Chepurko Gulbarshyn Iskakivna

Academic degrees: Doctor of Sociological Sciences (22.00.04 – special and branch sociologies), Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2006. Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, 1990.

Academic title: senior research fellow (22.00.04 – special and branch sociologies), Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, 1993.

Education: S. M. Kirov Kazakh State University, speciality: – history. Qualification – historian. Teacher of history in a secondary school with instruction in German (1976 – 1982)

Professional experience:

• Head of the department of social expertise of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2015 – to the present).
• Senior research fellow of the department of social expertise of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine (2008 – 2015).
• Leading research fellow of the department of social expertise of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine (1993 –2008).
• Research fellow of the department of social expertise of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine (1992 –1993).

Participation in qualification boards, research-organisational and expert work:

• 1993 – to the present: member of the Sociological Association of Ukraine.
• 2015 – to the present: member of specialised academic council D 26.229.01 for the degree of Doctor of Sociological Sciences
• 2015 – to the present: member of the editorial board of the journal «Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing» - Kyiv.
• 2017 – to the present: member of the editorial board of the journal «Contemporary Social Problems in the Dimension of the Sociology of Management»: a collection of scholarly works. Series «Special and branch sociologies». – Kharkiv.

Other Activities:

• National Expert for U-LEAD with Europe on the "Study on Overcoming Challenges in Providing Educational Services in Communities Caused by COVID-19 by Local Self-Government Bodies," January – May 2021. Commissioned by U-LEAD with Europe. Available online at: https://decentralization.ua/uploads/attachment/document/823/Report_Access_to_Education_ukr.pdf
• National Expert for assessing the quality of medical services in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts and identifying capacity-building needs of NGOs representing patients' interests. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, 06.2021–08.2021.
• National Coordinator of the study "Assessment of Patient Costs Associated with TB and HIV Diagnostics at the Healthcare System Level." Client: Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Implementation period: 07.2021–04.2022. Available online at: https://www.phc.org.ua/sites/default/files/users/user90/2021_2022_TB_VIL_diagnostyka_zvit.pdf
• Project Manager for "Conducting a Project-Level Beneficiary Satisfaction/Feedback Survey (Phase One)," Ukraine District Heating Energy Efficiency Project (commissioned by the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, 2023–2024).
• Sociologist Consultant for the study: "Preparation and Implementation of a Capacity Assessment of Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) to Provide Services for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Alcohol Use Among the Population of Ukraine Using an Integrated Approach." Commissioned by the World Health Organization (September 2024 – March 2025).