Aleksey Shchur
- Senior Lecturer: Vishnevsky Institute of Demography / Department of Demography
- Senior Research Fellow: International Laboratory for Population and Health
- Aleksey Shchur has been at HSE University since 2017.
- Language Proficiency
- English
- Albanian
- Contacts
- Phone:
15058 - Address: 3 Bolshoy Tryokhsvyatitelsky Pereulok, room 444
- SPIN-RSCI: 7645-4256
- ORCID: 0000-0002-3880-3832
- ResearcherID: B-7284-2019
- Scopus AuthorID: 57219198275
- Google Scholar
- Supervisor
- E. M. Andreev
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Education and Degrees
HSE University
HSE University
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
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
24 September - 5 October 2018, International Autumn school "Demographic methods in public health research". HSE, Max Planсk Institute for Demographic Research.
22 July - 4 August 2019 Guest researcher at Laboratory for demographic data, Max Planсk Institute for Demographic Research.
07 October - 25 November 2020, Online International Autumn School "Frontiers in Demographic Research". HSE University, Moscow.
Awards and Accomplishments
Premium for publication in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal (2022-2023)
Courses (2025/2026)
- Demography (Master field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Demography (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Theory and Methodology of Population Studies" (Master field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Theory and Methodology of Population Studies" (Master field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Demography (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Demography (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Global Demographic Issues (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Theory and Methodology of Population Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Demography (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Demography (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Global Demographic Issues (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Theory and Methodology of Population Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Demography (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Demography (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Economic Demography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Economic Demography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Economic Demography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Human Mortality and Health: Current Trends and Research (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Sociology, field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Human Mortality and Health: Current Trends and Research (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Population and Health (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Population and Health (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Demography (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Economic Demography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Economic Demography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Economic Demography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Demography (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2025
XXV Ясинская (Апрельская) международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Сопоставимость региональных практик кодирования причин смерти в России: устойчивость во времени
XXX Международная конференция по народонаселению (IPC2025) (Брисбен). Presentation: Narrowing Gap in Self-Rated Health between Men and Women in Russia: Measurement Problem or Fact?
XXX Международная конференция по народонаселению (IPC2025) (Брисбен). Presentation: Russian Short-Term Mortality Fluctuations Database: An Instrument to Examine the Impact of External Shocks and Pandemics at Subnational Level
- 2024
"Всемирный прогноз народонаселения ООН-2024 на период до 2100 года. Ожидаемые демографические изменения в России" (Москва). Presentation: Население регионов Мира в 1950-2100 гг.: демографические тренды последних десятилетий и основные результаты прогноза ООН
Демографические проблемы России XXI века (Москва). Presentation: Продолжительность здоровой жизни и самооценка здоровья в России: тренды и проблемы измерения
- 2021
XXII Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Размах, причины и динамика неравенства уровня смертности населения России в зависимости от размера и статуса населенного пункта проживания
- 2020
Население и пространство: демографические аспекты развития территорий (Москва). Presentation: Как меняется и чем обусловлено преимущество региональных центров в продолжительности жизни в России?
- 2019
XX Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва ). Presentation: География распространения смертности от ВИЧ-инфекции в российских городах-миллионниках и на окружающих их территориях
5th Human Mortality Database Symposium "Recent Trends and Future Uncertainties in Longevity" (Берлин). Presentation: Mortality differentials in Russian biggest cities and their surrounding territories
Демографические тенденции в России: наследие советского времени или новый поворот? (Москва). Presentation: Что скрыто за различиями в смертности между городской и сельской местностью в России?
Researchers from the HSE International Laboratory for Population and Health presented their research results at the International Population Conference IPC2025 in Brisbane, Australia
From 13 to 18 July, the XXX International Population Conference (IPC2025) was held in Brisbane, Australia, organised by the International Union for the Study of Population (IUSSP) in conjunction with the Australian National University. The conference is held every four years and is considered one of the key events in global demographic science.
The expedition “Regional support measures as a factor of realization of reproductive intentions by example of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra”
From July 28 to August 9, 2024, as part of the Student Expeditions Program of the Educational Initiatives Foundation of the HSE University “Rediscovering Russia”, the staff of the International Laboratory for Population and Health organized an expedition in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, dedicated to the study of fertility and reproductive intentions. The expedition heads - Alexey Shchur and Vera Sokolova with a team of 10 students, including postgraduate demographers, students of the master's program “Demography”, bachelor's programs “Sociology”, “Geography of Global Change and Geoinformation Technologies”, visited Khanty-Mansiysk, Surgut, Kogalym, as well as the Russkinskaya village of Surgut district.
The purpose of the expedition was to study what factors (socio-economic, infrastructural, personal) determine the gap between the wanted number of children and the actual (expected) one, and to how much regional measures to support families influence reproductive decision-making. During the expedition, more than 900 respondents were interviewed and expert meetings were held with relevant departments and organizations that develop and implement demographic policy in the region.
Russian Short-Term Mortality Fluctuations Data Series as a new tool for population health and mortality research in Russia
On October 24, 2023, the staff of theInternational Laboratory for Population and Health presented a new tool for research in health and mortality of the Russian population: the Russian Database of Short-term Mortality Fluctuations, created within the framework of the project "Monitoring and Forecasting of Life Expectancy Based on Current Statistics"
Autumn School “Population and Health 2023”
From October 16 to 20, the International Laboratory for Population and Health of HSE University, Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the Strategic Project «National Centre of Science, Technology and Socio-Economic Foresight» held the Autumn School “Population and Health 2023”. More than 20 students, graduate students and young scientists took part in the school. Participants became familiar with approaches to measuring health, mortality data, measures of inequality and current studies, and gained practical experience in calculating various indicators in statistical software R.
‘I Intend to Establish Myself in Academia’
Fedor Shvets came to Russia from Kazakhstan, graduated from the Bachelor’s programme in Sociology and Social Informatics at HSE University in St Petersburg, and is currently studying for his Master’s degree in Population and Development at HSE University in Moscow. In an interview with the HSE News Service, he spoke about his choice of university and programme, and shared his impressions of living and studying in Moscow.
Mapping HIV
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