Sociologists of Astrakhan State University Celebrate Their First Anniversary

The ASU Faculty of Social Communications held a round table discussion dedicated to the 25th anniversary of sociological education at the university.

The discussion touched upon issues both of the history of sociological education at ASU and of the role of social research in activities of the Civil Registration Service, the system of vocational education and culture, as well as studies on environmental problems and the market of social and marketing research in the Astrakhan region. In particular, speeches were delivered by Marina Kashirova, the Acting Head of the Civil Registration Service of the Astrakhan region, Inna Borovaya, the Head of the Department of Social Work and Club Management of the Astrakhan Regional Research & Methodology Centre of Folk Culture, Elena Ostrovskaya, the Director of the Caspian Marine Research Centre, Yuliya Kormushina, the Executive Partner of the MIRACULUM Research Group, Anna Nemchinova, an Associate Professor of the Department of Humanities & Psychology of Astrakhan State Technical University, and Aleksandr Rogov, a senior expert of the ASU Centre of Sociological Survey.

At the end of the discussion, the participants marked out the importance of interuniversity cooperation in the sphere of social research and gave a high appraisal of activities of the ASU Centre of Sociological Survey for the university development.