Pavel S Sorokin
Biographic Data
| ID | 631278 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pavel S Sorokin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pavel S |
| FAMILY NAME | Sorokin |
| SIGNATURE | SOROKIN P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3910-2090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
National Policies on Entrepreneurship Education at University Level: The International Experience
Today, the issues of human agency (the ability to proactively transform the environment) in the context of negative trends in socio-economic development are one of the most promising areas for research in the field of education. One of the most discussed forms of agency support through education in academic and expert literature is entrepreneurship training in higher education. National governments are important stakeholders in this problem area,…
On NFT Art in Russia
This article examines the development and cultural significance of NFT art in Russia, framing it through the sociological lens of “neo-structuration” theory — a framework that foregrounds individual agency as a driving force within evolving social and technological structures. The authors argue that NFTs have emerged in Russia as a means for young and independent artists to bypass state and institutional gatekeepers, access global audiences, and …
Cultural Psychology for a Technologically Transformed Society: A Neo-Structuration Perspective
Actual Challenges and Future Horizons of Cultural Psychology
Agency of School Students and their Participation in Supreme Student Government
A key challenge for contemporary education systems is to foster young people’s sense of agency, or their ability to implement constructive and socially positive changes. Participation in the Supreme Student Government (SSG) is one of the core practices that facilitates this agency among students. However, there is limited quantitative research on this practice, and its connections to other expressions of agency have not been thoroughly explored. …
The Replicability Crisis and Human Agency in the Neo-Structured World
Boris Parygin' Social Psychology: History and Perspectives
International literature on the history of Russian psychology is largely limited to the development of Activity theory and cultural-historical theory. This paper aims to go beyond these limits by introducing a figure little known to an international audience, Boris Parygin, who emerged in the 1960s with his "grand" project for the development of Russian social psychology, significantly different from the Soviet psychology "mainstream," stemming f…
The main factors of schoolchildren agency: Empirical analysis
The article is devoted to schoolchildren agency, understood as the ability to make decisions and proactively act in various contexts and spheres of public and personal life, supporting or transforming social environment. The focus of the study is aimed at examining interrelationships between the level of schoolchildren agency and factors related to the family environment, as well as academic performance and participation in extracurricular activi…
Agency Fields in the Sphere of Art: Actors, Environments of Manifestation, and Formation Factors
Insufficient understanding of the driving forces and mechanisms of proactive human influence on the social environment has recently been discussed as one of the key problems for fundamental science and practical politics. One of the key concepts in scientific discussions is agency. The field of art, as both a medium of manifestation and a factor in the formation of agency, receives limited attention, despite the fact that historically it occupies…
Employers’ request for employee independence: Analysis of vacancies on recruiting sites
Effective independent action of a person in various areas of the economy is an important condition for personal success and well-being of the household, and the broader socio-economic environment, when the risk of reduction or deprivation of income becomes the most widespread. The authors investigated the request of Russian employers for independent behavior of employees in the context of categories of personnel, positions and branches of economi…
Agency in contemporary European art (2017–2023) in the context of social and cultural trends: Manifestations and effects
“Agency” or active transformative behavior of individuals in relation to the social world remains one of the central concepts of discussion and research for both the social and the political sciences, and for practice in the field of education, economics, culture, and social policy. The current state of societal processes, de-structuration, makes individual agency especially important for both individual and collective well-being. The contributio…
Prefiguration, Resilience and Transitions to Adulthood: Russian Youth in Times of Uncertainty
The article discusses how Russian youth search for resilience strategies, opportunities for decision-making and meaningful participation in times of uncertainty. Being in a high-risk political climate, young Russians turn to prefiguration: they embody the alternatives to the existing regime of neoliberal governmentality via organizing or engaging in grassroots activist initiatives. Based on the analysis of in-depth interviews with young St. Peter…
The Problem of “Agency” Through the Prism of a New Reality: Conditions and Perspectives
Art and Agency in the Era of De-Structuration: Exploring a New Field
‘Utility’ of education and the role of transformative agency: Policy challenges and agendas
Over the last two decades, increasing participation rates in post-secondary education in many countries have been accompanied by decreases in aggregate economic growth and raising social tensions. It is obvious now that education does not ‘automatically’ produce more well-being (at least, if conventionally measured through income or gross domestic product) either for the individual or for society. This puts the question about education’s ‘utility…
Activity Theory for the De-Structuralized Modernity
“Transformative agency” as an object of sociological analysis: Contemporary discussions and the role of education
Negative trends of the global social-economic development enhanced by the covid-19 pandemic explain the theoretical and practical relevance of the study of perspectives for structural transformations and their possible sources. In education, this means the need to improve the existing models of institutional practice and to contribute to the development of agency that would support positive transformations in all domains of social life. The scien…
Classical and contemporary approaches to the study of solidarity: Challenges and perspectives under destructuration
Since the 19th century, when the development of the modern society accelerated, social cohesion factors have become relevant for theory and practice. Such issues as the national states development and emerging political parties, the division of labor and class and professional forms of solidarity have formed the agenda of both academic and policymaking debates. In recent decades, there has been another round of interest in the study of social coh…
The Promise of John W. Meyer’s World Society Theory: “Otherhood” through the Prism of Pitirim A. Sorokin’s Integralism
Kovalevsky, Maksim (1851–1916)
Maksim Maksimovich Kovalevsky was one of the most respected and influential figures in sociology and the humanitarian and social sciences in Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Kovalevsky was president of the International Institute of Sociology in 1905. He developed a comparative historical approach to the study of social institutions' evolution, critically elaborating on the ideas of Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl M…
Concerning Paradigmatic Status of Psychological Science: For a Flexible and Flowing Psychology in the Face of Practical and Theoretical Challenges
Emiliana Mangone, Social and Cultural Dynamics: Revisiting the Work of Pitirim A. Sorokin
Emiliana Mangone’s book, Social and Cultural Dynamics: Revisiting the Work of Pitirim A. Sorokin, is a part of an ambitious project. As noted by its editors, Giuseppina Marsico and Jaan Valsiner, the SpringerBriefs in Psychology and Cultural Developmental Science “aims at integrating knowledge from many fields in a synthesis of general science of Cultural Psychology as a new science of the human being” (p.II). Given the growing dissatisfaction of…
The Ethical Challenge for Sociology in the Face of Global Modernity: Toward Solidarity-Oriented and Ethically Contextualized Practice
Seeking for the Definition of “Culture: Current Concerns and their Implications. A Comment on Gustav Jahoda’s Article “Critical Reflections on some Recent Definitions of “Culture
Making Global Sociology in the Context of Neoliberal Domination: Challenges, Ideology and Possible Strategies
This article discusses perspectives for making global sociology, which implies open and fruitful cooperation between sociologists from different locations, as well as enhancing our discipline's positions in the field of social sciences and in extra-academic environments. Drawing on Wacquant's ideas, we understand neoliberalism as a globally dominant approach to social regulation, combining market-oriented mechanisms in economic transactions and r…
Global sociology' in different disciplinary practices: Current conditions, problems and perspectives
This article discusses perspectives for the formation of a truly 'global sociology', implying active, open, mutually beneficial and equal interaction between sociologists from different locations, countries and cultures, in their joint efforts to comprehend, explain and improve the social world. The study is based on the conceptual scheme proposed by Burawoy, highlighting four different disciplinary practices: 'professional sociology', 'policy so…
The Russian Sociological Tradition from the XIXth Century Until the Present: Key Features and Possible Value for Current Discussions
Activity Theory for the De-Structuralized Modernity
Vision and Mission of Sociology: Learning from the Russian Historical Experience
Concerning Paradigmatic Status of Psychological Science: For a Flexible and Flowing Psychology in the Face of Practical and Theoretical Challenges
Global Sociology' from a Comparative Perspective: A Multidimensional Analysis
This paper applies a comparative approach to analyze several dimensions of 'Global Sociology' from a normative stance based on a critical review of related discourses in sociological communities. The author reveals three major problems in intra-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and extra-academic dimensions, manifested not only in 'factual' (objective) characteristics but also in 'ideological' visions typical of academic communities and connected …
The Promise of John W. Meyer’s World Society Theory: “Otherhood” through the Prism of Pitirim A. Sorokin’s Integralism
Seeking for the Definition of “Culture: Current Concerns and their Implications. A Comment on Gustav Jahoda’s Article “Critical Reflections on some Recent Definitions of “Culture
Making Global Sociology in the Context of Neoliberal Domination: Challenges, Ideology and Possible Strategies
This article discusses perspectives for making global sociology, which implies open and fruitful cooperation between sociologists from different locations, as well as enhancing our discipline's positions in the field of social sciences and in extra-academic environments. Drawing on Wacquant's ideas, we understand neoliberalism as a globally dominant approach to social regulation, combining market-oriented mechanisms in economic transactions and r…
The Ethical Challenge for Sociology in the Face of Global Modernity: Toward Solidarity-Oriented and Ethically Contextualized Practice
The Replicability Crisis and Human Agency in the Neo-Structured World
Art and Agency in the Era of De-Structuration: Exploring a New Field
The Russian Sociological Tradition from the XIXth Century Until the Present: Key Features and Possible Value for Current Discussions
Vision and Mission of Sociology: Learning from the Russian Historical Experience
Global sociology' in different disciplinary practices: Current conditions, problems and perspectives
This article discusses perspectives for the formation of a truly 'global sociology', implying active, open, mutually beneficial and equal interaction between sociologists from different locations, countries and cultures, in their joint efforts to comprehend, explain and improve the social world. The study is based on the conceptual scheme proposed by Burawoy, highlighting four different disciplinary practices: 'professional sociology', 'policy so…
Problems and perspectives in research into the quality of work life in organisational studies
This paper outlines major theoretical and methodological problems in Quality of Work Life (QWL) research within organisational studies and discusses possible solutions, based on extensive literature analysis. An electronic search in the Scopus database found 1,244 publications utilising the QWL concept. From this sample we selected 387 papers dealing directly with QWL and compiled a final set of publications for detailed review. The literature an…
Emiliana Mangone, Social and Cultural Dynamics: Revisiting the Work of Pitirim A. Sorokin
Emiliana Mangone’s book, Social and Cultural Dynamics: Revisiting the Work of Pitirim A. Sorokin, is a part of an ambitious project. As noted by its editors, Giuseppina Marsico and Jaan Valsiner, the SpringerBriefs in Psychology and Cultural Developmental Science “aims at integrating knowledge from many fields in a synthesis of general science of Cultural Psychology as a new science of the human being” (p.II). Given the growing dissatisfaction of…
The Ethical Challenge for Sociology in the Face of Global Modernity: Toward Solidarity-Oriented and Ethically Contextualized Practice
Seeking for the Definition of “Culture: Current Concerns and their Implications. A Comment on Gustav Jahoda’s Article “Critical Reflections on some Recent Definitions of “Culture
Making Global Sociology in the Context of Neoliberal Domination: Challenges, Ideology and Possible Strategies
This article discusses perspectives for making global sociology, which implies open and fruitful cooperation between sociologists from different locations, as well as enhancing our discipline's positions in the field of social sciences and in extra-academic environments. Drawing on Wacquant's ideas, we understand neoliberalism as a globally dominant approach to social regulation, combining market-oriented mechanisms in economic transactions and r…
Global Sociology' from a Comparative Perspective: A Multidimensional Analysis
This paper applies a comparative approach to analyze several dimensions of 'Global Sociology' from a normative stance based on a critical review of related discourses in sociological communities. The author reveals three major problems in intra-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and extra-academic dimensions, manifested not only in 'factual' (objective) characteristics but also in 'ideological' visions typical of academic communities and connected …
The Promise of John W. Meyer’s World Society Theory: “Otherhood” through the Prism of Pitirim A. Sorokin’s Integralism
Kovalevsky, Maksim (1851–1916)
Maksim Maksimovich Kovalevsky was one of the most respected and influential figures in sociology and the humanitarian and social sciences in Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Kovalevsky was president of the International Institute of Sociology in 1905. He developed a comparative historical approach to the study of social institutions' evolution, critically elaborating on the ideas of Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl M…
Concerning Paradigmatic Status of Psychological Science: For a Flexible and Flowing Psychology in the Face of Practical and Theoretical Challenges
“Transformative agency” as an object of sociological analysis: Contemporary discussions and the role of education
Negative trends of the global social-economic development enhanced by the covid-19 pandemic explain the theoretical and practical relevance of the study of perspectives for structural transformations and their possible sources. In education, this means the need to improve the existing models of institutional practice and to contribute to the development of agency that would support positive transformations in all domains of social life. The scien…
Classical and contemporary approaches to the study of solidarity: Challenges and perspectives under destructuration
Since the 19th century, when the development of the modern society accelerated, social cohesion factors have become relevant for theory and practice. Such issues as the national states development and emerging political parties, the division of labor and class and professional forms of solidarity have formed the agenda of both academic and policymaking debates. In recent decades, there has been another round of interest in the study of social coh…
‘Utility’ of education and the role of transformative agency: Policy challenges and agendas
Over the last two decades, increasing participation rates in post-secondary education in many countries have been accompanied by decreases in aggregate economic growth and raising social tensions. It is obvious now that education does not ‘automatically’ produce more well-being (at least, if conventionally measured through income or gross domestic product) either for the individual or for society. This puts the question about education’s ‘utility…
Activity Theory for the De-Structuralized Modernity
The Problem of “Agency” Through the Prism of a New Reality: Conditions and Perspectives
Art and Agency in the Era of De-Structuration: Exploring a New Field
The main factors of schoolchildren agency: Empirical analysis
The article is devoted to schoolchildren agency, understood as the ability to make decisions and proactively act in various contexts and spheres of public and personal life, supporting or transforming social environment. The focus of the study is aimed at examining interrelationships between the level of schoolchildren agency and factors related to the family environment, as well as academic performance and participation in extracurricular activi…
Agency Fields in the Sphere of Art: Actors, Environments of Manifestation, and Formation Factors
Insufficient understanding of the driving forces and mechanisms of proactive human influence on the social environment has recently been discussed as one of the key problems for fundamental science and practical politics. One of the key concepts in scientific discussions is agency. The field of art, as both a medium of manifestation and a factor in the formation of agency, receives limited attention, despite the fact that historically it occupies…
Employers’ request for employee independence: Analysis of vacancies on recruiting sites
Effective independent action of a person in various areas of the economy is an important condition for personal success and well-being of the household, and the broader socio-economic environment, when the risk of reduction or deprivation of income becomes the most widespread. The authors investigated the request of Russian employers for independent behavior of employees in the context of categories of personnel, positions and branches of economi…
Agency in contemporary European art (2017–2023) in the context of social and cultural trends: Manifestations and effects
“Agency” or active transformative behavior of individuals in relation to the social world remains one of the central concepts of discussion and research for both the social and the political sciences, and for practice in the field of education, economics, culture, and social policy. The current state of societal processes, de-structuration, makes individual agency especially important for both individual and collective well-being. The contributio…
Prefiguration, Resilience and Transitions to Adulthood: Russian Youth in Times of Uncertainty
The article discusses how Russian youth search for resilience strategies, opportunities for decision-making and meaningful participation in times of uncertainty. Being in a high-risk political climate, young Russians turn to prefiguration: they embody the alternatives to the existing regime of neoliberal governmentality via organizing or engaging in grassroots activist initiatives. Based on the analysis of in-depth interviews with young St. Peter…
Agency of School Students and their Participation in Supreme Student Government
A key challenge for contemporary education systems is to foster young people’s sense of agency, or their ability to implement constructive and socially positive changes. Participation in the Supreme Student Government (SSG) is one of the core practices that facilitates this agency among students. However, there is limited quantitative research on this practice, and its connections to other expressions of agency have not been thoroughly explored. …
The Replicability Crisis and Human Agency in the Neo-Structured World
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (17 works) · Social science (17 works) · Epistemology (15 works) · Law (12 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works)