Nikolay Dvoryanchikov is a Dean of the Faculty of Legal Psychology, Professor of the Department of Clinical and Forensic Psychology of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education.

Nikolay was educated at the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, where he also studied in graduate school and defended his thesis on the topic "Sex-role identity in persons with abnormal sexual behavior." (PhD) In ​​addition, he earned a master's degree in higher education administration from the Higher School of Economics.

Author of over 140 published works, editor-in-chief of the scientific electronic journal "Psychology and Law".

Nikolay participated in development of comprehensive approaches to the expert assessment of persons with anomalies of sexual desire, the mechanisms of their formation and self-regulation have been described. The regulatory mechanisms of sexual behavior in various types of sexual killers have been established, on the basis of which approaches to the criminal profiling of such persons have been proposed. Unique methodological tools have been developed to assess the state, functioning and formation of the bodily, non-verbal and verbal components of the assimilation of the gender role.

Recently, the field of interest has also included the study of strategies of psychological influence in persons who commit sexual crimes against minors using the Internet. He is also the head of the scientific project "Development of indicators of deviant (including cyber-risky) online behavior of minors and young adults in social networks."

Research interests:

gender identity and adaptation and self-regulation,

anomalies of sexuality and gender identity disorders

modern approaches to the design and design of educational programs