| Dr. Prof. Natalia Kostenko
| Personal Information | | | Date of Birth: | March 12, 1952 | | Place of Birth | Dzerzhinsk, Minsk oblast, Belorussia | | Citizenship | Ukrainian | | Marital status | Divorced |
| Professional Experience | | | Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine Head of Culture& Mass Communication Department Main Research Fellow Leading Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow | 1990-present | | Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine Research Fellow Junior Research Fellow | 1975-1990 | | Kiev Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine Lecturer in Sociology of Mass Communication and Documentary Analysis | 1990-2004 | | International Solomon University, Kiev, Ukraine Professor of Sociology Department | 1996-2001 | | GFK-USM, Kiev, Ukraine Scientific Adviser on social/market studies | 1996-2007 |
Education | | | Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine Part-time 3 years post-candidate studies in Social Structure, Social Institutes and Life Style Doctor of Sociological Sciences in Mass Communication and Public Opinion Research | 1991-1994 1994, ДН N001220 | | Institute of Philosophy, NAS of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine Part-time post-graduate 4 years course in Public Opinion Research Candidate of Philosophy Sciences in Applied Sociology | 1978-1982 1984, КД N 004266 | | Belorussian State University Minsk, Belorussia Diploma with Distinction in History (5 year degree) | 1970-1975 С N 395947 | | Central Europe University Budapest, Hungary Summer University Course in ‘Mass Media and Democracy | 1996 | | Queen’s University Kingston, Canada Probation period on Political Science Department (3 months) | 1999 | | | | | Publications/ Research Experience | | | More than 150 publications in Russian, Ukrainian and English on mass communication, culture and other social issues The Values and the Symbols within Mass Communication (1993); Media in Elections: between Politics and Culture(the content analysis of political press), 1999; Experience of Content Analysis/ Models and Practices (2005, with V.Ivanov); .) News vs. News. The election campaign in the news TV programs (2005; ed.); Media. Democracy. Culture (2008, ed.); Subcultural variativity of Ukrainian society (2010, ed.) Scientific Head/Adviser of number of academic/comparative studies in public opinion, mass media, victimology National coordinator of ICVS (International Crime/Victim Survey), IVAWS (International Violence Against Women Survey) Head of the Political News Monitor (Academy of Ukrainian Press& Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Science) | since 1979 since 1989 1997-2003 2003- present | | | | | Languages | | | Native language – Russian Good level of Ukrainian Good level of English | | | |
