On the Eve
The LSCR Annual Conference starts tomorrow!
The 2nd International Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research starts tomorrow at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow (9 a.m.; 20, Myasnitskaya St.).
The LCSR International Annual Research Conference is expected to be one of the major events of 2012 in the social sciences in Russia. It provides a great opportunity for anyone interested to attend lectures given by leading scholars in the fields of sociology and political science.
The plenary session will include reports of renowned social scientists such as professor Ronald Inglehart (University of Michigan, HSE), who will present his paper on modernization theory, which aims to provide new insight into the impact of genetic evolution on cultural change. Professor Christian Welzel (Leuphana University, HSE), a regular co-author of Professor Inglehart and Vice-President of the World Values Survey Association, will also address the audience with a report on cultural changes resulting from technological and economic progress that limit the negative ecological impact of the latter.
Professor Jon Miller (University of Michigan) will present his study on “Generation-X in recent decades”, dealing with the cohort dynamics of political attitudes and an assessment of its influence on the US party system. Professor Eduard Ponarin (HSE, St. Petersburg) will present a research on causes and perspectives of national and religious movements in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Roberto Foa (Harvard University) with Anna Nemirovskaya (Higher School of Economics) will demonstrate results of their collaborative project devoted to comparative study of so called frontier countries. Professor Joshua Dubrow (Polish Academy of Sciences) will give a talk on empirical testing of various theories of intersectionality. Anna Andreenkova (CESSI) and Igor Zadorin with Viktor Moisov (ZIRKON) will report interesting findings from recent surveys conducted in Russia and the CIS countries.
The program of the conference also includes a number of panels devoted to various research areas such as migration, ageing, gender and family relations, and religiosity and tolerance, with a focus on Russia. Panels on topical issues like corruption, voting patterns and political preferences of population, and ethnic relations are also scheduled. Reports on the research projects carried out within the LCSR with the grant provided by the government of the Russian Federation also will be presented.
We would be glad to see at our conference scholars, professionals, policymakers and anyone interested in issues of contemporary social studies.
Further information about the conference is available on the LCSR website. We will provide daily reports from the conference. After the conference brief summaries and PDF-versions of the most interesting presentations will be uploaded to the LCSR website.