Research & Expertise

On March 7 has been held a scientific seminar from the seria “Culture does matter”. The report “Private intergenerational transfers in terms of demographic aging in Russia” was made by Anna Mironova, trainee-researcher of ISEL-SCR.

On February 14th has been held a seminar  "The use of qualitative methods in the studying of mutual adaptation of internal migrants and host population in a multicultural society". The presenter was Victoria Galyapina, candidate of science (Ph.D.), associate professor of Stavropol State University.

On January 20th, Olga Verbilovich, student of PhD program, made a presentation of her empirical research “Parent community and non-profit organizations of people with disabilities: communication strategies” in the ILSCR. 

On December 20^th, Victoria Galyapina, candidate of science (Ph.D.), associate professor of Stavropol State University, made a presentation on “Methods for meaningful intercultural dialogue in the North Caucasus” in the ILSCR.

11^th December, in the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research the seminar on "Values and attitudes toward immigration: a multilevel analysis". A presentation was made by Peter Schmidt, PhD, professor of Giessen University and HSE, the head of the laboratory.

The 4^th Conference “Psychology of Individuality” took place on 22d November. Researchers of the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research participated in the conference. The section "Identity and Culture" was lead by the head of the lab Nadezhda Lebedeva.

A.A. Buchek, the Doctor of Psychology, the Professor of Theoretical and Applied Psychology of Kamchatka State University gave a report on the regular scientific seminar of ILSCR on 22^d November. In the presentation “The ethnic identity of the person in the context of traditional culture of the North-East part of Russia” A.A. Buchek spoke about her study of different ethnic groups of Kamchatka, and its theoretical basis.

19-23 November, on the base of the ILSCR, the 5-days training course (workshop) “Design and Methods in Cross-Cultural Psychology” took place. It was a part of the training program of the ILSCR  “Advanced social psychology: theory, methodology, practice”.

Professor Nadezhda Lebedeva, PhD Alexander Tatarko, PhD Maria Efremova, PhD Zarina Lepshokova, and student of the master program “Applied Social Psychology” Tatiana Ryabichenko participated in the Symposium “Managing multiculturalism in Finland, Estonia and Russia” organized by the Department of Social Sciences (Unit of Social Psychology) during the Social Psychology Days in Helsinki 23.-24.11.12.

In October, researchers of the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research Nadezhda Lebedeva, Alexander Tatarko, Maria Efremova, Zarina Lepshokova, Ekaterina Osipova, Lusine Grigoryan and Olga Pavlenko attended the training courses of the Social Research Association in London.