Alexander Gasparishvili
Biographic Data
| ID | 6676965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Gasparishvili |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Gasparishvili |
| SIGNATURE | GASPARISHVILI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2832-4122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Features of educational trajectories and professional plans of students admitted to the university based on the results of school olympiads
Today the competition for talents, especially young ones, has intensified. This competition is complicated by the demographic situation in most developed countries, increasing competition in the labor market for “quality” resources, digitalization and the widespread penetration of artificial intelligence technologies. At the same time, preferences for one group of students inevitably give rise to discussions about educational inequality, a balanc…
Russian students on the potential and limitations of artificial intelligence in education
The rapid entry of artificial intelligence (hereinafter AI) into all spheres of social life determines the need to consider ongoing changes and to conduct systematic sociological research. Education and science are key resources that, on the one hand, develop and improve AI technologies, but, on the other hand, fully experience the pressure of contradictions caused by new technologies. It is important for both the higher education system and soci…
Students’ engagement in research at the university: A sociological analysis
One of the priorities of Russia’s scientific-educational policy is to increase the attractiveness of a career in science and higher education. The Russian government implements a number of federal programs aimed at involving the youth in research activities. Students’ research work is a traditional integral part of the educational process, an element of the generational continuity, of the formation and renewal of scientific schools, of tutoring a…
Starting positions of university applicants and features of their further education: A sociological analysis
The article considers the features of students’ educational trajectories as depending on how they entered the university. A distinctive feature of the Russian system of higher education is various grounds for the educational transition “school-university”: the results of the Unified State Exam, school Academic Olympics in key subjects, employer-sponsored education, and quotas. These grounds seem to affect the further education of students and the…
Personal characteristics of the focus group participants as a factor of the data quality
The article presents the results of the search for methodological ways to improve the quality of sociological information obtained in the focus group discussion. Today the scientific sphere is changing, and, in addition to the development of new methods, the existing interdisciplinary ones are being adapted to the specific research goals. An important way for improving sociological methods is the study of psychological aspects of respondents beha…
Russian students about learning under the covid-19 pandemic: Resources, opportunities and assessment of the distance learning
The covid-19 pandemic has made the whole world face specific challenges that required urgent decisions on how to organize the work of social institutions, including education, in this new reality. Since March 2020, national education systems all over the world have been adapting their activities to the quarantine measures and have been switching to distance learning. In varying degrees, these changes affected all levels of education - from presch…
Forced shift to distance learning as an impetus to technological changes in the Russian higher education
The objective request for the compliance of all spheres of life with the requirements of the information society has accelerated processes determined by the restrictive measures of the covid-19 pandemic. Almost all sectors of the economy were forced to switch to remote working; however, the education system was the most affected. The mass transition to distance learning revealed a number of challenges and contradictions in distant forms of the hi…
Factors associated with self-rated health status among university students from 26 low, middle and high income countries
The aim of this study was to investigate self-reported health status and associated factors in low, middle and high income countries. Using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected in a cross-sectional survey from 19 811 undergraduate university students (mean age=20.8, SD=2.8) from 27 universities in 26 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Results indicate that the overall self-rated health status score was 3.0 (range 1–5). Gener…
Prevalence of Overweight/Obesity and Its Associated Factors among University Students from 22 Countries
Obesity among young people increases lifetime cardiovascular risk. This study assesses the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among a random sample of university students from 22 universities in 22 low, middle income and emerging economy countries. This cross-sectional survey comprised of a self-administered questionnaire and collected anthropometric measurements. The study population was 6773 (43.2%) males and 8913 (56.8…
Power of public opinion in the Athenian democracy: Tribunal or rationality
The article deals with the peculiarities of the functioning of public opinion in the ancient Greek polis. The author aims to prove that public opinion in ancient times did not always and did not everywhere represent only a collection of the traditional concepts of the due. Under Athenian democracy and in other democratic polises it existed as a product of a discussion among the free citizens taking part in politics, and, in this respect, it was a…
Russia–EU Relations, or How the Russians Really View the EU
The recent history and the current state of relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) reflect the geopolitical competition between the two powers over their contested neighbourhood – Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Although prioritizing the EU as its major trade and political partner, Russia is also conscious of its strategic interests in the ‘near abroad’. While there is little discrimination in the political discourse of Russian elites…
Socio-Cultural Values, Internal Work Culture and Leadership Styles in Four Post-Communist Countries: Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic
This survey-based study compared socio-cultural values, internal work culture assumptions, and leadership styles of 695 managers in nine manufacturing firms in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. It has found differences between the four countries in all three areas. These differences are not across the board: there are clusters of similarities between some countries on some dimensions. Georgian managers emerged as more collectiv…
Russia–EU Relations, or How the Russians Really View the EU
The recent history and the current state of relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) reflect the geopolitical competition between the two powers over their contested neighbourhood – Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Although prioritizing the EU as its major trade and political partner, Russia is also conscious of its strategic interests in the ‘near abroad’. While there is little discrimination in the political discourse of Russian elites…
Socio-Cultural Values, Internal Work Culture and Leadership Styles in Four Post-Communist Countries: Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic
This survey-based study compared socio-cultural values, internal work culture assumptions, and leadership styles of 695 managers in nine manufacturing firms in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. It has found differences between the four countries in all three areas. These differences are not across the board: there are clusters of similarities between some countries on some dimensions. Georgian managers emerged as more collectiv…
Socio-Cultural Values, Internal Work Culture and Leadership Styles in Four Post-Communist Countries: Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic
This survey-based study compared socio-cultural values, internal work culture assumptions, and leadership styles of 695 managers in nine manufacturing firms in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. It has found differences between the four countries in all three areas. These differences are not across the board: there are clusters of similarities between some countries on some dimensions. Georgian managers emerged as more collectiv…
Russia–EU Relations, or How the Russians Really View the EU
The recent history and the current state of relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) reflect the geopolitical competition between the two powers over their contested neighbourhood – Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Although prioritizing the EU as its major trade and political partner, Russia is also conscious of its strategic interests in the ‘near abroad’. While there is little discrimination in the political discourse of Russian elites…
Prevalence of Overweight/Obesity and Its Associated Factors among University Students from 22 Countries
Obesity among young people increases lifetime cardiovascular risk. This study assesses the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among a random sample of university students from 22 universities in 22 low, middle income and emerging economy countries. This cross-sectional survey comprised of a self-administered questionnaire and collected anthropometric measurements. The study population was 6773 (43.2%) males and 8913 (56.8…
Power of public opinion in the Athenian democracy: Tribunal or rationality
The article deals with the peculiarities of the functioning of public opinion in the ancient Greek polis. The author aims to prove that public opinion in ancient times did not always and did not everywhere represent only a collection of the traditional concepts of the due. Under Athenian democracy and in other democratic polises it existed as a product of a discussion among the free citizens taking part in politics, and, in this respect, it was a…
Factors associated with self-rated health status among university students from 26 low, middle and high income countries
The aim of this study was to investigate self-reported health status and associated factors in low, middle and high income countries. Using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected in a cross-sectional survey from 19 811 undergraduate university students (mean age=20.8, SD=2.8) from 27 universities in 26 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Results indicate that the overall self-rated health status score was 3.0 (range 1–5). Gener…
Forced shift to distance learning as an impetus to technological changes in the Russian higher education
The objective request for the compliance of all spheres of life with the requirements of the information society has accelerated processes determined by the restrictive measures of the covid-19 pandemic. Almost all sectors of the economy were forced to switch to remote working; however, the education system was the most affected. The mass transition to distance learning revealed a number of challenges and contradictions in distant forms of the hi…
Personal characteristics of the focus group participants as a factor of the data quality
The article presents the results of the search for methodological ways to improve the quality of sociological information obtained in the focus group discussion. Today the scientific sphere is changing, and, in addition to the development of new methods, the existing interdisciplinary ones are being adapted to the specific research goals. An important way for improving sociological methods is the study of psychological aspects of respondents beha…
Russian students about learning under the covid-19 pandemic: Resources, opportunities and assessment of the distance learning
The covid-19 pandemic has made the whole world face specific challenges that required urgent decisions on how to organize the work of social institutions, including education, in this new reality. Since March 2020, national education systems all over the world have been adapting their activities to the quarantine measures and have been switching to distance learning. In varying degrees, these changes affected all levels of education - from presch…
Starting positions of university applicants and features of their further education: A sociological analysis
The article considers the features of students’ educational trajectories as depending on how they entered the university. A distinctive feature of the Russian system of higher education is various grounds for the educational transition “school-university”: the results of the Unified State Exam, school Academic Olympics in key subjects, employer-sponsored education, and quotas. These grounds seem to affect the further education of students and the…
Students’ engagement in research at the university: A sociological analysis
One of the priorities of Russia’s scientific-educational policy is to increase the attractiveness of a career in science and higher education. The Russian government implements a number of federal programs aimed at involving the youth in research activities. Students’ research work is a traditional integral part of the educational process, an element of the generational continuity, of the formation and renewal of scientific schools, of tutoring a…
Russian students on the potential and limitations of artificial intelligence in education
The rapid entry of artificial intelligence (hereinafter AI) into all spheres of social life determines the need to consider ongoing changes and to conduct systematic sociological research. Education and science are key resources that, on the one hand, develop and improve AI technologies, but, on the other hand, fully experience the pressure of contradictions caused by new technologies. It is important for both the higher education system and soci…
Features of educational trajectories and professional plans of students admitted to the university based on the results of school olympiads
Today the competition for talents, especially young ones, has intensified. This competition is complicated by the demographic situation in most developed countries, increasing competition in the labor market for “quality” resources, digitalization and the widespread penetration of artificial intelligence technologies. At the same time, preferences for one group of students inevitably give rise to discussions about educational inequality, a balanc…
Sociology (8 works) · Educational Innovations and Challenges (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology of Development and Education (4 works)