Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (HSE) announces the 3rd International Annual LCSR Conference: “Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective”  which takes place on November 12-16 in Moscow. The conference aims at developing empirical quantitative comparative (cross-country and cross-regional) studies in social science.

The conference topics are:

• Social Well-Being and Its Measurement
• Social Solidarity and Welfare States
• Values, Trust and Happiness
• Nationalism, Ethnicity and Migration
• Gender, Work and Life Satisfaction
• Political Regimes, Elections and Elites
• Religiosity and Tolerance
• Social Change and Genetic Diversity
• Innovative Consumption, Bribery and Corruption
• Social Justice, Aging and Generations
• Urban Loneliness and Civic Engagement

Keynote speakers are:

• Ronald Inglehart (Scientific Director, LCSR, HSE and Professor, University of Michigan, USA),
• Christian Welzel  (Associate Professor, HSE and Professor, University Leufana, Germany)
• Eduard Ponarin (NRU HSE, Saint-Petersburg, Russia) 
• Arye Rattner (University of Haifa)
• Malina Voicu (EUROLAB, GESIS)
• Bogdan Voicu (Romanian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute for Quality of Life)
• Musa Shteiwi (University of Jordan, Jordanian Center for Social Research)
• Francesco Sarracino (National Institute of Statistics of Luxembourg)
• Peter Schmidt (International Scientific-Educational Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research, NRU HSE)

The preliminary program of the conference will be posted here

Working language is English. Registration fee is 1000 rubles (35 euro), participation for presenters and speakers is free of charge. LCSR welcomes non-presenting participants, who should register before November 1 by email to [email protected] marked "Registration for the 3rd LCSR Conference". The application should contain your name, affiliation, and your date of birth (to provide the certificate of attendance).

Preliminary program of the Conference is featured below and attached...