Transitional societies and the contemporary sociological research
Eduard Ponarin and Daniel Aleksandrov took part in the round table on the VI Conference ad memoriam of A. Kryshtanovsky.
"Parallel Petersburg" by Veronica Kostenko
Veronica Kostenko participated in the 6th annual conference called “Contemporary sociology to modern Russia” ad memoriam of A. Kryshtanovsky, which took place HSE in Moscow.
Trial by Fire
On January 26, 2012, at the regular seminar of LCSR junior researcher of LCSR Egor Lazarev gave a talk on "Trial by Fire: The impact of natural disaster toward the government in Rural Russia".
Integration orientations
On December 22 Igor Zadorin, director of "Euroasian Monitor", delivered a report on “Integration orientations of the population of post-Soviet world: dynamics and prospect (based on the results of inter-country research of the project "Eurasian monitor")”.
Conference "Islamic Migrants in Russia, Europe and America"
December 15, 2011 LCSR (HSE) organized the conference "Islamic Migrants in Russia, Europe and America" in St. Petersburg. The lectures were given by well-known researchers - Mark Tessler and Kenneth Kollman. This is the first visit of this experts to Russia, where they presented their latest research, hosted in collaboration with scientists of HSE.
Police and Corruption
On December, 15th, 2011, Leonid Kosals, Senior Research Fellow of LCSR, gave a talk on “Police Corruption and Side-Work in Post-Communist Countries: Comparative Analysis”.
Does post-Soviet space have a common future?
Olga Kamenchuk, Director on International and Public Relations (VCIOM), presented her report “Does post-Soviet space have a common future?” on December 8, 2011. It was timed to the 20th anniversary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Comparative Sociology in Quantitative Perspective
The LCSR conference " Comparative Sociology in Quantitative Perspective " took place in Moscow from 25th to 28th of November. It was an important event in the life of the laboratory, because the first results of the researchers work were summed up.
Thinking Conceptually, Analyzing Empirically: The New Europe Barometer
On November, 17th, 2011 Richard Rose, Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy and 6th Century Chair in Politics (University of Aberdeen) gave a talk on “Thinking Conceptually, Analyzing Empirically: The New Europe Barometer”.
Nationalism in Russian republics: historical and comparative perspective
On November, 10th, 2011 Andrey Scherbak (research fellow at the LCSR) gave a talk on “Nationalism in Russian republics: historical and comparative perspective”.