Shulga Oleksandr Mykolajovich

In 2006 he completed with distinction the master’s programme of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. From 2006 to 2009 he studied in the postgraduate programme of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine. In 2009 he defended a candidate’s dissertation on ««Legitimation» as a category of phenomenological sociology». In 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 he held fellowships at the Social Science Archive at the University of Konstanz (Germany). He has worked in the department of the theory and history of sociology since 2009.

Research interests

Sociological theory, the phenomenological paradigm in sociology, the sociology of religion, the sociology of language

Qualifications, honorary titles and awards:

• Scholarship «For postgraduate students and young researchers» of the German Academic Exchange Service (2008, 2010)
• Laureate of the N. V. Panina competition «Young Sociologist of the Year» (2010)
• Scholarship of the President for young researchers (2012)