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XX Anniversary International Scientific and Practical Conference
Issues in the Development of Sociological Theory
Social Dynamics, Social Interaction, and Sociological Research in the Context of War
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"Issues in the Development of Sociological Theory" is an annual international scientific and practical conference held by the Faculty of Sociology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in partnership with the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Sociological Association of Ukraine to discuss the main trends in the development of Ukrainian society and Ukrainian sociology.
This year's conference title:
Social Dynamics, Social Interaction, and Sociological Research in the Context of War
Conference perspective
The global social dynamics and social interactions at the end of 2023 are largely determined by the factor of the war unleashed by the neighboring aggressor state against Ukraine. The war has already changed not only the European security order and become a factor in global geopolitical splits between democracy and various forms of authoritarianism, but also caused heated political debates and scientific and conceptual discussions, including sociological ones, about new global existential, security, socio-structural, informational, cultural and educational conditions and challenges, new risks, limitations, but also opportunities.
Contemporary sociological discourse outlines theoretical and conceptual imperatives for rethinking the new social reality and social experience. The "war" contexts of global and local social dynamics, splits and inequalities, social interactions: from real-life practical to communication and networking, from examples of civic practices of mutual support and various manifestations of solidarity to social splits and conflicts, existing and latent, have already become the subject of active sociological conceptualizations and research, and not only in Ukraine. After all, the war is a new tragic social and individual experience, a severe social trauma, a new actual reality, and at the same time certain chances and opportunities for Ukrainian society in the prospect of its post-war recovery.
The social problems of war, its security, economic, social, structural, and humanitarian consequences for Ukraine, Europe, and the world have been and will continue to be a priority for many social, including sociological, studies. For national sociology, the contexts of war will be present in sociological conceptualizations and studies, either articulated or invisible, even when they do not seem to address this topic.
Our conference is also an attempt, albeit a primary one, but already necessary, to comprehend our experience of being in war and its professional sociological understanding in different modes - from our own human experience to its social scale in the triad of classical sociological disposition and the interrelation of social dynamics, social interaction and the experience of sociological research in war.
Conference areas of work
The conference will work in various thematic areas, which will be subsequently grouped into sections, panels or round tables, taking into account the wishes of the participants and proposals from the organizers of the relevant events within the conference
Thematic areas:
1. War in Ukraine: geopolitical game or crisis?
2. The concept of war and peace in individual and mass perception.
3. Unity and conflict in times of full-scale invasion.
4. Resilience and victory strategy for a new security format.
5. The price of war: everyday reality and life practices of Ukrainians.
6. Cultural and educational endurance of Ukrainian society.
7. Socio-economic changes and processes for sustainable social development.
8. Media and war: sociological aspects of discourse transformation.
9. Methodological features and practical experience of conducting empirical sociological research in wartime
Events:
ThinkShop "Culture management: people, organizations, resources, policies"
Round table "Monitoring and evaluation during the war"
Important dates:
20.11.2023 deadline for registration for participation in the conference and submission of abstracts;
21 –22.11.2023 notification of acceptance of abstracts;
23.11.2023 publication and distribution of the conference program;
01–02.12.2023 the conference will be held.
Conference format and venue:
The conference will be held online using remote technologies. For those who wish, the Faculty of Sociology can organize participation from the university classrooms.
Venue: Kyiv, 4-D Hlushkova Ave, Faculty of Sociology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, room 504.
Links to the videoconferences will be provided in the conference program, which will be sent to participants before the conference.