Stepanenko Viktor Petrovich

In 1984 he graduated from the faculty of philosophy of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University. In 1984-1987 – the postgraduate programme of the Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine. In 1987 he defended the candidate’s dissertation "The social philosophy of American neoconservatism: a critical analysis" and became a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences. In 1994-1997 – doctoral studies at the faculty of sociology of the University of Manchester (dissertation: "The social construction of identity and school policy in Ukraine") – Ph.D. in sociology. He has worked at the Institute since 1994 as a leading research fellow and as head of the sector of the theory and history of sociology of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine (2002-2012). Member of the Academic Council of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine. Member of the editorial board of the journal «Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing».

Research interests: the theory and methodology of social research, sociological theory, ethnosociology, the problems of democratisation and civil society.