Department of Social Structures
- Phone:
- +380 (44) 255-60-65
- Office:
- 313
The Department is a direct descendant of the Sociology Department (in 1979-90 known as Department of Social Studies of Labor) of the UkSSR AS Institute of Philosophy led by legendary sociologist and science organizer, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Professor Vilen Pylypovych Chornovolenko. During 1980s, the Department's primary reserach topics were: dynamics of prestige of professions and social professional orientations of the youth, problems of inter-generational labor mobility, families and reproduction of labor structure, social problems of reproduction of scientific cadre, social transitions in the city.
The Department exists since the establishment of the NASU Institute of Sociology. In 1992-2023, the Department was led by extraordinary researcher of sociostructural problems, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor S.O. Makeiev. Since 2024, the Department is led by Doctor of Sociological Sciences Olena Volodymyrivna Simonchuk.
Scientific staff of the department:
- Simonchuk Olena Volodymyrivna – Head of the Department
- Kutsenko Olga Dmytrivna – Chief Research Fellow
- Pribytkova Iryna Mykhajlivna – Lead Research Fellow
- Oksamytna Svitlana Mikolaivna – Lead Research Fellow
- Kovalisko Nataliia Volodymyrivna – Lead Research Fellow
- Malysh Lina Oleksandrivna – Senior Research Fellow
- Strelnyk Olena Oleksandrivna – Senior Research Fellow
- Ivashchenko Olga Vasylivna – Senior Research Fellow
- Bova Andriy Andriyovych – Senior Research Fellow
- Kovalska Yelena Valeriivna – Chief Research Fellow
- Belenok Oleksij Andrijovich – Research Fellow
Department Aspirants:
- Pitelyak Vasyl Volodymyrovych, 2024–2028
- Smal Dmytro Mykolayovych, 2024–2028
Primary scientific interests and research topics:
Social status stratification under conditions of establishment of market economy, modern trends of social mobility in Ukrainian society, status and professional identities, problems of the population migration.