Research Programs & Conferences

CONFERENCES OF INSTITUTE OF HUMANITY SCIENCES

Digital Identity and Online Reputation

The aim of the conference is to share experience, ideas, and results of the research to be aware of the new challenges of the digital space. The following issues determine the scientific discussion: how the digital world changes our identity and self-identity, how to create and manage online reputation, how people use semiotic resources to construct and express their identity, how technology protects people and at the same time creates new ethical concerns in the society.

Experts in the fields of knowledge engineering, sociology, philosophy, public relations, journalism, psychology and teaching, semiotics, linguistics and IT technology are welcome to participate.

Humanities Forum at the Polytechnic University

The aim of the conference is to engage students and postgraduate students into the active process of formation of modern cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills, the development of relevant socio-humanitarian research and scientific discourse topics, and the exchange of scientific achievements as well as active cooperation of the participants within the framework of scientific and practice-oriented events on the basis of the Institute of Humanity Sciences of SPbPU.

 Undergraduate and postgraduate students of universities interested in socio-humanitarian subjects, as well as young professionals ready to present their projects and receive feedback from colleagues and experts in their respective fields, are welcome to take part in the conference.

International and Interregional Integration in Engineering Education

The aim of the forum is to discuss and develop new scientific directions and concepts of integration of humanitarian and engineering education. The conference also covers the issues of cultural and linguistic development of students in terms of global changes in geopolitics as well as increasing impact of information and technological revolution of late XX and early XXI centuries on the ecology and human life. The results of the discussion are supposed to make a significant contribution to the realization of the national project Education (2019-2024), focused on ensuring global competitiveness of Russian education.

Current Issues of International Political Geography

The aim of the conference is to discuss theoretical and practical issues of political geography, international relations, and international law. Particularly, such topical issues as migration crises, prevention of ethnic conflicts, countering racism, xenophobia and extremism are under the discussion.

The Arctic: The Past and the Present

The aim of the conference is to discuss a wide range of issues related to the problems of the Arctic region.

Researchers of social, natural, military, and technical sciences are invited to participate in the conference.

Communicative Strategies of the Information Society

The aim of the conference is to establish an interdisciplinary platform for discussion of a wide range of problematic issues related to the research of interactions in socio-technical systems in different contexts of technology and humanities. Development of system analysis methods of information and communication technologies and communicative strategies in social management is relevant for forecasting the prospects of human and society in conditions of virtual expansion of information and intellectual environments in the digital world.

Researchers of humanitarian, social and technical sciences are invited to participate in the conference.

 Professional Culture of the Future Expert

The aim of the conference is to establish an interdisciplinary platform for discussion and solving of a wide range of problems related to the future of education and formation of the expert's professional culture as the basis for further scientific research and reasoned dialogue between the universities and the society in general.

Researchers of humanitarian, social and technical sciences are invited to participate in the conference.