Modernizing Welfare in Russia and Other Post-Soviet States: Deinstitutionalization, Inclusion, and Agency
A panel session on “Modernizing Welfare in Russia and Other Post-Soviet States: Deinstitutionalization, Inclusion, and Agency” was successfully organized and held by the International Laboratory of Social Integration Studies (ILSIS) at the XXII April International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development to be held on 21 April, 2021 via Microsoft Team Platform in order to interact with presenters and participants from different parts of the world.
Critical Conversations in Russian Studies: Promoting Inclusion and Appreciating Diversity in Today's Russia: Global Trends and Local Realities
16 April 2021. The joint seminar of IL SIR and Hamilton Lugar School of International and Global Studies at the Indiana University at Bloomington took place in zoom.
Inclusive Society: A Comparative Analysis of the Structural Conditions and of the Opinions of Insiders in Russia and in the Neighbouring Countries
On the 1st of April at 12:00 is taking place a new seminar of the research group 'Inclusive society: a comparative analysis of the structural conditions and of the opinions of insiders in Russia and in the neighbouring countries.' During the seminar we are discussing the problems of inclusive education in Kazakhstan and we are presenting the first results of a survey conducted among parents and teachers.
Employees of the ILSIR participated in the conference "Social Dynamics. Inequalities, Integration, Mobility and Migration»
Conference “Social dynamics. Inequalities, integration, mobility and migration” organized by the Budapest Center for Social Sciences (Hungarian Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence) took place on November 16-17 online. The purpose of the conference was to gain a clearer picture of social shifts and immobility in the post-millennium international context.
How Body Size Follows Social Changes in Arctic Generations: the Case of Western Siberia
June 18, 2020 at the on-line seminar of IL SIR, Andrey Kozlov the leading researcher of the laboratory, gave presentation ‘How Body Size Follows Social Changes in Arctic Generations: the Case of Western Siberia’. Researchers from Russia and Canada took part in the seminar. Discussants: Dr.Tracey Galloway (Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga) and Prof.Elena Tarasenko (Higher School of Economics).
The Problems of Professional Education for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Students
On May 29, 2020 a junior research fellow at the laboratory Nikita Bolshakov made a report on the topic ‘The Problems of Professional Education for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Students’ during the joint online seminar of the IL SIR and The Research group on disability anthropology of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of RAS.
Sociological Researches of Inclusive Education: What Can They Offer Parents of Children with Disabilities?
On May 1, 2020, the international webinar of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research was held together with the “Autism. Regions” association and the “Vykhod” Foundation for parents, teachers and researchers from different regions of Russia, as well as from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.