Results of the EDB Centre for Integration Studies’ “EDB Integration Barometer” are Published Online
The report presents the results of the EDB Centre for Integration Studies’ ongoing research project “EDB Integration Barometer”. In 2016, 8,500 people from 7 CIS countries answered about 20 questions concerning the Eurasian integration and various facets of economic, political, and sociocultural cooperation in the CIS region.
PhD studentship in the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at UCL Institute of Education. The studentship is funded for three years from January 2017 and is based on one of 4 projects which relate to investigating measurement error and non-response in longitudinal surveys. Deadline is 11th November 2016.
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How Food Affects Political Regimes
Andrey Scherbak, LCSR Senior Research Fellow, on how good nutrition can speed up the transition to democracy.
Call for Research Assistants at the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research
The Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR) is looking for Research Assistants for its Moscow and St. Petersburg offices. Bachelor, master, or doctoral students reading for a degree in sociology, political science, or economics are particularly welcome to apply. Successful candidates will sign a part-time contract with the LCSR for 20 hours a week.
Postdoctoral Position in Belgium
The Centre for Sociological Research (CeSO), KULeuven has a vacancy for a post-doc position to analyse and report upon welfare attitudes of Russians in comparison to attitudes of citizens of a selection of European countries. Application deadline is 15 October 2016.
Christian Welzel will give lectures to the HSE graduate students
On 20th and 21st of September Christian Welzel will give two lectures to the students of the HSE master’s programme 'Comparative Social Research'.
Social Science Helps Solve Problems
Regional Conference on of World Association of Public Opinion Research dedicated to Survey Research and the Study of Social and Cultural Change is taking place at HSE Moscow September 15-17, 2016 in partnership with World Values Survey. Ronald Inglehart, Academic Supervisor of HSE Laboratory for Comparative Social Research and the Founding President of the World Values Survey (WVS) has talked to HSE News Service about the role of sociology in the modern world and the changes in values and beliefs around the world.
Seven WAPOR Papers that will Amaze You
The World Association for Public Opinion Research’s (WAPOR) annual regional conference ‘Survey Research and the Study of Social and Cultural Change’ kicks off at HSE on September 15, 2016.
Inglehart Celebrates His 82nd Birthday!
Laboratory staff congratulates Ronald Inglehart on his birthday.
WAPOR Regional Conference Program is Available Online
We are glad to inform you that the preliminary program of the WAPOR Regional Conference “Survey Research and the Study of Social and Cultural Change” is available online.