1. St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department of Sociology
Research seminar
«Youth»
E. Omel’chenko, S.Polyakov, A. Mayboroda
Saint-Petersburg, 2018

2. St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
Youth Studies
The course is dedicated to the main topics in youth studies. Students will study basic paradigms,
theoretical approaches, empirical methods of youth research.
We will consider various topics: scenes, subcultures, solidarity, labor, ethnicity and nationalism, gender and sexuality.

3. Goals of the Course to improve:
St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
Goals of the Course
to improve:
the skills of organizing and conducting qualitative research
academic writing and analysis skills
fieldwork skills
analytical skills for the analysis of various youth cultures
sociological imagination

4. Teaching and Learning Methods
St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
Teaching and Learning Methods
Reading of original research papers
Classroom group discussion
Development of research design and research materials

5. TopicS Youth (sub)cultures and solidarity.
St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
TopicS
Youth (sub)cultures and solidarity.
Youth scenes. Practices of closed, invisible communities
Gender, sexuality, intimacy modes
Ethnicity
Nationalism
Youth civic, political and social activism
Аge studies
Consumption and youth cultures consumption
Labor studies, youth employment

6. As a result of study, the student should
St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
As a result of study, the student should
know key youth studies concepts
understand and discuss topics related to youth cultures, scenes, solidarity
improve their skills in developing research design in the framework of youth studies

7. Course Instructors Omelchenko Elena Leonidovna
St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
Course Instructors
Omelchenko Elena Leonidovna
Professor: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Sociology
Director: Centre for Youth Studies
Polyakov Svyatoslav Igorevich
Lecturer: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Sociology
Junior Research Fellow: Centre for Youth Studies

8. Junior Research Fellow: Centre for Youth Studies
St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities 
Department of Sociology
Course Instructors
Maiboroda Alina Vladimirovna
Lecturer: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Sociology
Junior Research Fellow: Centre for Youth Studies