Zhanna Chernova

Professor

Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg

Overview: Country
Russia

Company/Organisation
Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg

Bio
Zhanna Chernova is Doctor of Science in Sociology and Professor of Sociological Department, Higher School of Economics. She teaches the courses on Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Policy. Her research interests deal with family policy, chill welfare system, transformation in gender relations in Russia. She is one of the key scholars in the international, interdisciplinary research project “A Child’s Right to a Family: Deinstitutionalization of Child Welfare in Putin’s Russia» (led by Meri Kulmala. She has published papers in e.g. Journal of Social Policy Studies (15:3; 16:4), Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes (17:2), Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology (17:1).
My Abstracts: 1. Deinstitutionalization Of Child Welfare In Contemporary Russia: From Institutional And Collective Care To Family Care
Sessions Attending: 1. Deinstitutionalization Of Child Welfare In Contemporary Russia: From Institutional And Collective Care To Family Care
Speaking Engagement: 1. Deinstitutionalization Of Child Welfare In Contemporary Russia: From Institutional And Collective Care To Family Care - 03 Nov, 2017
The presentation discusses a major child welfare reform which is undergoing now in Russia. Following a long period of nation-wide, system-level policy...

Topics

1.2. DI and family based care in different regions: Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America (local, national, international, and comparison studies)

Co-Authors

Meri Kulmala

Larisa Shpakovskaya