pp.18-24
‘Voters Will Make Their Mind Just on the Doorstep of the Pooling Stations’, in
Izvestija (newspaper), 4.10.1995
‘Reaction of Disillusion in Different Status Groups’, in Monitoring of Social and
Political Changes, 1995, N4 (July-August), pp.36-37
'Satisfaction with Life and Intensity of Reforms', in Sociological Research, 1995,
July-August, pp.87-92
'Old and New Russian Elite: Conservation or Transformation?' (with
GolovachevB.), analytic report, Intercentre, 1995, August, 42 pages
'Influence of Socio-Psyhcologocal Attitudes on Political Behaviour', analytic
report, VCIOM, 1995, March, 25 pages
'Dynamic of Values: Results of Empirical Research', in Russian Education and
Society, 1995, January, pp.68-75
'Satisfaction with Life and Intensity of Reforms', in Sociological Studies, 1994,
N10, pp.161-164
'Images of Status Dynamics and Socio-Political Attitudes', in Monitoring of Social
and Political Changes, 1994, N4, pp.20-23
'Dynamic of Values: Results of Empirical Research', in Sociological Studies, 1994,
N2, pp.114-118
'Should Sociologist Remember the Multiplication Table?', in Sociological Studies,
1992, N5, pp.128-132