Ksenia Eritsyan
- Associate Professor:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences / Department of Sociology
- Programme Co-head:Modern Social Analysis
- Ksenia Eritsyan has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education and Degrees
- 2018
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Social psychology
Lomonosov Moscow State University - 2007
Master's in Psychology
St Petersburg State University - 2005
Bachelor's in Psychology
St Petersburg 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.
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.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (HSE) (June 2021)
Advanced certificate in research ethics issued by Clarkson University (USA) and Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Sponsored by National Institutes of Health - Fogarty international center (2-years program)
Training course «Workshop on Population Size Estimates in Most at Risk Populations: Methods and Lessons Learned around the World». WHO collaborating center for HIV surveillance, “Andrija Stampar” School of Public Health, Scool of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia (July 9-13 2012)
Training course "Sampling methods and analysis among population at increased risk of HIV". Regional Knowledge Hub for HIV/AIDS surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran (November 19-24 2011)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Mentor's Seminar "Social Data Analytics" (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Social Data Analytics" (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Motivation and Behavior in Information Systems (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Motivation and Behavior in Information Systems (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; field of study "39.04.01. Социология", field of study "39.04.01. Социология"; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Mentor's Seminar "Social Data Analytics" (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Social Data Analytics" (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Motivation and Behavior in Information Systems (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Motivation and Behavior in Information Systems (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Eng
Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; field of study "39.04.01. Социология", field of study "39.04.01. Социология", field of study "39.04.01. Социология"; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Motivation and Behavior in Information Systems (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Cognitive Psychology and Social Behavior (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior" (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Social Studies of Health (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Studies of Health (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Cognitive psychology and social behavior (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Social Psychology (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Social Studies of Health (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Publications18
- Article Marta Anson, Ksenia Eritsyan. COVID-19 in social networks: unravelling its impact on youth risk perception, motivations and protective behaviours during the initial stages of the pandemic // International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 2023. Vol. 28. No. 1. Article 2245012. doi
- Article Natalia Antonova, Ksenia Eritsyan, Usacheva N., Larisa Tsvetkova. Dynamics of university students’ experiences with COVID-19 in the first year of pandemic in Russia: dataset // Frontiers in Psychology. 2023. Vol. 14. Article 1286036. doi
- Article Uusküla A., Rannap J., Weijler L., Abagiu A., Arendt V., Barrio G., Barros H., Brummer-Korvenkontio H., Casabona J., Croes E., Des Jarlais D., Seguin-Devaux C., Dudás M., Eritsyan K., Folch C., Hatzakis A., Heimer R., Heinsbroek E., Hope V., Jipa R., Ķīvīte-Urtāne A., Levina O., Alexandra Lyubimova, Malczewski A., Matser A., McAuley A., Meireles P., Mravčík V., Op de Coul E., Ojavee S. E., Parés-Badell O., Prins M., Pulido J., Romanyak E., Rosinska M., Seyler T., Stone J., Sypsa V., Talu A., Tarján A., Taylor A., Vickerman P., Vorobjov S., Dolan K., Wiessing L. Incarceration history is associated with HIV infection among community-recruited people who inject drugs in Europe: A propensity-score matched analysis of cross-sectional studies // Addiction. 2023 doi
- Article Ward Z., Stone J., Bishop C., Ivakin V., Eritsyan K., Deryabina A., Low A., Cepeda J., Kelly S. L., Heimer R., Cook R., Altice F. L., Litz T., Terlikbayeva A., El-Bassel N., Havarkov D., Fisenka A., Boshnakova A., Klepikov A., Saliuk T., Deshko T., Vickerman P. Costs and impact on HIV transmission of a switch from a criminalisation to a public health approach to injecting drug use in eastern Europe and central Asia: a modelling analysis // The Lancet HIV. 2022. Vol. 9. No. 1. P. E42-E53. doi
- Article Antonova N., Eritsyan K. It is not a big deal: a qualitative study of clinical biobank donation experience and motives // BMC Medical Ethics. 2022. Vol. 23. Article 7. doi
- Article Eritsyan K., Antonova N., Kazantseva T., Usacheva N. Association between descriptive and injunctive norms and students' intentions to seek support from mental health services // Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 2021 doi
- Article Ерицян К. Ю., Русакова М. М., Александрова А. А., Усачёва Н. М. Пережить локдаун: изменения в занятости и психологическое благополучие населения в эпоху пандемии // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2021. № 3. С. 250-270. doi
- Article Uusküla A., Vickerman P., Raag M., Walker J., PARASKEVIS D., Eritsyan K., SYPSA V., LIOZNOV D., Avi R., Des Jarlais D. Presenting a conceptual framework for an HIV prevention and care continuum and assessing the feasibility of empirical measurement in Estonia: a case study // Plos One. 2020. Vol. 15. No. 10. P. e0240224. doi
- Article King E. J., Niccolai L. M., Eritsyan K., Heimer R., Levina O. HIV testing among people who inject drugs in Ivanovo and Novosibirsk, Russia // Central European Journal of Public Health. 2019. Vol. 27. No. 1. P. 50-53. doi
- Article Одинокова В. А., Ерицян К. Ю., Русакова М. М., Усачёва Н. М. Факторы вовлечения в проституцию в несовершеннолетнем возрасте: результаты эмпирического исследования взрослых женщин // Журнал исследований социальной политики. 2019. Т. 17. № 2. С. 267-280. doi
- Article Cepeda J. A., Eritsyan K., Vickerman P., Lyubimova A., Shegay M., Odinokova V., Beletsky L., Borguez A., Hickman M., Beyrer C., Martin N. K. Potential impact of implementing and scaling up harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy on HIV prevalence and mortality and overdose deaths among people who inject drugs in two Russian cities: a modelling study // The Lancet HIV. 2018. P. 1-10. doi
- Article Ерицян К. Ю., Антонова Н. А. Систематический обзор эмпирических исследований факторов отказа от вакцинации // Гигиена и санитария. 2018. Т. 97 (7). С. 664-670. doi
- Article Eritsyan K., Kolpakova O. Runaway behavior among children in residential care in St. Petersburg: A qualitative study // Psychology in Russia: State of the Art. 2017. Vol. 10. No. 4. P. 124-133. doi
- Article Eritsyan K., Antonova N., Tsvetkova L. Studying anti-vaccination behavior and attitudes: A systematic review of methods. // Psychology in Russia: State of the Art. 2017. Vol. 10. No. 1. P. 178-197. doi
- Article Tsvetkova L., Eritsyan K., Antonova N. Russian students’ awareness of and attitudes toward donating to biobanks // Psychology in Russia: State of the Art. 2016. Vol. 9. No. 2. P. 30-38. doi
- Article Heimer R., Eritsyan K., Barbour R., Levina O. Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence among people who inject drugs and factors associated with infection in eight Russian cities // BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014. No. 14 (Suppl 6): S12 doi
- Article Uuskula A., Raag M., Folch C., Prasad L., Karnite A., van Veen M. G., Eritsyan K., Rosinska M., Des Jarlais D. C., Wiessing L. Self-reported testing, HIV status and associated risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Europe: important differences between East and West // AIDS. 2014. No. 28. P. 1657-1664. doi
- Article Cepeda J. A., Niccolai L. M., Eritsyan K., Heimer R., Levina O. Moderate/heavy alcohol use and HCV infection among injection drug users in two Russian cities // Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013. Vol. 132. No. 3. P. 571-579. doi
Conferences
- 202337th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (Бремен). Presentation: Awareness of COVID-19 cases in personal network and students’ motivation to engage in protective behaviour
- 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (Бремен). Presentation: University-based mental health counselling in Russia: audit of existing models and challenges
- 20198th International Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) (Загреб). Presentation: Reconstructing the Child’s Life: The Triangulation of Data from Parents, Children and Social Workers
- 8th International Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) (Загреб). Presentation: Using Life-Line Interviews in Research of Life Trajectories of Children from Disadvantaged Families
- 8th International Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) (Загреб). Presentation: Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations in Russia: Notes from the Field
- 201731st Conference of the EHPS: Innovative ideas in Health Psychology (Padova). Presentation: Differences in Vaccination Patterns: Applying the Diffusion Of Innovation Theory
- 201631st International Congress of Psychology 2016 (ICP2016) (Yokohama). Presentation: Studying the anti-vaccination behavior and attitudes: a systematic review of methods
- 31st International Congress of Psychology 2016 (ICP2016) (Yokohama). Presentation: Factors of differences in child vaccination patterns: the test of Health Behavior model on Russian sample
Editorial board membership
2020: Member of the Editorial Board (Associate Editor), BMC Public Health.
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