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Svetlana Tatunts

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Svetlana A. Tatunts
Светлана Ахундовна Татунц
Born1953
Baku, USSR
Occupation(s)Professor, Researcher
Known forDevelopment of Ethnosociology in Russia
AwardsCertificate of Honor from Russian Ministry of Education and Science, Honored Professor of Moscow State University
Academic background
Alma materBaku State University
Thesis"Ethnosociology as a science" (1996)
Academic work
DisciplineSociology, Ethnic Studies, Political Science
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Main interestsInterethnic relations, Ethnic minorities, Tolerance, Xenophobia, Ethnic migration, Diaspora studies
Notable worksEthnosociology, Ethnic Conflicts, Migration Studies

Svetlana A. Tatunts, (Светлана Ахундовна Татунц; 1953 in Baku, USSR) - Armenian born Russian researcher of sociology, ethnicity, ethnic and national conflicts. Full professor at the Department of World Politics of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov (MSU). [1]

Biography

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Svetlana A. Tatunts graduated from the History Department of Baku State University in 1978 and earned a Ph.D. in social sciences from MSU in 1983. After several years as an associate professor, she earned a Doctor of Science degree for her Sc.D. thesis on "Ethnosociology as a science" at the MSU Faculty of Sociology in 1996. The year before, she conducted research at the Sociology Department of Regensburg University, Germany.

Tatunts taught at the MSU Faculty of Sociology from 1998 to 2008. Thanks to her efforts, the discipline of ethnosociology has become a part of the academic curriculum for social and political science students at MSU and other Russian universities. She was the author of the Russian State curriculum for “Ethnosociology” and “Ethnics in political sciences” [2] according to the State standard of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and mentor for numerous Ph.D. and Master’s theses in these fields.

In 2008, Tatunts changed to the MSU Faculty of World politics where she lectures at the chair in Regional Problems of World Politics and does research. Tatunts is a member of the Russian Sociological Association [3] and the International Institute of Sociology. She holds a Certificate of Honor of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and was recognized as an Honored Professor of Moscow State University. [4]

Research interests

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Tatunts wrote more than 70 scientific works in the field of sociology, political science and conflict studies, published in Russia and abroad, including German, English, Spanish and Italian articles. [5] The regional focus of her research lies on the C.I.S. countries, as well as Central and Western Europe and Latin America.

Her particular scientific interests are in interethnic relations, ethnic minorities, tolerance and xenophobia, ethnic migration processes in the modern world, the integration of immigrants in Eastern and Western European countries. She also works on ethnic conflict and diaspora as а factor of modern foreign policy and political conflict resolution in C.I.S. countries.

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ Department of World Politics of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov [1]
  2. ^ Russian State curriculum for “Ethnosociology” and “Ethnics in political sciences” [2]
  3. ^ Russian Sociological Association (Российское общество социологов) [3]
  4. ^ Honored Professors of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. [4]
  5. ^ Full publication list of Svetlana A. Tatunts [5]


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