HSE Expert Institute International Laboratory of Socio-Cultural Research was founded in 2011 on the basis of the Research and Teaching Laboratory of Socio-Psychological Research which started work in 2006. In 2019, it was transformed into the Centre for Sociocultural Research
The head of the Centre is Nadezhda Lebedeva ― Tenured Professor at the Higher School of Economics and a recognized scholar in the field of cross-cultural and ethnic psychology. She is the author of more than 20 books and 200 academic articles. Read more...
All cultures day at HSE Psychology department
On December 19, the Master's program in Applied social psychology and the HSE Centre for socio-cultural research held the 6th annual "All cultures day", a celebration for the entire multinational community of HSE students and teachers.
The connection between social cohesion and health: A multi-level analysis in Germany
On December 10 Mandi Larsen (PhD, Lecturer, Jacobs University Bremen, the Coordinator of the Methods Center for the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "The connection between social cohesion and health: A multi-level analysis in Germany".
The psychological aspect of self-understanding of national identity in the context of historical experience in the post-Soviet space
On November 26 Tuchina Oksana Roaldovna (Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Kuban State Technological University) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "The psychological aspect of self-understanding of national identity in the context of historical experience in the post-Soviet space".
New article by Center staff in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
On November 7 the article "Values and communication apprehension as antecedents of conflict styles in intercultural conflicts: A study in Germany and Russia" by Anastasia Batkhina is available online.
The 7th P in creativity research: How an individual’s creative perception influences one’s creative behavior
On October 31 Anatoly Kharkhurin (PhD, associate professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychology, HSE) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "The 7th P in creativity research: How an individual’s creative perception influences one’s creative behavior".
Identity and Psychosocial Functioning across Groups
On September 26 Byron Adams (PhD, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, University of Johannesburg, South Africa) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "Identity and Psychosocial Functioning across Groups".
Lab staff at the 5th APSA Political Psychology Conference in the USA
On August 28, Anastasia Batkhina took a report at the 5th annual APSA conference on political psychology held at Georgetown University in the United States.
New article by laboratory staff in Frontiers in Psychology
On Jule 16 the article "Mapping ethnic stereotypes and their antecedents in Russia: The Stereotype Content Model" by Anastasia Batkhina, Susan T. Fiske (Princeton University, USA) and Dmitry Grigoryev is available online.
Participation in the XVI European Congress of Psychology
From July 2 to July 5, staff of the ILSCR took part in the XVI European Congress of Psychology (ECP 2019), which this year was held in Moscow.
IX Summer School "Design of Cross-Cultural Study"
27 - 30 June 2019 near Moscow there was the IX Summer School "Design of Cross-Cultural Study", organized by the International laboratory for socio-cultural research, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics. The teachers of the school were the foreign researchers: Michael Bender (PhD, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University), Byron Adams (PhD, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University), and Ella Daniel (PhD, Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University).
Application Deadline - February 9, 2020