• Contemporary studies of gender relations in Russia
• Qualitative methods in Sociological research
• Russian Gender
• Theory of social inequality

MONOGRAPHS:
1993.  Paradigms of  Social Movements Research. Nauka. St. Petersburg (In Russian).

EDITIONS:
2009 New everyday life in contemporary Russia. SPb. EUSPb – co-editor and author (in Russian)
2007 Co-editor and author of: ‘Russian Gender order: Sociological Perspective’. SPb EUSPb (in Russian)
2003 Co-editor and author of:  R. Miller, R. Humphrey, E. Zdravomyslova (Eds.) Biographical Research in Eastern Europe. Altered Lives and Broken Biographies.Ashgate. L.
2002 Co-editor of the “In Search of Sexuality” (in Russian). SPb. Bulanin.
2000 Co-editor of the Reader in the Feminist Theory (in Russian). SPb. Bulanin.
1999 Co-editor of the collection Ecological Movement in Russia// Working papers of the CISR #5, St.Petersburg (in Russian).
1997 Co-editor of the collection Biographical Perspectives on Post-Soviet Societies // Working papers of the Centre for Independent Social Research #5, St. Petersburg.
1996 Co-editor of the collection Gender dimension of social and political activism in transformation (in Russian) // Working Papers of the CISR #4, St. Petersburg, 1996
1996 Co-editor of the collection Civil Society in the European North // Working Papers of the CISR, # 3, St. Petersburg.

Selected articles:
2008 Review article on 'Women and Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe'. Ed.  by J. Lukic, J. Regulska, D. Zavircek. Ashgate 2006  // International sociology (forthcoming)
2008 Make way for Professional Sociology // Current Sociology. Vol. 56 (3). May . Pp : 405-414
2007 Anna Rotkirch, Anna Temkina, and Elena Zdravomyslova Who Helps the Degraded Housewife?: Comments on Vladimir Putin's Demographic Speech
European Journal of Women's Studies, # 14: 349-357.
2006 Gender and Women’s Studies in Contemporary Russia //  Marlen Bidwell-Steiner, Karin S. Wozonig (Hg.): A Canon of Our  Own? Kanonkritik und Kanonbildung in den Gender Studies. Wien,  Innsbruck: Studienverlag 2006 (=Gendered Subjects III). (coauthored)
2005 Gendered Citizenship in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. In: Vera Tolz and Stephanie Booth (eds.), Gender and  Nation in Contemporary Europe (Manchester: Manchester  University Press,) (co-authored).
2004 The Late Soviet  Informal Public Realm, Social Networks and Trust //  (Ed. by H.Schrader) Trust and Social Transformation. LIT Verlag,  Muenster. Pp. 103-123. (coauthored with V. Voronkov)
2004 'Happy Marriage' of Gender Studies and Biographical Research in Contemporary Russian Social Science. / In: I.Miethe,C.Kajatin, J.Pahl (Hg.) Geschlechterkonstruktionen in Ost und West. Biografische Perspektiven. Lit Verlag Muenster. Pp. 75-95 (co-authored)
2004 Self-identity Frames in the Soldiers' Mothers Movement in Russia. / Ed. by R.Alapuro, I.Liikanen and M.Lonkila. Beyond Post-Soviet Transition. Kikimora. Publications. Helsinki.. Pp. 21-41
2003 Introduction: Biographical Research and Historical Watersheds (coauthored) // R. Miller, R. Humphrey, E. Zdravomyslova (Eds.) Biographical Research in Eastern Europe. Altered Lives and broken biographies. Ashgate. L. Pp. 1-26
2003 Institutionalization of Gender Studies in Russia: Issues and Strategies //Gender in Teaching and Didactics. Frankfurt: Perelang.  P. 161-176  (coauth)
2003 The Cafй Saigon Tusovka: One Segment of the Informal-public Sphere of  Late Soviet Society // R. Miller, R. Humphrey, E. Zdravomyslova (Eds.) Biographical Research in Eastern Europe. Altered Lives and broken biographies. Ashgate. L.
2003 The genealogical Search Initiative and its Soviet Legacy. In:  Ed. by. G,Skapska. The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Society// The Annals of the International Institute of Sociology. New Series. Vol.9 Brill. Leiden-Boston/ Pp. 103-119
2002 Diskurse der Selbstinterpretation im zeitgenossiscgen Russsland: die genealogische Suche // M. Ritter und B. Waltendorf (Hrg.) Giessener Abhandlungen zur Agrar-und Withschaftsforschung des Eirupaischen Ostens. Band 223. Duncker & Humbolt. Berlin. 
2002 Feministische Ubersetzung in Russland, Anmerkungen von Koautoren // Russische Kultur und Gender Studies / E.Cheaure und C.Heyder (Hrs.). Osteuropaforschung. Band 43. Berlin Verlag. P. 15–34 (coauthored).

2002 The Informal Public in Soviet Society: Double Morality at Work // Social Research. 2002.  Vol. 69. № 1 (Spring). P. 49–69. (coauthored)
2001 Hypocritical Sexuality // Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries. Ed. by S.Webber abd I.Liikanen. Palgrave. P. 142-150
2001 Die Krise der Mannlichkeit im Alltagsdiskurs. Wandel der Geschlechterordnung in Russland // Berliner Debatte Initial. 12: 4. S.78-90 (coauthored) 

Current research projects:

• New Everyday Life in Russia
  
• Transformation and Medical Institutions
  
• Changes in family and sexual life
  
• Feminists of late-Soviet period
  

August 2006-Feb. 2007 Social History Expert of the Federal Court of L.A. USA

Spring 2007, Fall 2005 Kone Foundation  Fellow of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland
2006, May – visiting professor at the Rosa-Mayreder-College, University of Wien
Winter 2006, 2003, 2001 Visiting Professor at the Yoensuu University, Finland (Center for Karelian Studies)
2004-2005 visiting Professor at the Department of European Studies at the University of Magdeburg, Germany
Summer, 2004 professor at the Summer School 'Methodology of Social Research', Irkutsk University
July, 2003 Professor at the Summer School “Gender Studies and Russian Transformation' Samara
August, 2002  Prof. at the summer school “Gender Studies in the Central Asia”. Alma-Aty
September, 2001 Professor at the Faros Summer School on Gender Studies
July, 2001 Professor at the Irkutsk summer school on sociology
May, 2001 Professor at the Ulyanovsk summer school on sociology
July, 2000 Professor at the International Women’s University (IFU), Hannover
November, 1998 Visiting Professor at the International Studies Program of Tampere University
August, 1998 Visiting Professor at the Summer School on Gender and Citizenship, organized by NOISE, Turku, Finland 
1998 Visiting professor at the sociological Department of the Ruhr  University of Bochum, Summer semester. Maria Yahoda professorship
August, 1997  Visiting professor at the Summer School on Studies of Sexuality, organized by NIKK - Valmiera, Latvia
June, 1997  Visiting prof. at the Russian Summer University, Yaroslavl
July, 1997  Lecturer at the Summer School for Women Studies and Gender Research. Zhiguli, Russia
May, 1997  Lecture course on Russian gender culture in transformation in the Women studies Department of the Swedish University in Turku, Finland
July, 1996 Lecturer at the Summer School for Women Studies and Gender Research. Tver, Russia
1994,1995  Lecturer and consultant on Gender Culture in Russia: Dortmund Social Research Center. Germany

July-August, 1994  Visiting researcher at the Summer Institute on: International Economics and Domestic Politics in the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences. Stanford University, USA
1994  Visiting Prof. University of Tromso, Department of Sociology, Norway,  May. The course on Russian political development in 1985-1994.
October-November, 1993  Research scholarship in the field of women studies. Henrich-Boell-
Foundation, Germany

December, 1992 Visiting Professor at the: Course on Russian Transition. University of Trondheim, Philosophical Department. Norway
January, 1991 Research scholarship in the social movement studies at New School For Social Research, New-York, USA
October-December, 1990  Research scholarship in the social movements studies at Berkeley, University of California, USA