Transformation of the world and methods of social measurements

Andrey Milekhin spoke at the plenary session of the "II Mironov Readings" at Lomonosov Moscow State University. During his speech, he said that social research approaches and methods of metrics today need to be transformed. According to Milekhin, sociology as a science is changing against the widespread development of "big data", and therefore it needs new approaches and methods.

The International Scientific Conference "II Mironov Readings" was held on April 4-5 at the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University. It was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding scientist and science organizer, long-term Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University - Vladimir Vasilyevich Mironov.

At the plenary session of the "II Mironov Readings" at Lomonosov Moscow State University, there were the following speakers:

∙ Andrey Milekhin, Doctor of Sociology, Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Evdokimov Moscow State Medical University, the founder of M-Holding and the President of Romir Research Company; 

∙ Zinaida Sokuler, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Ontology and Cognition Theory of the Faculty of Philosophy in Lomonosov Moscow State University;

∙ Durr Renate, PhD, Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany);

∙ Anatoly Zelenkov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Science Methodology of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Belarusian State University;

∙ Elena Serdyukova, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Socio-Political Sciences in Southern Federal University;

∙ John Ryder, Professor, ex-Director of the SUNI Center (USA) in Lomonosov Moscow State University;

∙ Dagmar Mironova, PhD, Professor of the Department of Social Philosophy and Philosophy of History.

The speech of the founder of M-Holding, Andrey Milekhin at Lomonosov Moscow State University was a continuation of his series of lectures in the framework of cooperation with leading universities in Moscow and the regions of the Russian Federation.