The Department of Economic Sociology was established in 2006. The foundation of the Department was suggested by rapid development of economic sociology and growing acknowledgement of importance of social issues for understanding of the economic system evolution. Different levels, branches of Government and society got interested in such issues, that also caused the foundation of the Department.
The Department of Economic Sociology utilizes the experience of the leading Russian and foreign universities. The Department research activity is also guided by particularity of Nizhniy Novgorod scientific school. As a result, the Department aims to form a unique center, combining broad academic basis with research experience.
The Department of Economic Sociology participates in sociological research in different fields:
- The role of youth social unions in youth social responsibility formation;
- The efficiency of preventive AIDS programs;
- Corporate management and social technologies.
Partners in academic and scientific collaboration are:
Academic structures:
Ø The Institute of Social and Economic Studies of Population at the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISESP RAS)
Ø Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Centre for Research on Nationalism, Roe Hampton University & Surrey University (UK)
Ø Uppsala University (Sweden)
Ø Plovdiv University (Bulgaria)
Ø European University (Ukraine)
Ø Saint Petersburg State University
Ø Saratov State Social-Economic University
Ø Partner universities network for socio-economic transformation research
Independent research centers:
Ø International Research Centre for Social Systems (Glasgow, UK)
Ø Oxford XXI (UK)
Ø Triangle Consulting Group (Moscow)
Ø ZAO «InterMediaCom» (Moscow)
Ø Consulting group «Image-Contact» (Moscow)
Ø ROEL Consulting Group (Moscow)
Ø «White house» Agency (Saint Petersburg)
Ø Center for social conservative policy (Nizhniy Novgorod)
Ø Research center EON (Nizhniy Novgorod)
The Department of Economic Sociology participates in different grant programs:
q International project Erasmus Mundus – academic mobility , collaboration with Glasgow University
q International project "Participatory approach to poverty reduction", (NNSU, UK, Sweden), 2010-2011
q Study of public attitudes towards historical and cultural heritage (in collaboration with Research center EON), 2011
q Russian project «Small and middle-size business: transformations», 2008-2009.
q Regional study "Family Role in Stable Society Development" (in partnership with Charity fund them. Seraphim of Sarov), 2007 – 2008.
q Russian project «The role of regions and federal government in budget income formation», (in partnership with ISESP RAS), 2007.
q International project "The culture urban space development. International project The Capital of culture", 2007
The results were presented at different conferences:
q Joint Conference Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM) and Runnymede Trust «Living Together Civic, Political and Cultural Engagement among Migrants, Minorities and National Populations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives», 29 - 30 June 2010, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
q 3rd Annual CRCEES Research Forum, University of Glasgow 14 - 15 May 2009
q European Sociological Association 8th Conference, Glasgow, 3-6th September 2007 Conference «Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society»
q IX international symposium «The dialogue of worldviews: public initiatives and movements», Nizhniy Novgorod, VVAGS, 14-15 June 2007ã.
q VI international conference «State regulation of economics: regional aspect», Nizhniy Novgorod, NNSU 17-19 April 2007ã.
The Department of Economic Sociology has mutual collaboration with Central and East European Studies School of Social and Political Sciences University of Glasgow (UK). Since 2007-2008 the head of the Department Nina N.Ivashinenko has been a Honorary Research Fellow at Glasgow University, dealing with poverty reduction approaches. Two PhD students of Glasgow University had their field-work at The Department.
In 2010 there was an international project "Participatory approach to poverty reduction". The results were presented at the international conference, took place in Nizhniy Novgorod in November, 2010, and also at Annual forum of Central and East European Studies School of Social and Political Sciences of University of Glasgow in May,2011. The Department took part in a workshop on poverty reduction in Glasgow University in May, 2011.
Graduate Students may be employed in different fields of academic school, research institutions, municipal governmental bodies in different area: marketing, public relations, staff management etc.
The main lecture courses taught by the Department staff are:
- Study of economic activity of population,
- Management technologies,
- Sociological research methods,
- Social systems and processes,
- Study of poverty,
- Macroeconomic sociology,
- Computer technologies in science and education,
- Marketing,
- Management,
- Social and economic process modeling and programming,
- Social forecasting,
- Labor market in modern Russia ,
- Social aspects of information security,
- Sociology of labor,
- Sociology of property,
- Economic sociology,
- Quality management,
- Finance behavior of population,
- Social structure forming in Russia,
- Contemporary methods of sociological research,
- Statistics and social informatics,
- Contemporary methods of qualitative research,
- Economic foundations of social work,
- Social project design and forecasting,
- Team building methods in project management,
- Global economy
Head of the Department:
Nina N. Ivashinenko, professor
Vasiliy D. Kozlov, professor
Alexey Y. Kondratyev, associate professor
Dmitriy G. Strelkov, associate professor
Alexandra V. Kulikova, associate professor
Alexander Y. Soldatkin, senior lecturer
Tatyana B. Myshlyaeva, assistant
Regina A. Movchan, assistant
Alla A. Varyzgina, sociologist
Margarita A. Lobanova, sociologist
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