Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2000-4
RUSSIA
Universitetskaya ul. 1
426034 Izhevsk (Udmurt Republic)
Tel.: (+73412) 788081
E-mail: ladyzhet@uni.udm.ru
Internet: http://www.uni.udm.ru/eng/fct/philsoc/
Management: Ladyzhets, Natalya S. (Prof.) - dean, an academician of
the International Science Academy of Higher Schools
Year of foundation: 1993
Departments:
* Sociology. Head: Prof. N.S. Ladyzhetz, phone: 788081);
* Philosophy. Head: Prof. A.A. Petrakov, (phone: 788698);
* Philosophy of Culture. Head: Prof. V.L. Krutkin, (phone: 788698).
* Social Study Centre. Head: L.A. Saburova, (phone: 75452)
* Gender Research Institute. Head: Prof. Natalya S. Ladyzhets
Main fields: The Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology was
established with the purpose to train specialists with a broad profile for
future professional work in the field of social service and management.
Teaching: sociology, social work, marketing, management.
Universitetsky per., 7
603000 Nizhny Novgorod
Tel.: +78312 33-83-30
Internet: http://www.unn.ac.ru/unn/f14/main.htm
Management: Blonin, Vladimir (Prof.) - dean
Year of foundation: 1996
Historical development: The Faculty was organized on the basis
of the Social Sciences Department of the Faculty of History, Social Sciences and
Foreign Affairs.
Departments:
* Department of Sociology and Social Work
* Applied Sociology Department
* Social Philosophy Department
* Department of History, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
* Philosophy Department
* Department of Psychology and Social Psychology
* Department of Social Deviation
* Center of Development of Basic Concepts and Contents of Humanitarian
Education
* Training Laboratory of Psychology
* Laboratory of Sociological Research
* Laboratory of New Informational Technology
Research topics:
* Problems of national education and adolescent growth
* Analysis of social structure of Russian society and problems of social
poverty
* Political sociology and political geography
* Marketing research
Teaching:
* Sociology (day-time form of training)
* Social work (day-time and distance forms)
* Management in social sphere
* Psychology (day-time and distance forms)
* Philosophy (master training)
Degree courses:
* Bachelors (4 years)
* Graduated specialists (5 years)
* Masters of sociology, philosophy (6 years)
[1]
]Ab Imperio - Theory and History of Nationalities and Nationalism
in the Post-Soviet Realm (in English, German, Russian)
http://www.ai.knet.ru/
(Economics of Sociology), in Russian
http://www.ecsoc.msses.ru/Mag.html
[2]
]* Levada, Ju. Trial period: the time counts. Moods and opinions 2000.
* Shlapentokh, V. The Soviet leaders analyze Putin http://www.socio.ru/public/shliapentokh/Lider.doc
* Kesselman; Mazkevich. Subjective security from violence.
http://www.socio.ru/public/keselman/Matsk.doc
* Doktorov, B. Online surveys: the ordinarity of the modern century.
http://www.socio.ru/public/doktorov/Edit.doc
* Russians and the Internet.
http://www.nns.ru/analytdoc/romopr175.html
* Andreeev, V. Middle class in Russia. Analysis of Russian modell of
national consolidation.
http://www.moskva.cdru.com:8081/12_99/
andreev.htm
* Yadov, V. Russia as a transforming society: The resume of the long-term
discussion of sociologists.
http://www.isras.rssi.ru/Arti_lis.htm
The main purpose of this network is to provide help to researchers and teachers
working in the fields of social and humanitarian science, through the use of
electronic communications and new information technologies.
http://www.hist.msu.ru/RSSH/index_e.htm
A unique database about gender studies researchers in Russia and other Newly
Independent States is now available on the Web (in Russian):
http://www.owl.ru/win/books/dbras_who_is_who/
[3]
]Establishing a public archive of sociological data in Russia is an urgent
issue. Living in a democratic society requires free access to reliable
information on significant topics of social life. Until perestroika,
there was a lack of such information in the USSR. By now many social surveys
have been conducted and the problem of accumulating the results and making them
publicly available becomes more and more pressing.
The Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research (VCIOM) [http://www.wciom.ru:5555/HOME_E.asp]
did realize the problem. Every day we communicate with users who come to VCIOM
searching for sociological data. We try to help as many researchers as we can
but our own resources are not sufficient. Only joint efforts of sociological
agencies, academic institutes and philanthropic foundations can solve the
problem.
We started the public archive pilot project funded by the Ford Foundation and
based on the VCIOM experience and data. VCIOM has been conducting more than 2000
surveys since 1987. On the pilot stage, we provide the project with an office
and means for processing and storing the data. The most interesting surveys
should be submitted to the archive. First of all, we are thinking about results
of VCIOM Public Opinion Monitor (http://www.wciom.ru)
started in 1993. It accumulates unique trends reflecting all aspects of social
life in Russia. Results of international studies VCIOM participated in form
another portion of valuable data. We suppose other sociological agencies will
join the project. The preliminary discussion shows that they are willing to
deposit their data.
By December 2001, (ending of the pilot project) scholars in Russia will
receive a collection of sociological data free for public access accompanied by
detailed description and retrieval means. The results of the project will be
presented at an international seminar for specialists in the area.
In the future, we hope that the pilot project will become the basis for a
public national archive where social science scholars can get information and
deposit their survey data. Such an institution will support the improvement of
the quality of sociological surveys in the country and will allow to make one
more step towards an open democratic society. [1]
full texts
[2] full texts (in Russian)
[3] Compiled by L. Kossova, Head of the
Information Department of the Russian Centre for Public Opinion and Market
Research (VCIOM), Moscow.
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