For fair elections
New article by Margarita Zavadskaya (LCSR Senior Research Fellow) and her colleagues titled "When do political parties join protests? A comparative analysis of party involvement in “for fair elections” movement" was published in the recent issue of "East European Politics".
Civic activities in Eastern Europe
New article by Alla Marchenko (LCSR Asssociate Researcher) titled "Civic activities in Eastern Europe: links with democratic political culture" was published in the recent issue of "East European Politics".
Wages of Policemen
The article by Tatiana Karabchuk (LCSR Associate Researcher) and Ruslan Almukhametov (ex-research assistant of LCSR) titled "Wages of Policemen in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Russia" was published in March issue of "Journal of Economic Sociology".
Information about 6th LCSR Summer School!
We are informing you about the last changes connected to the holding of the 6th LCSR Summer School. There are changes in the place and dates: the school will be held in July 25– August 5, 2016, in Moscow, Russia (Adress: 11, Myasnizkaya Str.). The deadline for application is May 15, 2016.
Preliminary program is available online!
Preliminary program of the Sixth LCSR International Workshop “Social and Cultural Changes in Cross-National Perspective: Subjective Well-being, Trust, Social capital and Values” is available online.
Is Russia a traditional society?
Ella Paneyah (sociologist from Saint Petersburg, Russia) gave an interview for BBC.Russia claiming that Russia is not traditional society. The results of her study are based on the Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map of the World.
Settlement History Determines Regional Development
In many countries, including but not limited to Russia, frontier regions, populated more recently than the country's core territory, tend to lag behind in terms of socio-economic development. This phenomenon can be explained by legacies such as state formation in remote regions and the autonomy traditionally enjoyed by new settlers, according to Roberto Foa (Harvard University) and Anna Nemirovskaya, Senior Research Fellow of the HSE Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR).
Lonely people become less happy with age
Anna Shirokanova (LCSR Senior Research Fellow) gave an interview to OPEC.ru. She briefly described the results of her own research and explained why the level of happiness of lonely people decreases with age.
Opportunities and consequences of the nationalist development
An article by Marharyta Fabrykant (LCSR Associate Researcher ) titled "Opportunities and consequences of the nationalist development: will future become a new past?" was published in Russian scientific journal "Social Science and Modernity".
The middle class in St. Petersburg is disappearing
Eduard Ponarin (LCSR director) gave an interview to one of the largest Russian business media holdings "RBC" and explained why the middle class in St. Petersburg is disappearing now.