We are the team of the Laboratory of Political Psychological Research: students and professors of the Higher School of Economics who are engaged in psychology, sociology and political science. We study factors that influence individuals' attitudes towards the political system, political self-efficacy and, as a consequence, political participation. We are open to collaboration with other researchers who are interested in this topic!
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At a research seminar held by the HSE University Politics & Psychology Research Laboratory, Maria Rodionova and Anton Sizov presented preliminary findings from their study, “Strategies of Adaptation to Digital Participation in Russia amid Internet Sovereignization: Privacy Concerns and Political Attitudes as Determinants of the Transition to Russian Media Platforms,” supported by the Russian Science Foundation.
On October 1–2, 2026, the 5th International Scientific Conference “Anxious Society 5: The World in an Era of Polycrisis: Inequalities, Uncertainties, and Hopes” took place in St. Petersburg. The conference was organized by the St. Petersburg Association of Sociologists and the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Laboratory staff won two grants from the Russian Science Foundation
On February 25, the laboratory held its regular seminar, featuring presentations by Georgy Mamvriysky and Andrey Akhremko.
The laboratory employee is enrolled in a single track of “master's – postgraduate” studies
This year, two laboratory staff members received the highest ratings from students
On June 11, the laboratory held an online seminar on the topic “Affective political polarization: content, factors, and research issues.”
On May 21, our laboratory held another online seminar, during which the preliminary results of the project “Reliability of Online Survey Data” were presented
Maria Rodionova presented preliminary results of her dissertation research at the seminar of the Research LabMaria Rodionova presented preliminary results of her dissertation research at the seminar of the research and training laboratory
Sabina Kosimova presented the results of her research at the seminar of the research laboratory