Reznik Volodymyr Stanislavovich
Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Head of the Department of History and Theory of Sociology, Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Research interests
History of sociology, sociological theory, mass consciousness and behavior, legitimation of social order.
Biography
He graduated from the faculty of history of the V. P. Zatonskyi Kamianets-Podilskyi State Pedagogical Institute (1987-1993) and completed the doctoral programme of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine (2006-2009). He worked as a teacher of history (1993-1994) and as a lecturer in sociology, conflict studies and political science (1994-2004). In 2004-2006 – research fellow, in 2006-2009 – doctoral student, in 2010-2012 – senior research fellow of the department of economic sociology of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine. Since November 2012 – head of the department of the history and theory of sociology of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine.
Projects
Heuristic potential of sociological theories in studies of social integration under extraordinary conditions
2026 – 2028 · Principal investigator
The national resilience of Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war: social configurations
2025 – 2026 · Researcher
Sociological research on the potential of solidarity-based social interactions
2024 – 2025 · Principal investigator
Theoretical synthesis in modern sociology: foundations, problems, and prospects
2023 – 2025 · Principal investigator
Theoretical research programs in contemporary sociology: trends and potential
2020 – 2022 · Principal investigator
Social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of social transformation in Ukraine: a sociological approach
2020 – 2021 · Researcher
Formation of a responsible society: state, political movements, business
2018 – 2019 · Principal investigator
The current state and prospects of metatheorising in sociology
2017 – 2019 · Principal investigator
Social order in contemporary Ukrainian society: modernisation, self-organisation and legitimation
2014 – 2016 · Principal investigator
The social potential of innovative development of Ukraine's economy
2011 – 2014 · Researcher
The quality of life of Ukraine's population under conditions of a differentiated socio-economic space
2008 – 2011 · Researcher
The state and prospects of Ukraine's entry into the global socio-economic space
2006 – 2008 · Researcher
The economic culture of Ukrainian society
2003 – 2006 · Researcher
Selected publications
Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The country's leading sociology research institution, founded in 1990.