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News

Kate Chernyh on student exchange: a voice message from Scotland

Kate Chernyh works at the Laboratory as a research assistant and studies in the 4th year of her bachelor’s degree “Sociology and social informatics”. She went to study abroad in Autumn and now she is studying the basics of App Design at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.Follow the link below to read the interview with Kate. Why is it better to study half an hour from London than in the capital? Was it difficult to get used to English communication, given the British accent peculiarities?

"Networks 2021" Сonference: working together, speaking in 10 minutes, listening to presentations instead of series.

A Joint Sunbelt and NetSci Conference attracted network research professionals - physicists, zoologists, mathematicians, sociologists. From July 5th to 10th, they presented their studies from morning to night, discussed the results, and listened to each other. The presentations covered a wide range of topics, from methodical programming of network analysis software to applied things in various fields of science.

Illustration for news: Olya Yarygina and the Danish Chronicle

Olya Yarygina and the Danish Chronicle

The Lab's column, in which we tell you how our research interns, graduates of the St. Petersburg Higher School, are doing

Anastasia Menshikova about PhD in Sweden

A section of the Lab in which we share how the graduates of the St. Petersburg Higher School, who used to be our research interns, are doing.

Anastasia Menshikova starts PhD at IAS

Daniel Alexandrov on why projects are important for students’ development

In the 2019/2020 school year, 13 projects were organized by Sociology in Education and Science Laboratory staff and associates, in which 133 students took part. We cannot emphasize enough that Lab is both scientific and educational, so including students in scientific work is a important focus for us.

Daniel Alexandrov, head of the Laboratory, shares his experience and draws examples of scientific research that proves the importance of projects for students.

We report on achievements

The campus management asked to report on the results of work for 2019/2020. We answer with a detailed list of achievements. What do we do in the Laboratory for the Sociology of Education and Science, and what important things have we accomplished over the past academic year?

Laboratory issues analytical report for St. Petersburg Regional Branch of the Russian Red Cross

The Laboratory of Sociology in Education and Science conducted interviews with experts in the field of adaptation and integration of migrant children for St. Petersburg Regional Branch of the Russian Red Cross.

Pandemic Science Maps

In the lab, we (Alla Loseva, Daniel Alexandrov, and students) have created a blog dedicated to the research literature and global epidemics — including COVID-19.

Vadim Voskresensky PhD and work in Berlin

Vadim Voskresensky spent almost 7 years in the St. Petersburg State University. He finished his bachelor's and master's degrees and wrote his diploma with Daniil Alexandrov. He began teaching students in his second year of master's program, under the guidance of Ilya Musabirov. After the graduation, he continued teaching even more actively - the Data Science minor course, "Information Systems" course. Vadim worked at Laboratory of Sociology in Education and Science for most of his teaching time. In the spring of 2018, at the suggestion of Daniel Alexandrov, he left to work and to write his PhD at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin. It is a research institute that brings together scientists from universities in Berlin and Brandenburg. One of the main ideas of the institute is that people from different disciplines are involved, so they can interact with each other, share experiences and results, and have fun.