Department of Sociology and Social Psychology

Head of the department – Maiya A. Yadova, PhD (Sociology)

Focus of research:

The Department carries out scientific information work and research in the fields of sociology, social psychology and social anthropology. Its primary tasks include informing the scientific community about the state and development trends of social sciences in Russia and abroad, as well as providing informational and methodological support for sociological education.

Key activities of the Department’s staff include the preparation of materials for Series 11, “Sociology”, of the journal “Social Sciences and Humanities. Domestic and Foreign Literature”. This periodical provides readers with insights into significant areas of fundamental sociological research. Since 2017, “Social Sciences and Humanities. Domestic and Foreign Literature. Series 11: Sociology” has redirected its focus, increasing the inclusion of analytical content. The journal's issues feature scientific reviews, articles, summaries, translations, and critiques that span a wide range of theoretical and applied sociology topics, specialized sociological disciplines, and social psychology.

Since 2009, the Department has carried out the editorial preparation of the “Sociological Yearbook”. This publication is a collaborative project between the ISISS RAS and the Department of General Sociology at the Higher School of Economics. The “Yearbook”’s issues are organized into thematic sections that encompass analytical articles, scientific translations, and summaries addressing the history and current challenges of theoretical sociology, sociological subdisciplines, and interdisciplinary topics.

Besides its regular periodicals, the Department frequently prepares collections of scientific papers and translations for the “Theory and History of Sociology” series.

Research findings by the Department’s staff are published in both Russian and international journals, including those indexed by notable scientific citation databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, and RSCI.

Key researchers:

• Maiya A. Yadova, PhD (Sociology), Head of the Department, Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal “Social and Humanitarian Sciences. Domestic and Foreign Literature”, Series “Sociology”. Specialist in the fields of sociology of youth, social transformations, and the modernization of Russian society, methods of sociological research.
• Aleksandr Yu. Dolgov, PhD (Sociology), Senior Researcher, Executive Secretary of the academic journal “Social and Humanitarian Sciences. Domestic and Foreign Literature”, Series “Sociology”. Specialist in the fields of sociological theory, history of sociology, implementation of new technologies in everyday life, and social effects of genomic technology.
• Anna Yu. Kazakova, Dr. Sc. (Sociology), Leading Researcher. Specialist in the fields of sociology of housing and urban sociology.
• Valentin G. Nemirovsky, Dr. Sc. (Sociology), Leading Researcher. Specialist in the fields of sociology of personality, regional sociology, and sociocultural research.
• Vladimir G. Nikolaev, PhD (Sociology), Senior Researcher. Specialist in the history of sociology, social anthropology, and the Chicago sociological tradition.
• Olga N. Pryazhnikova, Researcher. Specialist in social policy, social and solidarity economy, and migration issues.

Latest major publications:

Books

• Efremenko D.V., Nikolaev V.G. Thinkers of the Windy City: Pragmatist social science in Chicago in the first half of the 20th century / Ed. by Pokrovsky N.E. – Moscow: INION RAN, 2024. – 298 p. (in Russian).
• Chicago school of political thought (1920–1940s): Collection of translations / ed. by Efremenko D.V; INION, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, Department of Political Science / Transl. from English by Nikolaev V.G. – Moscow, 2023. – 284 p. (in Russian).
• Successful aging: Concepts in sociology and social gerontology: collection of scientific papers / ed. by Evseeva Ya.V., Yadova M.A. – Moscow: INION RAN, 2020. – 230 p. (in Russian).
• New social practices in the mirror of sociology: Collection of articles / Ed. by M.A. Yadova. – Moscow: INION RAN, 2019. – 242 p. (in Russian).
• C.H. Cooley. Selected works: Collection of translations / Transl. from English by Nikolaev V.G., ed. by Efremenko D.V. – Мoscow: INION RAN, 2019. – 234 p. (in Russian).
• Youth facing the challenges of the 21st century / Ed. by M.A. Yadova. – Moscow: INION RAN, 2018. – 228 p. (in Russian).

Articles

• Dolgov A.Yu. Discussing genetics in social media: Analysis of YouTube users’ representations of science and technology // Philosophy of Science and Technology. – 2024. – Vol. 29, N2. – P. 47–60. (in Russian).
• Dolgov A.Yu. A study of genetics representation in the Russian mass media (using newspaper publications from the 1990s to early 2020s as an example) // Russia and the Contemporary World. – 2023. – N2. – P. 242–267. (in Russian).
• Kazakova A.Yu. The rural borderland house: Functional-spatial and ritual-symbolic specificities // Journal of Frontier Studies. – 2024. – N1. – P. 226–236. (in Russian).
• Kazakova A.Yu., Stepanova D.A. Cemetery as an object of tourist visit: Positive and negative effects // Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. – 2024. – N17(10). – P. 1910–1921. (in Russian).
• Nemirovsky V.G. The “avoidant individual” as a social personality type in the Russian trauma society // Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast. – 2024. – N 17(1). – P. 201–214. (in Russian).
• Nemirovskiy V.G. The problem of the socio-cultural integration of regions through the prism of the concept of the estate class structure of Russian society // Russian journal of regional studies. – 2023. – N31(3). – P. 548–563. (in Russian).
• Pryazhnikova O.N. Education and employment of migrants in the context of successful integration (cases of Sweden, Norway and Switzerland) (Review) // Current Problems of Europe. – 2024. – N3. – P. 161–173. (in Russian).
• Pryazhnikova O.N. Urbanization on the African continent: Main challenges and opportunities for overcoming them (Review) // Outlines of Global Transformations: Politics, Economics, Law. – 2022. – N15(4). – P. 201–218. (in Russian).
• Yadova M.A., Yakimova E.V. Information-analytical journals of INION RAN: Issues, transformations, and future development // Russia and the Contemporary World. – 2023. – N4. – P. 209–220. (in Russian).
• Yadova M.A. Life trajectories of the youth in the 21-st century: Risks and opportunities. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. – 2022. – N 2. – P. 83–93. (in Russian).
• Yadova M.A. Growing up trends of modern Russian youth: A regional aspect // Outlines of Global Transformations: Politics, Economics, Law. – 2022. – Vol. 15(3). – P. 102–116. (in Russian).
• Yadova M.A. Personality and society in the Post-Modern age (basing on A. Inkeles’s research) [Review of the book: Inkeles A. One world emerging? Convergence and divergence in industrial societies. London, Routledge, 2019. 448 p.] // World Economy and International Relations. – 2021. – Vol. 65, N 1. – P. 128–131. (in Russian).
• Yadova M.A. Generation of millennials in Russian society: In search of another youth. – Polis. Political Studies. – 2020. – N 6. – P. 181–188. (in Russian).

Postal address: 51/21 Nakhimovsky Prospekt, offices 223 and 226
Moscow, 117418
Russian Federation