In 2003 she defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic "Social development of Russian regions in the transition period".

Since 2003 Zubarevich has been combining teaching with the work of the director of the regional program of the Independent Institute of Social Policy.

The Social Atlas of Russian Regions program helps researchers, investors, politicians, teachers and students.

Zubarevich also lectures at universities and public bodies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and Germany at the invitation of international organizations.

Russia, in socio-economic terms, is internally heterogeneous, divided into relatively developed cities and a backward province.