Global connections
Research & archive
Academic qualification
Candidate of Sciences in Sociology; associate professor.
Meet the team
Director of the Think Tank
Lola Kolpina
Sociologist researching civic participation, social ties and opportunities for human development.
Experience and areas of work
Human development
At Dor Moriah, she leads the human development think tank. Her academic work examines participation in local communities and the social relationships that sustain it.
Academic experience
Department of Social Technologies, Belgorod National Research University, as documented in her 2018 publication.
Research profile
Civic participation, local communities and regional social networks.
Professional references
Experience and work
2009
Individual social health
Author of the monograph Theoretical and Methodological Foundations for Studying Individual Social Health, published in Moscow by SGU in 2009, 179 pages. The Russian State Library holds its bibliographic record.
Source · Russian State Library ↗2016
Regional social networks
Studied barriers to social connections using a representative survey in the Belgorod region in Problems of the Functioning of Regional Social Networks. Published in Monitoring of Public Opinion, issue 2, pp. 138–150.
Source · Monitoring of Public Opinion · DOI ↗2018
Civic participation and local communities
Examined older people’s participation in local government and neighbourhood life. The study explores connections between civic activity, neighbourly relations and social inclusion in later life.
Source · Monitoring of Public Opinion · 2018 ↗2020
Age stereotypes and life opportunities
Co-authored a study of life planning and self-rated health in older age. Using a representative survey, it examines negative age stereotypes and the importance of long-term planning. Published in NOMOTHETIKA, volume 45, issue 4.
Source · NOMOTHETIKA · 45(4), 644–654 ↗
