Educational and Research Institute of Social and Humanitarian Sciences

General Information

Address:
36007, Poltava Region, Poltava City, 3 Ivana Banka Street
Poltava Region, Lubny City, 2 Viktora Novikova Street

Phone: +380 95 87 86 303

E-mail: hinst.lnu@gmail.com

Regulation on the Educational and Research Institute of Social and Humanitarian Sciences of the State Institution “Taras Shevchenko Luhansk National University”

Administration Office

Director Anton Vasylovych Bader, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, +38 050 693 07 48	Deputy Director for Academic Affairs Yuliia Serhiivna Nuzhna, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, +38 095 509 20 41	Deputy Director for Social and Humanitarian Affairs Ihor Vyacheslavovych Zhurba, Assistant, +38 095 878 63 03

Secretary

• Viktoriia Oleksandrivna Makarenko, +38 066 990 54 52
• Valeriia Valeriivna Ilnytska, +38 099 084 39 23

Educational Activities

The Educational and Scientific Institute of Social and Humanitarian Sciences offers training in the following fields and specialties:

Bachelor’s Degree

• Secondary Education (History and Law);
• History and Archaeology;
• International Relations, Public Communications, and Regional Studies;
• Sociology;
• Political Science.

Master’s Degree

• Secondary Education (History and Law);
• History and Archaeology;
• Political Science (Applied Political Science);
• Sociology (Sociology of Borderland and National Security).

Educational Materials

 Ukrainian Studies

The educational process is supported by:

Department of History and Archaeology

Head of Department: Oleksandr Viktorovych Naboka, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Head of Department: Liudmyla Oleksandrivna Novoskoltseva, Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Philosophy and Sociology

Head of Department: Svitlana Viktorivna Khobta, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor

Practical Bases and Opportunities

Secondary Education (History and Law)

• Types of Practice: Pedagogical practice in schools (industrial, educational), archaeological/archival practice.
• Practice Bases: Secondary schools, higher education institutions, museums, departmental archives, libraries, historical societies, research organizations.

International Relations, Public Communications, and Regional Studies

• Types of Practice: Specialized practice in international relations, professional (industrial) practice.
• Practice Bases: Diplomatic agencies, expert groups on foreign policy issues.

Sociology

• Types of Practice: Introductory practice, industrial practice, pre-diploma practice.
• Practice Bases:
  Local Government and State Institutions: Executive Committee of Starobilsk City Council (Luhansk Region); Starobilsk District Military Administration (Luhansk Region); Department of International Technical Assistance, Innovation Development, and Foreign Relations (Luhansk Regional State Administration), etc.
  Business: LLC “FORCE SERVICE UA SALES”; LLC “FIELDWORK AGENCY”
  Public Organizations: NGO “Ukrainian Institute of Social Research named after Oleksandr Yaremenko”; NGO “Center for Common Development ‘Effective Community'”; NGO “Inventors”; Luhansk Regional Organization of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine; Luhansk Regional Public Initiative, etc.

Political Science

• Types of Practice: Political analysis, industrial practice (3rd year), industrial practice (4th year).
• Practice Bases: NGO “Effective Community”; NGO “Inventors”; Starobilsk City Military Administration (Starobilsk District, Luhansk Region); LLC “FORCE SERVICE UA SALES”; LLC “FIELDWORK AGENCY”; Derhachi City Council (Kharkiv District, Kharkiv Region); Zolochiv Town Council (Bohodukhiv District, Kharkiv Region); Department of International Technical Assistance, Innovation Development, and Foreign Relations (Luhansk Regional State Administration); Luhansk Regional Organization of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine.

Employment Opportunities

Studying at the Institute of History, International Relations, and Socio-Political Sciences opens broad employment prospects.

Secondary Education (History and Law). Graduates can work as:

• Teachers in secondary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges, and higher education institutions.
• Specialists in museums, state and departmental archives, libraries, historical societies, and research organizations.

International Relations, Public Communications, and Regional Studies. Graduates can pursue careers as:

• Professionals capable of performing roles such as attaché, diplomatic agent, diplomatic courier, assistant expert on foreign policy issues, assistant political analyst, or specialist of the third category.

Sociology. Career opportunities for graduates include positions in small, medium, and large organizations, enterprises, institutions, departments, and institutes within the social, educational, research, and consulting sectors. Roles may include:

• Analyst, consultant, organizer of sociological research, or trainer.

Professionals may also work in occupations specified in the National Classifier of Ukraine “Classifier of Professions” (DK 003:2010):

• 224: Professionals in economics, sociology, archaeography, archaeology, geography, criminology, and paleography.
• 2442: Professionals in archaeography, archaeology, geography, criminology, paleography, and sociology.
• 1: Research associates (archaeology, geography, criminology, paleography, sociology).
• 2: Archaeographers, archaeologists, geographers, criminologists, paleographers, and sociologists.
• 24054: Head of the laboratory of sociology and psychophysiology of labor.
• 20924: Chief sociologist.

Political Science. Graduates can work as:

• Political scientists, political commentators in mass media and information agencies, correspondents, assistants to newspaper or magazine editors, civil servants, executive secretaries, consultants in government bodies, consultants on socio-political issues, specialists in data analytics, researchers in humanities and social sciences, heads of youth centers, referents, or lecturers in political science.

Qualification of Faculty Members

The Educational and Scientific Institute of History, International Relations, and Socio-Political Sciences operates five departments, each focusing on specific areas of scientific activity. The quality of the educational process is ensured by a highly qualified teaching staff:

• Anton Vasylovych Bader – Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor.
• Svitlana Oleksandrivna Vovk – Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor.
• Ihor Serhiiovych Mykhalskyi – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.
• Illia Fedorovych Kononov – Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor.
• Oleksandr Viktorovych Naboka – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.
• Viktor Mykolaiovych Voronin – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.
• Yuliia Serhiivna Nuzhna – Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Nani Tomazivna Hohokhia – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Oleksandr Ivanovych Babichev – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Mykola Hryhorovych Taranenko – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Mykola Mykolaiovych Zyza – Candidate of Historical Sciences, “Honored Teacher of Ukraine,” Associate Professor.
• Liudmyla Oleksandrivna Novoskoltseva – Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Maryna Ihorivna Rusanova – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Olha Ivanivna Bublik – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Serhii Vitaliiovych Sevriuk – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Olena Volodymyrivna Mezhevska – Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Viktoriia Yuriivna Medvedska – Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Svitlana Viktorivna Khobta – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Liliia Ivanivna Verkhovod – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Alina Anatoliivna Hots – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Kateryna Mykhailivna Kotelenets – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Oleksii Anatoliiovych Altukhov – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Olha Andriivna Drobysheva – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Olha Serhiivna Yurko – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor.
• Ihor Vyacheslavovych Zhurba – Assistant.

Content of Educational Programs and Disciplines

Secondary Education (History and Law)
Key disciplines:

• Archaeology, History of Primitive Society, History of the Ancient East, Greece and Rome, History of Slavic Peoples, History of the Middle Ages, Modern and Contemporary History of Europe and America, Asia and Africa.
• Theory of State and Law, Labor Law, Family Law, Administrative Law, Civil Law.
• Social and Historical Anthropology, Historical Regional Studies, History of Ukraine, Ukrainian Ethnography.
• Historiography of Ukrainian History, History of Christianity in Ukraine, Methods of Teaching School History and Law Courses.

International Relations, Public Communications, and Regional Studies
Key disciplines:

• International Relations and World Politics, Public International Law, Ukraine’s Foreign Policy, Private International Law.
• History of International Relations, Country Studies, International Economic Relations.
• Foreign Language (first), Foreign Language (second), Theory and Practice of Translation.
• Diplomatic and Consular Service, Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette, Conflictology.
• International Organizations, Theory of International Relations, Methodology of Country Studies.
• International Information, Physical Geography of the World, Economic Geography of the World.
• Basics of Diplomacy, History of Diplomacy, Fundamentals of Geopolitics and Geostrategy.
• International Integration and Globalization in World Politics.

Sociology (Sociology of Borderland and National Security)
Key disciplines:

• Introduction to the Specialty, History of Sociology, Gender Studies and Gender Audit.
• Sociology of Mass Communications, Theoretical Sociology, Professional Ethics of Sociologists.
• Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research, Qualitative Methods in Sociological Research.
• Theories of Social Structures, Sociology of Culture and Intercultural Communication.
• Sociology of Spatiality and Borderlands, Sociology of Politics and Law, Sociology of Economics.
• Mathematical Methods and Computer Analysis of Sociological Data in Quantitative Research.
• Sociology of Organizations and Management, Contemporary Sociological Theories.
• Sociology of National Security and War, Sociology of Conflict and Mediation.
• Practical Components: Introductory Practice, Industrial Practice, Pre-Diploma Practice.
• Course Paper in Sociology, Logic and Methodology of Scientific Inquiry.
• Grant Writing and Project Management, Corporate Ethics, and Management of Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Methodological Explorations in Modern Global and Ukrainian Sociology.
• Borderland Sociology, Foundations of National Security, and Sociological Analysis of Social Risks and Threats.
• Advanced Methods and Technologies in Sociological Research, Military Sociology.
• Ecosociology and Environmental Safety, Sociology of International Relations and Geopolitics.

Political Science
Key disciplines:

• General Theory of Politics, Law, Political History.
• History of Foreign and Ukrainian Political Thought, Information-Analytical Activities.
• Cratology, Methods of Political Research, Partology, Political Elites and Leadership.
• Theory and Practice of Public Administration and Local Government.
• Political Culture and Ethics, International Relations, and World Politics.
• Political Process, Political Management and Marketing, Comparative Political Science.
• Geopolitics and Political Geography, Political Conflictology.
• Theory of Political Systems, Political Analysis and Forecasting.
• Modern Methodological Approaches in Political Research, Political Modeling and Consulting.
• Political Analytics in Public Administration, Political Expertise and Monitoring.
• Political Decisions: Algorithm and Methods of Adoption, Modern Political Theories.
• Political Participation: Applied Analysis, Legal Support for Scientific Research.
• Political Analysis and Analytics: Methods and Tools.

Research Activities

Currently, the Institute operates three departments, each focusing on distinct areas of scientific research.

Department of History and Archaeology
Key research areas:

• The history of Ukraine across different historical epochs, the regional history of Luhansk, and issues of national historiography and source studies.
• A robust school of regional studies has emerged in recent years, led by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Viktorovych Naboka, and Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Olha Andriivna Drobysheva.
• Systematic study of various aspects of world history.

Historical research traditions at the department are rooted in several scientific schools established during the University’s development:

• The school founded by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Wolf Mendelovich Beilys (1923–2001) in the 1970s. His followers, including Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Viktor Hryhorovych Kryukov, continued studying Eastern literary monuments as sources for medieval history.
• In the 1990s, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo Stepanovych Buryan established a school focused on the history of international relations and foreign policy of major Eastern states in modern and contemporary times.
• The early 2000s saw the formation of a third school under Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Ihor Serhiiovych Mykhalskyi, studying “Sources of Political History and Thought of the 19th–20th Centuries.”

Department of Political Science and International Relations
Key activities:

• Postgraduate and doctoral programs are available at the department.
• Main research themes include:
  “The Role of Armed Violence in Power Relations”
  “Ukraine’s Integration Processes in the Era of Globalization”

Students are actively involved in research, including scientific projects, writing academic papers, and preparing conference abstracts within these themes.

Achievements:

• Numerous scientific accomplishments, including successful doctoral defenses by Svitlana Oleksandrivna Vovk and Anton Vasylovych Bader.
• The department established an Applied Research Laboratory to promote collaborative work among faculty, graduate students, and students.

Student engagement:

• The “Analityka” Political and Legal Club serves as a platform for discussing Ukraine’s socio-political development issues.

Department of Philosophy and Sociology
Key research focus:

• Implementation of the research program “Relations Between Eastern and Western Ukraine: Seeking Historical Compromise” in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta.

Other research directions:

• “Ukraine’s Borders in the Era of Second Modernity”
• “The Role of Humanistic Ideas in Developing Ukraine’s Economic, Political, and Cultural Integration Model”
• “Mass Consciousness of Luhansk Region Residents During the Crisis Period”
• “The Role of Regional Media in Building a Democratic Society”
• “Value Foundations of Modernization in Contemporary Society”

Student Council of the Institute of Social and Humanitarian Sciences (ISHS)

The Student Council plays a significant role in supporting academic, social, and extracurricular activities, fostering a dynamic and participatory learning environment.

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