Formal Education
1996 - 1999 Ph.D. courses (Aspirantura), Sociology, Yerevan State University, Armenia
1991 - 1996 University Diploma with Honors (Red Diploma), Sociology, Yerevan State University, Armenia

Non-formal education/research study
2010 - Visiting Scholar, Anthropology Department, University of Trier, Germany
2009 -Sustainable Human Development: From International Frameworks to Regional Polices. CEU Summer University, Budapest, Hungary & United Nations Development Program, Bratislava Regional Centre
2005 - International Workshop on Citizens Report Cards: Exposure, Learning, and Dialogue, The World Bank, Public Affairs Foundation and Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore, India
2002 - Visiting Scholar, Sociology Department, University of Cambridge, Selween College, U.K.
2000 - Visiting Scholar, Social Sciences Department, Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
1996 - Exchange Program on Civic Education for Participatory Democracy, Public Leaders’ Program, United States Information Agency (USIA)

Academic degrees
2000 - Ph.D., Sociology, Yerevan State University, Armenia, “Armenian Family in the Stage of Current Transformations. A Sociological Analysis”

Professional activities
2005 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Yerevan State University, Armenia
2005 - 2006 Chairman of the Methodological Committee
1996 - 2005 Assistant Professor

International conferences, seminars
2009 - 39th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Yerevan, Armenia

Academic courses
Qualitative Social Research Methods, Contemporary Social Research Methodologies, Qualitative Social Research Methodologies/Traditions, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, Evaluation Research

Scale of professional interests
Qualitative Social research, Participatory Research Methodologies, Monitoring and Evaluation Methodologies, Social Developments, Resettlement, Sociology of Family and Gender, Poverty

Foregn languages
Russian (proficient), English (fluent), German (basic), French (basic)

Computer scills
Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Power Point), Internet explorer

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