About

Elena Simonchuk

Education

National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev,
Faculty of Philosophy (Department of Psychology)

Position

Leading Research Fellow, Social Structures Department
Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Ph.D.in Sociology: 2000, Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Doctor of Science in Sociology: 2019, Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Membership in the Sociological Associations

  • Member of International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee:
    RC 28 – Social Stratification and Social Mobility
  • Member of Sociological Association of Ukraine (SAU),Research Committee on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
  • Member of European Sociological Association (ESA), Research Committee: RN36 – Sociology of Transformations: East and West
    .

Scientific interests

  • Class analysis
  • Comparative social research
  • Qualitative research methods
    .

Study courses

  • Social structure of society
  • Social stratification
  • Qualitative Research Methods (in-depth interview)