About
Education: Higher.
Work experience: Since 1986.
Specialization: Sociology, Psychology, Mathematics.
Disciplines taught:
Basic Sociology (undergraduate)
History of Sociology (undergraduate)
Sociology of Journalism and Media (undergraduate)
Social Modeling and Forecasting (Masters)
Discourse Analysis (Masters)
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Social Research (undergraduate)
Multidimensional Analysis of Social Information (Masters), Morphology of Information Society.
Advanced training: International Debate Education Association, 2011-2012, Trainer of Republican Level
Elsevier for improving professional competencies of personnel in the scientific and educational sphere, 2021
"Institute of Diaspora and Integration" (Institute of CIS Countries), majoring in 41.04.04 "Political Science" in the program "International Relations in the Era of Global Change", 2022
Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Institute of Diaspora and Integration" (Institute of CIS Countries), majoring in 41.04.04 "Political Science" in the program "Experience of Russian Cultural Diplomacy in the 21st Century", 2022
Awards, grants: More than 30 grants, including Grants from the British Academy 2021-2023, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, and so on.
Gold Medal of YSU, 2012
IPSC Award for Remarkable Input in Developing Sociology in Armenia, 2011
Membership of professional bodies:
Member of the Specialized Scientific Council for Awarding Scientific Degrees in Sociology, YSU
Visiting Member of the Specialized Scientific Council for Awarding Scientific Degrees in Sociology, SPbSU (2023)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal "Sociology. Bulletin of Yerevan State University"
IPPA (International Public Policy Association) individual member.
Work experience: Since 1986.
Specialization: Sociology, Psychology, Mathematics.
Disciplines taught:
Basic Sociology (undergraduate)
History of Sociology (undergraduate)
Sociology of Journalism and Media (undergraduate)
Social Modeling and Forecasting (Masters)
Discourse Analysis (Masters)
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Social Research (undergraduate)
Multidimensional Analysis of Social Information (Masters), Morphology of Information Society.
Advanced training: International Debate Education Association, 2011-2012, Trainer of Republican Level
Elsevier for improving professional competencies of personnel in the scientific and educational sphere, 2021
"Institute of Diaspora and Integration" (Institute of CIS Countries), majoring in 41.04.04 "Political Science" in the program "International Relations in the Era of Global Change", 2022
Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Institute of Diaspora and Integration" (Institute of CIS Countries), majoring in 41.04.04 "Political Science" in the program "Experience of Russian Cultural Diplomacy in the 21st Century", 2022
Awards, grants: More than 30 grants, including Grants from the British Academy 2021-2023, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, and so on.
Gold Medal of YSU, 2012
IPSC Award for Remarkable Input in Developing Sociology in Armenia, 2011
Membership of professional bodies:
Member of the Specialized Scientific Council for Awarding Scientific Degrees in Sociology, YSU
Visiting Member of the Specialized Scientific Council for Awarding Scientific Degrees in Sociology, SPbSU (2023)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal "Sociology. Bulletin of Yerevan State University"
IPPA (International Public Policy Association) individual member.
Scientific interests
- Methodology and methods of social research
- Digital sociology
- Data analysis technologies
- Big data analysis
- AI modeling
- Social forecasting and modeling
- Sociology of governance
- Discourse analysis,
- Social technologies
- Sociology of knowledge
- Migration
- Social identity
- Sociology of education.
List of publications
- Hunter S., Shapira M. , Fotopoulou M., Wilson S., Zaslavskaya M. (2025) Hardship makes Union”? Exploring attachments to the Armenian nation among young and newcomer groups, with particular focus on Syrian-Armenian refugees and displaced Artsakh individuals. Diaspora (University of Toronto), Vol. 24, No. 2, pp 228–255
- Hunter S., Shapira M. , Fotopoulou M., Wilson S., Zaslavskaya M. (2025) National belonging, diasporic and ethnic identities, and perceptions of future security among different groups of young Armenians. Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies. Vol. 24, No. 2, pp194–227
- Zaslavskaya M.I., Avetisyan P.S. “Youth in post-conflict regions: socio-psychological problems in the context of attitudes towards higher education (using Armenia as an example)”, “Russian Psychological Journal”, Vol. 22 No. 1, 2025, pp. 258–275.
- Sokołowski M., Zaslavskaya M., Sahakyan A. The Prospects for Digitalization of Higher Education in Armenia in the Context of Post-Pandemic and Post-War Transformations. "Studia Warmińskie", 2025, volume 62, pp. 27-39.
- Zaslavskaya, M., Agadjanian, V. (2022). Gender Attitudes Across Generations in Contemporary Armenian Society (Comparative Analysis). Journal of Sociology: Bulletin of Yerevan University, 13(2), 2022, 48–60.
- Zaslavskaya M. Some Problems of the Higher Education Reform Systems in Post-Soviet Countries (The Case of Armenia)// "Fundamental And Applied Research. Current Issues And Achievements" Collection, Yerevan: NAS RA, 2022, p.p. 489-499.
- Zaslavskaya M., Avetisyan P., Titarenko L., Galikyan G. Higher Education During and After the Pandemic: Philosophy of Digital Change, Wisdom, 2022, 23(3), p.p. 115-125․
- Zaslavskaya M. Gender characteristics of youth employment in the Republic of Armenia in Gender inequality in the labor market: problems and solutions in local and global context (conference proceedings) - Yerevan, YSU Publishing House, 2015, 210 p., p.p. 143-154 (in Armenian).