VII Interuniversity Scientific and Practical Conference “Labor Market Monitoring: The Demand for University Graduates in the Labor Market”

2026-05-26

On May 25, 2026, the Financial University will host the VII Interuniversity Scientific and Practical Conference “Labor Market Monitoring,” timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications. The event will be held in a hybrid format — both in person and online — at the university premises located at: 51/1 Leningradsky Prospekt, Auditorium 1006.

The main theme of the conference is current issues related to the development of the labor market, preparing young professionals, aligning graduates’ skills with modern employer requirements, as well as employment issues and increasing the competitiveness of university graduates.

Participants are invited to include faculty members, graduate students, master’s students, undergraduates, representatives of the education sector and education management, as well as HR specialists from partner organizations.

The program includes a plenary session and thematic sections dedicated to social urbanism, professionalization of sociology students, the development of human potential in urban environments, and the adaptation of graduates to the modern labor market conditions.

Registration begins at 09:30, the plenary session will run from 10:00 to 12:30, and the section activities will take place from 14:00 to 18:00.

To participate in the conference, please register via the link:

https://b24-f9rxni.bitrix24site.ru/crm_form_h9vti/

Within the framework of the conference, on May 25, 2026, from 14:00 to 16:00, in Moscow, at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (51/1 Leningradsky Prospekt, Auditorium 0329), a session titled “Social Urbanism – An Integrative Profession for the Cities of the Future” will be held.

About the session:

Large-scale projects to update the urban environment of megacities, create successful agglomerations, and revitalize historic cities require specialists of a new level. New relevant issues arise: managing agglomeration development, rebooting the economy of city districts, forming new patterns in suburban areas of megacities, and interactions between indigenous populations and “new city residents.” These challenges demand urban development specialists to have a broader perspective on activating the economic and social potential of urbanized territories.

Today, sociologists are expected not only to provide information about urban residents’ problems but also to forecast changes in people’s needs under the influence of new technologies, social design methods, and technologies for the qualitative development of urban districts’ economies. The focus of the section is on interdisciplinary education and the practical orientation of graduates in the context of a rapidly growing urban planning industry.

Participants:

Aleksei Nikolaevich Raskhodchikov, PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications at the Financial University under the Russian Government, Deputy Chair of the “Sociology of Urban and Regional Development” Research Committee of the Russian Sociological Society.

Topic: “The Future in Search of an Image: Social Dimensions of Futuristic Projects.”

Email: silaslowa@mail.ru

Inna Alfredovna Vershinina, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications at the Financial University under the Russian Government.

Topic: “The Role of Sociology in Shaping the Cities of the Future.”

E-mail: iavershinina@fa.ru

Irina Nikolaevna Ilina, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Director of the Institute of Regional Economic Studies at HSE University.

Email: i.n.ilina@mail.ru

Elena Leonidovna Kruglova, PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications at the Financial University under the Russian Government.

Topic: “The Use of Literary Dystopia in the Profession of Urbanist.”

E-mail: elkruglova@fa.ru

Armen Sergeevich Arutyunyan, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications at the Financial University under the Russian Government.

Topic: “Migration Gap: How Regions Compete with the Moscow Agglomeration for Labor Resources.”

E-mail: Arutyunyan@fa.ru

Sergey Anatolievich Melkov, PhD in Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the Media Industry at Moscow Polytechnic University.

Topic: “On the Institutionalization of Political and Social Urbanism.”

E-mail: 304304@mail.ru (online)

Artur Anatolievich Panasyuk, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications at the Financial University under the Russian Government.

Topic: “The Problem of Training Social Architects.”

E-mail: arapanasyuk@fa.ru (online)