Address: 78 Preobrazhenskaya str., bldg.9, room 3-1 Phone: +7 4722 301339, 4722 301341 Director – Sergey N. Borisov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor e-mail: Borisov_SN@bsu.edu.ru |
Deputy Director for Academic and Methodological Work – Sergey Alekseevich Kutomanov, PhD, Associate Professor
phone: +7 4722 245596, e-mail: kutomanov@bsu.edu.ru
Deputy Director for Scientific and International Activities – Ksenia Yurievna Koroleva, PhD, Associate Professor
phone: +7 4722 301331; e-mail: Korolyova@bsu.edu.ru
Deputy Director for Social and Educational Work and General Issues – Natalia Vladimirovna Loginova
phone: +7 4722 245595; e-mail: Loginova@bsu.edu.ru
Deputy Director for Career Guidance and Public Relations – Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Baranova
phone: +7 4722 301339; e-mail: Baranova_SV@bsu.edu.ru
The Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications was established in 2018 by combining into a single academic community the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Faculty of Journalism and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Theology named after Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna Makarii (Bulgakov).
The Institute organizes educational and research activities on educational programs of media communication and socio-humanitarian sphere.
The building of the Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications
Department of Journalism
Head – Andrey Vasilyevich Polonsky, Doctor of Philology, Professor
phone: +7 4722 301369, e-mail: Polonskiy@bsu.edu.ru
Department of Communication Studies, Advertising and Public Relations
Head – Evgeny Aleksandrovich Kozhemyakin, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
phone: +7 4722 301300 * 2042, e-mail: Kozhemyakin@bsu.edu.ru
Department of Social Work
Head – Ksenia Yurievna Koroleva, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor
phone: +7 4722 301331, e-mail: Korolyova@bsu.edu.ru
Department of Sociology and Organization of Work with Youth
Head – Inna Sergeevna Shapovalova, Doctor of Sociology, Professor
phone: +7 4722 255480, e-mail: Shapovalova@bsu.edu.ru
Department of Philosophy and Theology
Head – Tamara Ivanovna Lipich, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
phone: +7 4722 301345, e-mail: Lipich@bsu.edu.ru
The Institute employs 24 doctors and 54 candidates of sciences, as well as experienced teachers-practitioners – representatives of the journalistic community, heads of state and municipal institutions, public organizations.
The departments of the Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications teach students in accordance with federal state educational standards and independently established standards of the National Research University "BelSU".
The Institute implements a wide range of educational programs, including unique ones, in the following areas.
Bachelor's degree (4 years full-time, 5 years part-time):
Master's degree (2 years full-time, 2.5 years part-time):
Postgraduate studies (3 years full-time study, it is possible to attach to the graduating department for a scientific internship and subsequent dissertation defense):
The Institute has a up to date material and technical base. There are computer classes and language labs, research centers, a media laboratory, an office of technical training facilities with digital equipment for operational journalistic work and PR activities (video cameras, projection equipment), a recording studio, a photo studio, classrooms equipped with video conferencing equipment, allowing online and remote training. The classrooms of the Institute are properly equipped for comfortable mastering by students of any of the educational programs.
Leading practitioners workshops
Laboratory of Innovative Technologies of Social Work ERASMUS – MAKERSPACE"
The Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications is a multidisciplinary research center, whose scientists make a significant contribution to the development of applied social sciences.
Scientific research at the Institute is interdisciplinary in nature and focuses on philosophical, theological, sociological and media research areas. Scientific field of the Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications are:
Transdisciplinary research in social theory
"Man in moral, religious, socio-cultural and political processes"
"Discursology and media criticism of modern mass media"
International Research Center "Intellectual History of Russia and Regional Biographical Studies"
Supervisor – Pavel Anatolyevich Olkhov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
phone: +7 4722 301116, e-mail: Olkhov@bsu.edu.ru
International Center for Sociological Research
Supervisor – Inna Sergeevna Shapovalova, Doctor of Sociology, Professor
phone: +7 4722 255480, e-mail: Shapovalova@bsu.edu.ru
Laboratory of Sociology of Religion and Culture
Supervisor – Sergey Dmitrievich Lebedev, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor
phone: +7 4722 301300 * 2350, e-mail: Lebedev@bsu.edu.ru
Spiritual and Educational Center named after Metropolitan Makarii of Moscow and Kolomna (Bulgakov)
Supervisor – Tamara Ivanovna Lipich, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
phone: +7 4722 301345, e-mail: Lipich@bsu.edu.ru
Multimodal Research Laboratory
Supervisor – Evgeny A. Kozhemyakin, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
phone: +7 4722 301182, e-mail: kozhemyakin@bsu.edu.ru
International Research Laboratory of Social Projects
Supervisor – Koroleva K.Yu., Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor
phone: +7 4722 301331, e-mail: korolyova@bsu.edu.ru
Students and postgraduates participate in the research of the departments and centers of the Institute, they gain experience in scientific communication both with their teachers and scientists from foreign partner universities, representatives of employers.
All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference
The Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications develops international cooperation in the educational and scientific fields.
The main directions of cooperation with foreign partner universities:
Our foreign partners:
Academic mobility
Academic mobility of the Institute is carried out mainly within the framework of existing bilateral agreements between partner universities.
Students of the Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications have the opportunity to complete an included semester training at partner universities, improve their professional level, improve language skills, undergo practical training in specialized institutions of host countries, and make new friends.
The Institute implements a joint educational program with the T.G. Shevchenko Pridnestrovian State University in the field of training "Social Work".
All questions of interest on academic mobility and support of foreign students of the Institute can be asked to the Deputy Director for Scientific and International Activities Ksenia Yurievna Koroleva.
The International Information Center of BelSU informs foreign citizens around the clock on the issues of education, university stay, life in Belgorod and in Russia: https://iic.bsuedu.ru/
Students are included in the work of interest clubs, including: student scientific society, media school, young family club, student center for the prevention of youth extremism, volunteer corps, student project office, intellectual club, studio of practical philosophy, press club and others.
Most of the youth actions and events at the Institute are designed on the principles of self-organization. The key body of student self-government is the institute's asset, which unites youth leaders in various fields of creativity.
Information was given by Svetlana Baranova 26.06.2023