| Dr. Svitlana S. Babenko
Contact Information:
Phone (mob): (38)050 192 1496
E-mail : sbabenko(at)gmail.com Current Positions:
Associate Professor (Docent) and Post-Doctorate Study (Doctorant) at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine http://www.soc.univ.kiev.ua/INF/STAFF/person.php?id=102 Academic Degree, Title:
Candidate of Science in Sociology (Ph.D.), Docent (Dr.). Main Research Fields:
social inequalities dynamics in comparative (European) perspective, post-Soviet and post-Communist transformations in comparative research; life-course and life-success strategies; gender stereotypes and gender order (local and comparative issues). Developed Teaching Courses:
Current (Kyiv T.Shevchenko National University): Actual Problems in Current Sociology (in English), Post-Communist Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe; Age and Gender Stratification;
Recent (2002-2008, Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University) Cross-National Comparative Research: Methodology and Practice; Social Changes in Contemporary World; Social Inequalities in Contemporary Societies; Theories of Social Stratifications; Sociology of Gender; Class, Gender, Ethnos in Political Behaviour; Life-course Success: Images, Strategies and Practices. Research Projects Participation:
2009 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP Ukrainian team leaded by O.Ivaschenko, Kyiv, position: Data Analyst)
2006-2008 Institutionalization of Structural Inequalities and Conflicts in Contemporary Ukraine and East Europe (leaded by Prof.Dr.O.Kutsenko, Kharkiv, position: Senior Research Fellow)
2006-2008 Continuity and Changes of Social Structures Transformation (leaded by Prof.Dr.S.Makeev, Kyiv, position: Senior Research Fellow)
2005-2007 Comparing Societal Integration of Turkish and Related Minorities: Institutional Strategies of CIS and INTAS Countries INTAS research project (leaded by Prof.Dr.N.Genov, Berlin, position: Research Fellow in Ukrainian team)
2005 Dynamics of Social Networks Provoking Terrorism (head Prof.Dr.O.Kutsenko), position: Research Fellow
2004-2005 Social Class and Political Elites in Transformational Ukrainian Society (leaded by Prof.Dr.D.Lane(Cambridge, UK), position: Research Fellow
2002-2005 Social Class and Social Structure Transformation In Ukrainian Society (leaded by Prof.Dr.O.Kutsenko, Kharkiv, position: Research Fellow) Projects and Grants:
2009-2012 – Coordinator of the ReSET project “European Visions and Divisions: Comparative Studies for Advances in Teaching Sociology” (HESP\Kyiv, Ukraine) www.evd-reset.org
2005 – 2009 – Returning Scholar at Academic Fellowship Project / Higher Education Support Program (AFP\HESP) at Sociology Dept., Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University ) www.academicwebfolio.org
May 15 – June 15, 2006 – invited Research Scholar in Center for Social Research of Berlin – WZB (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung), Berlin, Germany
2005-2006 – participation in the project “Developing a Women’s/Gender Studies Programs University Partnership to Promote Curricular Transformation” Women Study Center at Iowa State University of Science and Technology and Kharkiv Center for Gender Studies;
Sept.-Nov. 2005 ¬– Research Fellowship at Women Study Center at Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Ames, Iowa, USA) http://www.las.iastate.edu/WSP_KCGS_Partners/english/Homepage.htm
Feb. 2006 – coordinator of the third Winter Session for Junior Faculty “The Art of Teaching and Evaluation: Gender Sensitivity in the Classroom” (Kharkiv)
2002-2004 – Local Faculty Fellow, СЕР (Civic Education Project)
Jan. 2003, Jan. 2004 – coordinator of Winter Schools СЕР for Junior Faculty «Teaching Sociology Unconventionally» (Kharkiv)
2003, 2004 – co-editor and author of books for University Faculty Sociology in Classroom: The Art of Teaching, 2003 – 303 p.; and Sociology in Classroom: The Art of Communication, 2004 – 266 p.
2002-2004 – coordinator of academic network СЕР «Social Transformation in Comparative Perspective»
2004 co-editor and the co-author of collective monograph Changing Diversity: Vectors, Dimensions and Content of Post-Communist Transformation / O.D.Kutsenko, S.S.Babenko (Eds). Kharkiv, 2004. (in English)
2003-2005 Coordinator of Academic Network Social Transformations in Comparative Perspective (within the frame of Civic Education Project 2003-2004) http://civiceducationproject.org/legacy/projects/socialtransformation/index.html
Education (degrees, dates, universities) and Qualification:
2008-2011 Post-Doc Study (Doctorantura, eq. Habilitation) at Kyiv National T.Shevchenko University, Ukraine, Thesis title: Sociocultural Factors of Social Inequalities Dynamics in European Societies
2004\5 Degree of Candidate of Science in Sociology (PhD), Kharkiv National University, Ukraine, the Thesis title: Sociocultural Potential of the Post-Soviet Society Transformation.
1999-2003 PhD Student (Aspirant) at Sociology Department, Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine;
1999 MA Degree in Sociology by Manchester University (GB) and Moscow High School of Social and Economic Sciences. The thesis title: Comparative Sociological Research of Socio-cultural Potential of the Society Undergoing Transformation: Methodology and Methods.
1998-1999 MA Student at Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Moscow, Russia) joint program with Manchester University (Great Britain)
1998 Qualification Degree (Diploma of Specialist with Excellence, equivalent to MA) in Sociology, Kharkiv State University, Ukraine. The thesis title: Inversion of the Norm and Deviance in the Society Undergoing Transformation
1993-1998 Student at the Sociology Department, Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine;
Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates):
2008 – present Docent (Associate Professor) and Post-Doctorate study (Doctorant) at Sociology Faculty National T.Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine
2005 – 2009 Docent (Associate Professor) at Sociology Department and Political Sociology Department, School of Sociology, Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine;
2006- 2008 Senior Research Fellow at Department of Social Structures, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2002 - 2005 Senior Lecturer at Sociology Department, School of Sociology, Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine;
2003 - 2004 Senior Specialist on Politic Analysis and Prognosis at Internal Politics Department, Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Kharkiv, Ukraine;
2001 - 2008 Research Scholar at Sociological Research Department (Laboratory), Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine; Recent Publications
Chapters in Books
• Babenko S. Life-Course Strategies of Crimean-Tatars Elite. In InterEthnic Integration in Five European Societies (Ed. Nikolai Genov). Berlin: Kramer. 2008. pp. 155-166 (in English)
• Babenko S., Nikolko M. Between Tradition and Postmodernity: Glocalization in the daily-life practices in Crimean Villages In Metamorphoses of Villages (Ed.) A. Kasjanova. Krasnodar, 2008. pp. 132-152 (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Societal Integration of the Crimean Tatars: Ukrainian Experience of InterEthno Research. In Comparative Research in the Social Sciences. (Ed.) N.Genov. – Paris-Sofia, 2007. – pp. 211-220 (in English)
• Babenko S. Institutionalization of the Claims on Importance. In New Social Inequalities. (Ed.) S.Makeev. – Kiev. Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 2006. – pp.116-131 (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Social Mechanism of Post-Soviet Transformation: Agency-Structural Perspective // Changing Diversity: Vectors, Dimensions and Content of Post-Communist Transformation / O.D.Kutsenko, S.S.Babenko (Eds). Kharkiv, 2004. – pp. 218-239 (in English) Articles
• Babenko S. Dynamics of Socio-Economic Inequalities in Ukraine: Mass Perception and Structural Transformation In Methodology, Theory and Practice of the Sociological Analysis of the Modern Society. Kharkiv University Publisher. 2009 – pp. 418-424 (in Ukrainian)
• Babenko S. Societal Integration in Theoretical Discourse of Sociology: from Structural Inequalities to Sociocultural Links In Theoretical Problems of Sociological Theory Development: Social Integration and Social Inequalities under Current Social Transformations. Kyiv , 2009. - pp. 79-87
• Babenko S. Socio-Cultural Mechanism of Social Inequalities Dynamics: Grounding the Concept In Methodology, Theory and Practice of the Sociological Analysis of the Modern Society. Kharkiv University Publisher. 2008, pp. 46-50. (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Structural Transformation and Successful Daily Practices: Village Glocalization (bases on the research findings in Crimea). In Visnyk of Lviv I.Franko National University. Vol. Sociology. 2008. № 2. Pp. 25-34.(In Ukrainian)
• Babenko S. Sociocultural Transformation and Successful Life-Course Practices in Post-Soviet Society: from Tradition to Postmodernity. In Visnyk of Kharkiv National University. Vol. Sociological Research of Contemporary Society: Methodology, Theory, Methods. 2008. № 800. – pp. 127-135. (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Social Inclusion and Social Exclusion: New Dimension of Social Inequalities in Contemporary Societies. In Methodology, Theory and Practice of the Sociological Analysis of the Modern Society. Kharkiv University Publisher. 2007, pp. 49-55. (in Russian)
• Babenko S. About the State of Sociological Science in Ukraine. In N.V.Panina: Live, Academic Activity, Way to the Future. Kyiv, 2007, pp.101-106. (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Societal Integration of the Crimean Tatars: Problems, Opportunities, and Strategies. In Patterns of Societal Integration. (Ed.)N.Genov. Arbeitspapeire des Osteuropa-Instituts. Freie Universitat Berlin.– 2007. – №57. – P. 83-88(in English)
• Babenko S. Comparative Sociological Analysis of Post-Communist Transformation Processes (the program of MA course). In Sociology: Methodology, Methods, Marketing. 2007, Vol.4, pp.180-201 (in Russian and in Ukrainian)
• Babenko S. Life Success: Interpretations, Strategies, Practices (Sociological Analysis) // Visnyk of Kharkiv National University. Vol. Sociological Research of Contemporary Society: Methodology, Theory, Methods. 2004. № 621. – pp. 158-165. (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Informal Society: Life-Course Strategies and Social Practices in Institutional Area of Transformational Society // Problems of Social Theory Development. Transformation of Social Institutions and Institutional Structure of Society. / M.O.Shulga, V.M.Vorona (Eds). Kyiv, 2003. – pp. 106-110 (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Successful Life-Course Strategies in Social Mechanism of Post-Soviet Society Transformation //Methodology, Theory and Practice of the Sociological Analysis of the Modern Society. Kharkiv. 2003 - pp. 223-229 (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Between the Structure and Agency: Sociocultural Potential of the Post-Soviet Society Transformation // Theoretical Problems of Social Structure of Ukrainian Society. Kyiv, 2002. – pp.363-370 (in Russian)
• Babenko S. Is Russia a European Society? // Where is Russia Going to? (Ed. T.Zaslavskaya), Moscow, 2000. – С. 391-399 (in Russian) Abstracts in Conference Books (in English)
• Babenko S. Social Inequalities in European Society or European Societies? Methodological Nationalism Challenge for Social Inequalities Theorizing and Research // European Society: European Societies? Abstracts book of the 9th European Sociological Association Conference. – Lisbon, 2009.
• Babenko S. Socio-economic Inequalities in Ukraine: Comparative Dynamics in European Space // “Humboldt Cosmos: Science and Society” Book of Abstracts HcS2 - Kiev 2009. ¬– P.50
• Babenko S. “Old” and “New” Inequalities in Post-Communist Societies: Toward New European Integration? // ICCEES Regional European Congress. German Association of East European Studies. Berlin, 2007. – P. 92.
• Babenko S. Societal Integration: Research Concept and Social Practice in New European Societies // Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. Abstracts book of the 8th European Sociological Association Conference. – Glasgow, 2007. – P. 387.
• Babenko S. Measuring “Old” and “New” Classes in Post-Communist Capitalisms: Class Schemes and Class Consistency // Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. Abstracts book of the 8th European Sociological Association Conference. – Glasgow, 2007. – P. 423
• Babenko S. Knowledge about Society: Post-Communist Visions and Divisions // Knowledge and Society. European Conference on Social Theory. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Abstract book. - Madrid, 2006. - P.15
• Babenko S. “Old” and “New” Classes in Post-Communist Capitalisms // Die Natur Der Gesellschaft. 33 Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Abstractband. Universität Kassel. 2006. – P.22.
• Babenko S. Theorising Post-Communist Society of Ukraine: Recomposition of Social Inequalities // Rethinking Inequalities in Europe. Abstracts book of the 7th European Sociological Association Conference, Nikolas Kopernikus University, Torun, 2005. - P.426 Articles in Dictionary \ Encyclopedia
• Social Exclusion, Social Mechanism In Sociological Encyclopedia (Ed. V.Gorodyanenko), Kyiv, 2008
• Social Inequality, Political Inequality, Social Integration, Political Integration, Cultural Capital, Political Capital, Symbolic Capital, Administrative Resource, Success Political, Sexism in Politics In Sociology of Politics: Encyclopedic Dictionary. (Eds. V.Poltorak, O.Petov, A.Tolstouhov), Kyiv, 2009
Textbooks & Syllabi
• Babenko S. Inequalities in Contemporary Society. Textbook and Syllabi for Students. – Kharkiv University Publisher, 2007. – 136 p. (in Ukrainian)
• Babenko S. Social Changes in Contemporary World. Syllausi for Students.– Kharkiv University Publisher, 2007. – 52 p. (in Ukrainian)
• Babenko S. Sociology of Gender. Syllabus for Students.Kharkiv University Publisher, 2008, 44 p. (in Ukrainian) Membership:
• from 2007 – till now Member of International Sociological Association (ISA)
• from 1999 - till now Member of European Sociological Association (ESA)
• from 1999 - till now Member of Sociological Association of Ukraine (SAU) Awards:
Silver medal “The Best Young Sociologist of the year 2007” by N.Panina Sociological Center (Kyiv, December 10, 2007)
Diploma “Excellence in Teaching and Research” by Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University (Kharkiv, December 2004)
Diploma “Excellence in Teaching and Outreach” by Civic Education Project in Belarus-Ukraine-Moldova for 2002-2004 academic years (Kyiv, May 2004) Languages: Russian (native), Ukrainian (proficient), English (fluent)
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