I am particularly interested in comparative analysis of cultural backgrounds of psychological theories and implicit beliefs on human nature embedded into theories of personality and the impact of the ideology on the development of psychological science. My research work in this area is concerned with the problem of mutual understanding between different "schools" in psychology to promote integration of psychological knowledge in contemporary science. This problem is much relevant for Russian Psychology, which is now facing a challenge to join the international mainstream after more than 60 years of development in relative isolation. To facilitate the integration of Russian psychology into the world science, a certain hermeneutics is needed, which I am keen to perform.

 An important issue my research addresses now is the impact of globalisation on the development of psychological science. New “global reality” is bringing forth a) radical changes of the human existence, which psychological science has to asses, and b) a ground for the formation of a polycentric “global psychology”, where “local” schools are facing new challenges and new prospects for future development. 

 Scientific cognition is rooted in lay common sense, thus it comes natural that another focus of my research is Social Cognition  which is the study of how people interpret the world and themselves.  

This is more related to empirical research work which I perform with my students. I have a wide experience in the analysis of Mental RepresentationsandSocial Representations, investigating implicit theories of human intelligence and personality. My students’ theses have been dedicated to gender stereotypes of human intelligence, to the impact of the type of character on the worldview, etc.

Editorial board member of  “Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science”

Editorial board member of  “Human Arenas”

Reviewer for  “Psychological Reports”.

Reviewer for  “Culture and Psychology”.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN ENGLISH:

 Aalborg University, 2010 - 2012 – lecture course for Bachelor students “Social Representations”;

lecture course for Magister Students “Socio-psychological approach to thinking and decision”.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

 European Society for the History of Human Sciences

The Kitchen Network  (https://kitchenseminar.wordpress.com/)

EDITORIAL WORK

Editorial board member of  “Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science”

Editorial board member of  “Human Arenas”

Editorial board member of "Metodologia i Historia Psychologii" Journal  (History and theory of Psychology)  ( in Russian),

Editorial board member of “Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Social and Economic Psychology".

Editorial board member of "Vestnik of the State Pushkin University"  Journal (in Russian),

Editorial board member of "Vestnik of  the PermStateUniversity" Journal (in Russian).

Reviewer for  “Psychological Reports”.

Reviewer for  “Culture and Psychology”.

07.2014 -                                 Professor of the Department of Psychology, St. Petersburg State

                                                 University         

 08.2009 – 06.2017                  Professor of the Department of Psychology and Communication

        Disorders.    Pushkin Leningrad State University, St. Petersburg

09.2007 -  08.2009                    Professor of the Department of Social Psychology  and Dean of the Faculty of Culture. St.  PetersburgUniversity of Humanities and Social Sciences

06.2004- 09.2007                    Professor of the Department of Social Psychology St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences

1992-   2004                            Associate Professor of the Department of Social Psychology St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences

1991-1992                               Senior Researcher at the Department of SocialPsychologySt. PetersburgUniversity of Humanities and Social Sciences

1979-1990                              Research Associate at the State Optical Institute, Leningrad