Deputy Editor-In-Chief of the international peer-reviewed journal “Minbar. Islamic studies”. PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology and Psychological Problems of Multicultural Education of Moscow State University of Psychology and Education.
Site: https://pavlova-os.com/
E-mail: os_pavlova@mail.ru ; os_pavlova@mail.ru ; aliya6213@gmail.com ; pavlovaos@mgppu.ru
Education
1988-1993 – Teacher-defectologist and practical psychologist of special preschool institutions, Moscow State Pedagogical University
2017-2020 – Master of Theology, Russian Islamic University
Advanced training courses and professional retraining courses:
- Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE). Theory and Practice of Psychological Counseling in Professional Activities (2021, 72 h.)
- Russian Islamic University. Spiritual-Oriented Pedagogy and Psychology (2020, 72 h.)
- Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center. Interactive Methods for The Prevention of Xenophobia and Extremism Among Children and Young People “Safe World” (2019; 24 h.)
- Saint Petersburg State University, Coursera. Islam: History, Culture, Praxis (2019)
- Moscow Islamic Institute and Institute of Asian and African Studies of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). State-Confessional Relations (2016; 80 h.)
- International internship in the amount of 180 hours in the Kingdom of Morocco at the Faculty of Theology of Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (the city of Tetoua) according to the program Arabic and Moroccan Culture from July 11 to September 07, 2016
- Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE) Cross-Cultural Training: Technology Development and Conduct (2015; 16 h.)
- Saint Petersburg State University with the participation of Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation. Program Classical Muslim Theology as a Factor to Prevent Radicalism and Extremism (2015; 72 h.)
- Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE) Program of advanced training of higher-education teaching staff and specialists of educational and methodological services for the design and implementation of basic professional educational programs of Master’s degree education for the enlarged group of specialties Education and Pedagogy (2015; 72 h.)
- Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE) Program of advanced training of teachers and specialists of educational and methodological services for the design and implementation of basic professional educational programs of bachelor education in the field of training Psycho-Pedagogical Education (2014; 72 h.)
- Leningrad Regional Institute of Education Development. Program Development of Social Competencies of Senior Preschool Children by Means of The International Program “Zippi’s friends” (2014; 24 h.)
- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Russian Academy of Sciences); Moscow House of Nationalities, Program “State national policy and interethnic relations in the Russian Federation” (2012)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Certificate of Advanced Training in Psychology (2008; 340 h.)
- Moscow university of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russian Federation. Personality Psychology; Theory and Practice of Psychological Assessment (2007; 72 h.)
Professional experience
1993-2002 – Moscow State Pedagogical University; Associate Professor
2002-2009 – Moscow Open Social Academy, Dean of the Faculty of Social Psychology
Visiting Professor:
- Universitas Islam Indonesia (Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2019-20)
- Bolashak Academy (Karaganda, Kazakhstan, 2019)
Achievements:
- PhD in Pedagogy
- Associate Professor, the Department of Social Psychology, the Higher Attestation Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles
- Chairman of the Association of Psychological Assistance to Muslims
- UN expert in education in the field of psychology, social psychology, ethnopsychology, intercultural communication, psychology of Islam and Muslims
- Member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal Psikohumaniora: Jurnal Penelitian Psikologi
- Member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal Mental Health, Religion & Culture
- Member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal The International Journal of Islamic Psychology
- Member of the International Association of Islamic Psychology
- Member of the International Association of Muslim Psychologist
- Member of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion
- Member of the Russian Society for Religious Studies
- deputy editor-in chief of the journal Minbar. Islamic Studies
- editor-in chief of the journal Islam: Personality and Society
The author of four monographs and 160 articles on the issues of cross-cultural psychology and Islamic psychology. Her research interests are focused on the study of the socio-psychological features of ethnic groups in the North Caucasus and the psychology of Islam and the religious identity of Muslims, for example:
- Pavlova O.S. Psychology in the writings of Muslim scholars: educational guide [Psixologiya v trudax musul`manskix ucheny`x: uchebnoe posobie]. – Bolgar: Musul`manskaya religioznaya organizaciya duxovnaya obrazovatel`naya organizaciya vy`sshego obrazovaniya «Bolgarskaya islamskaya akademiya», 2022. – 240 s.
- Pavlova O.S. Psychology: Islamic Discourse: Monograph / O.S. Pavlova. - M.: Association of Psychological Assistance to Muslims, ANO SPC Al-Wasatiyya - Moderation, 2020. 208 p.
- Pavlova O.S., Khuklaev O.E., Buchek A.A., Alexandrova E.A., Gavryushina M.K., Krivtsova A.S., Leiman I.Y., Shorokhova V.A. Intercultural Competence and Self-Efficacy of Teachers in a Multicultural Environment. Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics. 2022. Vol. 19. N 1. P. 45–60. https://doi.org/10.17323/1813-8918-2022-1-45-60
- Khukhlaev O.E., Pavlova O.S., Khakimov E.R., Khukhlaeva O.V., Аlexandrova E.A., Krivtsova A.S., Leybman I.Y., Usybyan S.A. Measuring Intercultural Competence in Teachers: Development and Evaluation of Situational Judgment Test. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2021. Vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 46–57. https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2021260603. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
- Hartanto Hartanto, Subandi Subandi, Olga Pavlova. Progressive view on social justice: Netizen opinions about social justice warrior. Psikohumaniora: Jurnal Penelitian Psikologi. Vol 5, No 1 (2020) https://doi.org/10.21580/pjpp.v5i1.5250
- Khukhlaev O., Gritsenko V., Pavlova O., Tkachenko N., Usubian Sh., Shorokhova V. Comprehensive Model of Intercultural Competence: Theoretical Substantiation. RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics, 2020. Vol. 17. No. 1. 13–28.
- Pavlova O.S. Association of Psychological Assistance to Muslims in Russia: Activities, Problems and Solutions. Minbar. Islamic Studies, 2019;12(4):1069-1090. https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2019-12-4-1069-1090
- Gritsenko V.V., Khukhlaev O.E., Pavlova O.S., Tkachenko N.V., Usybyan Sh.A., Shorokhova V.A. Analysis of foreign empirical models of intercultural competence and methods for its evaluation [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2020. Vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 103–113. https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2020090111. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
- Khukhlaev O.E., Аlexandrova E.A., Gritsenko V.V., Konstantinov V.V., Kuznetsov I.M., Pavlova O.S., Ryzhova S.V., Shorokhova V.A. Religious Group Identification and Ethno-National Attitudes in Buddhist, Muslim and Orthodox Youth. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2019. Vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 71–82. https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2019150308. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
- Pavlova O.S. Psychological counseling for Muslims: the analysis of foreign literature [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2018. Vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 46–55. https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2018070406. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
- Pavlova O.S., Bariyeva N.Y., Bairova Z.M. Islamic psychology abroad: the state and development prospects. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2018;11(4):850-865. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-4-850-865
- Pavlova O.S. Psychology of Islam: the Institutionalization of Scientific Discipline in the Russian Context. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2018;11(1):169-181. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-1-169-181
- Pavlova O.S., Semenova F.O. Value Orientations of Muslim Youth in the North-Western Caucasus. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2018;11(2):361-374. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-2-361-374
- Pavlova O.S. Psychology of religion in the Islamic paradigm: the current state and prospects. Islam in the modern world. 2015;11(4):207-222. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20536/2074-1529-2015-11-4-207-222
- Pavlova O.S. Religious and ethnic identity of the south-west and South-East Caucasus’ Muslims: the substance and ratio specifics. Islam in the modern world. 2015;11(2):75-86. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20536/2074-1529-2015-11-2-75-86
- Pavlova O.S. The Values and Social Identity of Russian Muslims // Changing Values and Identities in the Post-Communist World. Edit. Lebedeva N., Dimitrova R., Berry J. Springer, 2018. P. 99-115.