Yuliia Soroka

Education

2013 Doctor of Science in Sociology (Doctor habilitat equivalent), Kharkiv National University,
Ukraine. Thesis: “Social perception of the Other in a polycultural society"

1999 Candidate of Science in Sociology (PhD equivalent), Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.
Thesis: "Scheme of perception of social space in mass communication texts"

1995 Diploma of Specialist (MA equivalent) in Sociology, Kharkiv State University, Ukraine.

Professional Appointments

July 2022 – now Senior researcher, Department of Geoscience, Human geography group, Fribourg
university

2014 – now Professor, Department of Sociology V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

2011–2014 – Professor Associate (Docent), Sociology Department, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National
University

2006–2008 – Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Structures, Institute of Sociology,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

2003–2007 – Vice Dean of School of Sociology on teaching process issues, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv
National University

2002–2008 – Professor Associate (Docent), Sociology Department, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National
University

1999–2002 – Senior Lecturer, Sociology Department, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University

• Expert-analytic and interviewer in “Study of efficiency and user-friendly design of the online learning resources” project, Sociologist-research bureau, 2020
• Participant and developer of Course Programme in “Dialogue and differences” project, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv University” and Mason University, the US, supported by US Embassy in Ukraine, 2019–2020
• Co-author and analytic in “Discourse of queer-women in Ukrainian media” project for NGO KyivPride, 2019, supported by Stonewall International "Out of the margins" platform, UK
• Author and analytic in “Gender, conflict, elections” project for Eastern European GPPAC network, 2018-2020
• Author and analytic, interviewer and focus group moderator in «Together–park: revitalisation of Mashinobudivnukiv park» project for NGO “Urban reforms”, Kharkiv, 2017, supported by Kiyv-dialogue Programme
• Expert–sociologist in “Women’s Initiatives for Peace in Donbas/s" Project (Germany, Ukraine, Russia), 2016 - till now, Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
• Analytic in «The reform of higher education in Ukraine in evaluation of participants of training process» project of Sociological Association of Ukraine (SAU), 2016, supported by International Renaissance Foundation
• The analytic, interviewer, and focus group moderator in the «Social Aspects of student transition in Ukrainian rural school» project by Cambridge University, Faculty of Education, UK; Ukrainian educational research association (UERA); T. G. Shevchenko Lugansk national university, 2016
• The interviewer in Sociological fieldwork «Homo militants: in-depth qualitative semi-structured interviews with pro- Russian rebels, Ukrainian military officers and experts» project, funded by British Embassy and Ukrainian Peacekeeping school, 2015
• Analytic in «Dynamics of sociocultural processes in Ukrainian society» project, funded by Institute of Sociology, National academy of Science of Ukraine, 2012-2014
• Analytic in «Spiritual world of contemporary Ukrainian students: national sources and global orientation» project of N. V. Karazin Kharkiv national university, 2010–2011
• Analytic in «Higher education as a factor of socio-structural changes: comparative analysis of postcommunists societies» project of N. V. Karazin KhNU, 2005–2007
• Analytic in «Civic identity and consolidation of Ukrainian society» project of N. V. Karazin Kharkiv national university, 2007–2009
• Analytic in «Continuity and changes in the transformation of social structure» project of N. V. Karazin Kharkiv national university, 2005–2006
• Analytic in «Social classes and structures in Ukrainian society in transformational conditions» project of N. V. Karazin Kharkiv national university, 2002–2005
• Analytic in «Dynamics of social networks that provoke terrorism» project of N. V. Karazin Kharkiv nationauniversity, 2005

Books

Soroka, Y. 2012. The native, the strange, the different: the sociocultural perspective of perception
of the Other. – Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y. 2010. Seeing, Thinking, Discerning: Sociocultural Theory of Perception. – Kharkiv:
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. (Rus.)

Peer-reviewed publications in international scientific journals

Soroka, Yuliia, S. L. Crawley, Olga Dzyuba and Ashley Green. “Perverts or Heroes in the Postsocialist
“Cold War”: Formula Stories of Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Women and Transgender People
in Ukrainian Media.” Revision resubmitted (R&R) at Symbolic Interaction - under reviewing

Soroka, Y., Savchenko, A. 2022. Social Theater in the Crisis Time in Ukraine: A Sociological
Perspective (based on Data from Kharkiv). Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research. 13
(3). 111–133.

Soroka, Y., Paretskaya, A. 2018. New Studies of Ukrainian Society. Laboratorium: 10( 2). 5–8.

Soroka, Y. 2016. Denaturalisation of Collective Identities within pro-Euromaidan Discourse (on a
field of Facebook Representation). Wladzasadzenia, 8. 43–56.

Contributions to books

Strelkova, T., Soroka, Y., Tieliezhkina, O. and others. 2022. Online Learning Methods for Effective
Communication Between Teachers and Students. In Measurement Methodologies to Assess the
Effectiveness of Global Online Learning. IGI Global.

Soroka, Y. 2018. Sociocultural essays on cinema. Lab Lambert Academic Publishing. (Rus.)

Soroka, Y. 2015. Nominations of collective identities in the blogosphere of current events. In
Variability of culture: sociological projections. Ed. N. Kostenko. Kyiv: Institute of Sociology of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. P. 371–419. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y. 2012. The meaning of the symbol "Ukrainian". In Ukrainian students in search of
identity. Ed. V. Arbenina, L. Sokuryanska. Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, p.
80–96. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y. 2012. Student ideas about the feeling of hostility in modern Ukraine. In Ukrainian
students in search of identity. Ed. V.L. Arbenina, LG Sokuryanska. Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University. P. 375–386. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y. 2010. From Zhdanov to Mariupol: the question of renaming the city in the local press
publications. In Urban sociology: textbook, ed. by O. Mikheeva. Donetsk, p. 239–353. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y. 2010. Sociocultural changes and the city. In Urban sociology: textbook, ed. by
O. Mikheeva. Donetsk, p.166-182. (Ukr.)

Kutsenko, O., Soroka, Y., Sema, V. 2006. Translation of sociocultural differences. In New social
inequalities. Ed. S. Makeev. - Kyiv: Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine. P. 73-115. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y. 2004. Transformation of social world perception structures (in Russian-language cinema
example). In Post-communist transformations: vectors, measurements, content. Ed. O. Kutsenko,
S. Babenko. Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. P.308-327. (Ukr.)

Soroka, Y 2004. Visualisations in the teaching of sociology: movies, their use and analysis. In
Sociology in the audience: the art of communication. Ed. by S. Babenko, I. Kovalyova. Kharkiv,
p. 55–65. (Rus.)

Soroka, Y 2004. The perception scheme of death (to the analysis of death as a sociocultural
construction) In Postmodern: new magical age 3: the reversibility of death. Kharkiv, p. 266–277.
(Rus.)

Soroka, Y 2003. The place and role of the task of working with visual material in the multi-faceted
rating system in the course "Sociology of culture”. In Sociology in the audience: the art of teaching.
Ed. by S. Babenko, I. Kovalyova. Kharkiv, p. 268–272. (Rus.)

Soroka, Y 2003. On Sexual Education. In Postmodern: new magical age 2: Gender Transformation.
Kharkiv, p. 195-208. (Rus.)

Soroka, Y. 2002. Magical and Media. In Postmodern: new magical age. Kharkiv, p. 201–208.
(Rus.)

Soroka, Y. 2001. Traning with the conceptual apparatus of science. In Kovalyova, I., Horbach, A., Redko, O., Soroka Y. Non-traditional methods of teaching sociology. Kharkiv. p. 29–69. (Rus.)

Soroka, Y. 2001. Communicative aspects of teaching: visual materials, excursion. In Kovalyova, I.,
Horbach, A., Redko, O., Soroka Y. Non-traditional methods of teaching sociology. Kharkiv. p. 198–
224. (Rus.)

Peer-reviewed publications in Ukrainian

Dziuba, O., Soroka, Y 2021. The inclusive potential of Muslim Discours in Ukrainian media: according to
the result of Empirical research. Ukrainian sociological journal, Issue 23(-), p. 45-55.

Zubariev, O., Soroka, Y., Sytnik, O. 2021. “The tale of the fisherman and the fish”, or the phenomenology of
the teenage youth dreams. Ukrainian Sociological Journal, (24), 69-80.

Soroka, Y., Borysov R. 2021. “Sociology” and “History of Sociology” for Social Work: conceptualising the
sociological component of the educational program. SOCIOPROSTIR: an interdisciplinary collection of
scientific papers on sociology and social work. 11, p. 6–16.

Soroka, Y. 2020. Sociological knowledge in the concept of conflict transformation by J.P. Lederach.
SOCIOPROSTIR: an interdisciplinary collection of scientific papers on sociology and social work. 10, p.
21–27.

Soroka Y., Jirous D. 2019. Dialogue in the perspective of society.“5 years of dialogue and 25 years of
mediation in Ukraine”. – OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. – P. 217–223.

Soroka, Y. 2018. Hate speech from a perspective of the sociology of culture. Sociology: Theory, Methods,
Marketing. 3. – P. 26–46.

Soroka, Y. 2017. Naturalisation, according to J.Butler, in the perspective of cultural mechanisms of power.
Current issues of sociology, psychology, pedagogy. Collection of scientific works. – Kyiv, Logos. № 2 (33). –
P. 14–27.

Soroka, Y. 2016. Hostility towards internally displaced people: researcher contribution to its formation.
Visnyk of the V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University. Sociological studies of Contemporary Society:
Methodology, Theory, Methods”. Issue 37, p. 125–128.

Soroka, Y. 2016. Ukrainian students Evaluation of the educational process's quality, content and organisation
(based on empirical research). Bulletin of Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin. Series
"Sociological research of modern society: methodology, theory, methods." 36, p. 114–123.

Zimenkova D., Soroka Y.. 2015. Feedback in the perspective of student-centred education. Methodology,
theory and practice of modern societies research. Collection of scientific papers. Volume 21, p. 246- 250.

Pedchenko, A., Soroka, Y. 2015. The Standing greeting ritual in the perspective of cultural mechanisms of
power. Visnyk Kharkivskogo nacionalnogo universitetu imeni V.N. Karazina. Seria «Sociologichni
doslidzennia suchasnogo suspilstva: metodologia, teoria, metody». – Kharkiv: KHNU. – № 1148. – P.
135-139.

Soroka, Y. 2014. In practising student-centred education: diagnostic aspects of student expectations. Visnyk
Kharkivskogo nacionalnogo Universitet imeni V.N. Karazina. Seria «Sociologichni doslidzennia suchasnogo
suspilstva: metodologia, teoria, metody». – 2014. – 1101. – P.190–194.

Soroka, Y. 2013. Cultural mechanisms of power: concept and types. Bulletin of Odessa National University.
Volume 18. Issue 3 (19). Sociology and political sciences. Collection of scientific papers, p. 130-137.

Soroka, Y. 2011. The enemy as a category of social perception. Visnyk of the Lviv University. Sociological
Ser. Issue 5, p. 199-208.

Soroka, Y. 2012. Polycultural Society: The Processes Of Its Formation And Studies.AGORA. Science
without borders. Issue 11. – Кyiv: Stilos, p. 183–190.

Soroka, Y. 2011. Cultural symbols in sociological optic: teaching sociology of culture in conditions of
legitimation of Ukrainian culture. “SOCIOPROSTIR”: the interdisciplinary collection of scientific works on
sociology and social work”. 2, p. 47-50.

Soroka, Y. 2011. “Nameless Star”: the province as a sociocultural category and a way of perceiving the city.
East-West: Historical and cultural collection. – Issue 15. Special edition: Problems of historical urbanism /
edited by V. Kravchenko and H. Grinchenko. - Kharkiv: NTMT LLC, p. 264–280.

Soroka, Y. 2009. The attitudes to the past. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing. 2, p. 47-66.

Soroka, Y. 2008. “Dismissing Wealth” and Changes in the Social Perception of Inequality. Sociology:
Theory, Methods, Marketing. 1, p. 222-236.

Soroka, Y. 2008. Sociocultural changes in the city as an interdisciplinary problem. Methodology, theory and
practice of sociological analysis of modern society: Collection of scientific works. - Kharkiv: Publishing
Center of V.N. Kharkiv National University. Karazina, p. 454-456.

Soroka, Y. 2008. Heroes and/or anti-heroes: symbols of the past through the difference in cultural
competence of women and men (on the example of the student audience). Bulletin of Kharkiv National
University named after V. N. Karazin "Sociological research of modern society: methodology, theory,
methods". No. 795, p. 85–88.

Soroka, Y. 2008. Object and subject of sociology of culture. Modern social problems in management
sociology: Collection of scientific works of DonSUU. Issue 4 (94). "Sociology of Management", p. 415–419.

Soroka, Y. 2007. Methodology of culture research in sociology: cultural-analytical approach. Methodology,
theory and practice of sociological analysis of modern society: Collection of scientific works. - Kharkiv:
Publishing Center of V.N. Kharkiv National University. Karazina, p. 113-118.

Soroka, Y. 2006. The socio-cultural approach in the practices of research and scientific communication of
sociologists in Ukraine. Herald of Odesa National University. T.11. Issue 10. sociology, political science, p.
108–115.

Soroka, Y. 2004. P. Bourdieu's concept of social perception: basic ideas and applications. Methodology,
theory and practice of sociological analysis of modern society: Collection. Science work, p. 58–61.

Soroka, Y. 2004. Perception of Ukrainian cinema in the context of social integration. Bulletin of Kharkiv
National University named after V. N. Karazin "Sociological studies of modern society: methodology, theory,
methods". No. 621, p. 268–272.

Soroka, Y. 2003. The media image of social structure and the problem of nominations of social agents /
Methodology, theory and practice of sociological analysis of modern society: Collection. Science work, p.
212-216.

Soroka, Y. 2001. Cinema discourse of postmodern everyday life. Methodology, theory and practice of
sociological analysis of modern society: Collection of scientific papers, p. 346–349.

Soroka, Y. 2001. Сomlex uses discursive and content analysis in the study of mass communication
messages. Bulletin of the Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazina 492/2000: Sociological
research of modern society: methodology, theory, methods, p. 192–196.

Soroka, Y. 1999. The principles of construction of social groups using language nomination in TV news
texts. Methodology, theory and practice of sociological analysis of modern society (collection of scientific
works), p. 97–100.

Soroka, Y. 1999. The discourse of “power” in the presentation of local television media. Bulletin of the
Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazina 433'99: Sociological studies of modern society:
methodology, theory, methods, p. 95–98.

Soroka, Y. 1998. Sociological analysis of television news: the reality of everyday life in the genre of
television para reality. Kharkiv sociological studies – 98: Collection of scientific works, p. 80–85.

Soroka, Y. 1997. Methodological approaches to the analysis of television communication as a type of
discourse. Kharkiv sociological studies – 97: Collection of scientific works, part 2, p. 280–284.

Soroka, Y. 1997. The social relevance of the thematic organisation of television news. Bulletin of the
Kharkiv State University 393'97: sociological research of modern society: methodology, theory, methods, p.
235–238.
 

Book reviews

Soroka, Y. 2018. Review of: Sobolevskaya, M. 2014. The Order of Discourse of the Order. Kyiv.:
Logos. Laboratorium.10 ( 2). – P. 164-166.

Soroka, Y. 2013. Review of: Commons: gender and labour. 2013. Ed. A. Ryabchuk, T. Martsenyuk.
Krytyka, 2013. XVII, # 11-12 (193–194), p. 29.

Soroka, Y. 2013. Review of: Gender for media. 2013. Ed. M. Mayerchyk (ed.), O. Plakhotnik, G.
Yarmanova. Krytyka, 2013. XVII, # 9-10 (191-192), p. 1.

Learning guides

Soroka, Y. 2015. Sociology of culture. Kharkiv, N.V. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

Soroka, Y. 2010. Sociology of culture. In Sociology of culture in the new millennium. Kharkiv
National University.

Sociology of culture, culture and power, cultural mechanisms of power. Social perception, Other and othering, polyculture society. Hate speech. Dialogue as a social technology, peacebuilding, facilitation, sociology of dialogue. Gender, gender and politics, gender and queer in media representation. Qualitative methods in sociology, Discourse analysis. Symbolic transformation in post-soviet urban space. Sociology of social changes, media and visual culture, popular culture, television news, cinema, postmodern sociology. Student-centred education, teaching sociology, teaching and learning methods.