Igor Chervinskii is a doctoral assistant in quantitative methods in the social sciences. His PhD research focuses on parenting intentions, family-making, and childbearing among LGBTQ+ individuals and heterosexual couples from a longitudinal, comparative perspective. His other interests include migration and mobility studies, social work and LGBTQ+ rights activism.

Besides his PhD project, he teaches practical sessions in statistics I (“Introduction to Statistics”) and statistics II (“Statistics Applied to the Social Sciences”) at the undergraduate level.

He holds an MA in Sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris) and an MA in Comparative Social Research from the Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow).

Almakaeva, A., Chervinsky, I. and Mikhailova, N. (2023) (In)Tolerance in the Black Sea Region. In: Voicu, M., Kizilova, K., and Zulean, M. (Eds.) Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region. Lexington Books, Roman & Littlefield Publishers. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666918250/Social-Values-and-Identities-in-the-Black-Sea-Region

Erpyleva, S., & Kappinen, S. (Eds.). (2023) Resigning Themselves Inevitability. How Russians justified the military invasion of Ukraine? Fall-Winter 2022. Analytical report. PS Lab. The Russia Programme at George Washington University https://therussiaprogram.org/ps_lab_1

Chervinsky, I., Gruel, C. & Monrosier, Z. (2024, 12 janvier). En Russie, la communauté LGBT+ subit des attaques sans précédent. Radio Campus Paris. France. https://www.radiocampusparis.org/emission/Pjz-le-lobby/z6Zr-en-russie-la–communaute-lgbt-subit-des-attaques-sans-precedent

Bougon, F. (2022, 26 février). La communauté LGBT constitue pour Poutine l’ennemi intérieur parfait. Entretien avec Igor Chervinsky, jeune chercheur ukrainien exilé à Paris, quienquête sur la communauté LGBT+ en Russie. Mediapart. France. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/260223/la-communaute-lgbt-constitue-pour-poutine-l-ennemi-interieur-parfait