ВознюкНадежда Михайловна

Maria M. Mchedlova

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

  • Head of the Department of Comparative Politics, RUDN University
  • Senior Fellow at the Research Center "Religion in Modern Society" of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Researcher ID (Web of Science) -  A-4465-2017

Author ID (Scopus) -  35435829900

RSCI Author ID -  6083-2049

ORCID -  0000-0002-4635-1741

Google Scholar -  https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?pli=1&user=cXtPyHEAAAAJ

Academia -  https://rudn.academia.edu/MarinaMchedlova

Research Gate -  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mchedlova_Maria

Academic activities:

The author to more than 250 published works, including 30 monographs (collective and individual). Prof. Mchedlova has trained more than 30 candidates and doctors of science.

Has experience in organizing federal level sociological studies and expert surveys, is one of the leading Russian experts in the field of political science, state-confessional relations, interdisciplinary research on the issue of identity and intercultural interaction, the religious factor in politics.

Chairman of State Attestation Commissions for Political Science, International Relations, Advertising and Public Relations, Religious Studies at leading scientific and educational institutions of Russia and the world: MGIMO (University), Higher School of Economics, Russian-Armenian University (Armenia), Moscow State University, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation.

Member of dissertation councils on political science at RUDN University (since 2019 - Chairman), RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow State University, MGIMO (University), St. Petersburg State University, takes part in jury meetings for awarding PhD degrees in French universities.

Scientific interests:

theory, philosophy and epistemology of politics, sociocultural factors of the political process, Russian civilization, religion and politics, religion and society.

Scientific projects:

Supervises and takes part in many scientific research projects, including: “Religion in modern Russia: from a social role to political meanings”, “Modern migration processes in the context of exacerbation of religious, ethnic and interregional contradictions”, “Religion and education: social and political context”; "The dynamics of the social transformation of modern Russia in the socio-economic, political, sociocultural and ethno-religious contexts"; "The role of religious organizations in social consolidation in Russia"; “Religion against terrorism”; discussion of the "Social Doctrine of Russian Muslims"; etc.

Prof. Mchedlova participated in Russian Foundation for Basic Research grants on "Value and political contexts of educational migration" (2019-2020) and “Religion in modern Russia: from social role to political meanings” (2019).

Recent publications:

  1. Mchedlova M.M., Kofanova E.N. Russia in Anticipation of Changes: Religious Factor and Socio-political Preferences // RUDN Journal of Political Science. - 2020. - Vol. 22. - N. 1. - P. 7-21. doi: 10.22363/2313-1438-2020-22-1-7-21
  2. Mchedlova M. M. Metaphysics of Russian society: ideological constructions, institutional configurations and contemporary cognitive shifts // Vestnik Lenin gradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, 2020, (3). Pp. 59-79.
  3. Mchedlova M.M., Kashaf S.R. Towards the enhancing the Russian national identity in the context of the confessional policy of the Russian state: the example of Islamic education // Vestnik MGLU. Social Sciences. 2019. №3 (836).

Publications in Scopus and Web of Science:

  1. Guzelbaeva, G.Y., Mchedlova, M.M. Kazan muslim communities at the beginning of the 21st century: Causes of the rise and fall of Islamic youth activism // Monitoring Obshchestvennogo Mneniya: Ekonomicheskie i Sotsial'nye Peremeny, 2020, (3). Pp. 247–268.
  2. Mchedlova, M.M. Religion, society, state: Challenges and threats of modernity // Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya, 2016, 2016-January (10). Pp. 110–117. (Scopus, WoS)
  3. Mchedlova, M.M. Destiny of man and fate of society: 25 years in transit // Polis (Russian Federation), 2016, (5). Pp. 175–182.
  4. Mchedlova, M.M. Sociocultural meanings of politics: New logic of interpretation and religious references // Polis (Russian Federation), 2016, (1). Pp. 157–174.
  5. Mchedlova, M.M. Religions' role in contemporary Russian society eco-sociology Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya, 2009, (12). Pp. 77–84. (Scopus, WoS)
  6. Mchedlova, M. M. Russian political elites. Landmarks of historical evolution // Voprosy Filosofii (2000) (WoS)