Head of Science, Master's programme "Studies in European Societies"
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
Research areas:
- Economic sociology
- Socio-economic forecasting
- Labour sociology and economics
- Sociology of markets
- Labour market, modern forms of employment
Foreign languages:
English
Education and work experience:
- from 2017 Head of Science, the Master's programme "Studies in European Societies" (Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University – University of Bielefeld)
- from 2010 Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
- 2009-2010 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
- 2009 PhD in social sciences, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
- 2004-2009 work in commercial organizations, human resources
- 2005 graduated in labour economics from the Faculty of Sociology of St Petersburg State University
More:
- Deputy chief editor of the magazine "Vestnik SpBSU. Sociology"
- Executive secretary of the Council of educational program "Sociology"
- Member of International Sociological Association (ISA)
Publications:
- Nikiforova, O. & Sokolova, E. (2020). New opportunities for youth on the labor market. Results of the IV St. Petersburg International Youth Labour Forum. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 13(2), 255-259.
- Tarando E., Malinina T., Nikiforova O., Sereda V., & Pruel N. (2020) Informally self-employed in Russia: attitude to formalisation (on the example of Saint Petersburg). International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, Vol. 9, 2217-2223.
- Nikiforova, O. (2019). Public Perception of Corruption Level in Professional Spheres. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 12(1), 51-66.
- Nikiforova, O. & Sokolova, E. (2019). Career Trajectories of Youth. Results of the III St Petersburg Youth Labor Forum. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 12(2), 207-211.
- Karapetyan, R., & Nikiforova, O.(2018). Youth in the Labour Market of St. Petersburg: Dynamics of Key Indicators. Vestnik MIRBIS, 14(14), 124-131 (in Russian).
- Nikiforova, O.(2018). The Public Nature of Employment: A Sociological Approach. Theory and Practice of Social Development, 1(119), 30-34 (in Russian).
- Nikiforova, O., Tarando, E., Mishalchenko, Y., Borisov, A., Pruel, N., & Malinina, T. (2018). Strategies for Cooperation Between Business and Higher Education for Attracting Graduates to a Large Enterprise of an International Corporation in the Conditions of a Russian Monotown. Espacios, 39 (10).