In 2005, under the guidance of Tatyana Gorbunova, she defended her doctoral dissertation “The Image of the City in Artistic Photography of France in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries” (official opponents: T.E.

[1] Teaches the theory of contemporary art, design, photography and fashion at Saint Petersburg State University, European University at Saint Petersburg, Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow), etc.

She has taken part in educational and research meetings at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Uffizi Gallery Library (Florence) and the Querini Stampaglia Foundation (Venice).

[3] Ekaterina Vasilyeva is the author of normative theories devoted to the study of photography as an analytical discipline.

[6] The author's analytical program connects the forms of modern culture with the circumstances of archaic consciousness and illogical thinking.

In his works he touches on a wide range of problems related to the dynamics of social systems, the theory of social action, the culture of everyday life, the study of the ideological program of fashion, the study of the value system, the study of fashion as a linguistic system, the phenomenology of the body, the mythological program of fashion, the concept of novelty and the dichotomy of traditional culture.

Author of formative theories and research in the fields of international modernity, minimalism, Swiss style[14] and Scandinavian design traditions.

Analyst and regular contributor to magazine «Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture».

Consultant and translator for fashion houses: Hermès, Chaumet, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sonia Rykiel, John Lobb, Wolford, Luciano Barbera, Luigi Borrelli, Borsalino, Faliero Sarti, Bosco di Ciliegi and others.

Author, reviewer and editor of publication projects: Bulletin of St. Petersburg University, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art, Emergency Reserve, Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture.