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”.
The Russians’ fate can be compared with the North people’s fate in some sense
Russia takes up the 89th place in the World Values Survey happiness rating with a negative level of happiness. Eduard Ponarin, a sociologist and professor at Higher School of Economics tells why Russians feel rather miserable than happy.
Surveying Migrants in Moscow Suburbs
On November, 3, 2011 Evgeni Varshaver (research fellow at the LCSR) gave a talk on “Surveying Migrants in Moscow Suburbs”.
Subjective well-being of non-standard workers in Russia
On 27 October 2011 Tatiana Karabchuk (Deputy Director at the LCSR) and Marina Nikitina (research assistant at the LCSR) gave a talk on “Subjective well-being of non-standard workers in Russia".
State Formation and Secular-Rational Values
The regular LCSS working seminar took place on October 20, 2011. Roberto Foa, research fellow at LCSR, delivered a presentation on ''State Formation and Secular-Rational Values''.
Experimental studies of discrimination in the labor market
On 13 October 2011 Alexey Zaharov (senior research fellow at the LCSR) and Alexey Bessudnov (research fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies) gave a talk on “Experimental studies of dicrimination in the labor market in Moscow".
Land, Votes and Violence: Political Effects of the Insecurity of Property Rights over Land in Dagestan
Egor Lazarev, junior research assistant at LCSR, presented his report “Land, Votes and Violence: Political Effects of the Insecurity of Property Rights over Land in Dagestan” on October 6th. Egor reported from the University of Michigan, where he is currently Carnegie visiting scholar.
Anticapitalism in Ex-Communist Countries
On September 29 was the regular seminar in the St. Petersburg. The research fellow Julia Zelikova delivered a report on “Anticapitalism in Ex-Communist Countries”. The study carried out by Julia Zelikova attempts to explain why people from ex-communist countries have more strong anti-capitalist sentiments and to explain the difference in capitalistic commitments in various ex-communist countries.
Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris - winners of the Johan Skytte Prize!
Academic Adviser of the LCSR was decorated by the most prestigious award in political science!