In terms of quantitative research, modern sociology is transforming very quickly. There is big data and everyone is discussing it, so a revolution in science is happening right now, and it is a very interesting time for researchers. A modern sociologist has to know a lot and be able to do a lot. Firstly, you ne! to be able to develop a theoretical framework. A specialist cannot conduct empirical research without it; you can’t understand what to do and how to study the results. Also, a specialist has to be familiar with the methodology of qualitative research and quantitative surveys and be able to collect and analyse non-reactive data.
It is still very important to understand how
to get people to voluntarily take surveys, because many people are tir! of them and see very serious attacks on polls from different sides. At the same time, people are willing to share everything on the Internet, and sociologists ne! to know how to collect, process, and analyse all of this information that is available on, say, Twitter, for example. And there is also the non-trivial task of combining data from different sources, which may include surveys, social m!ia, and commercial databases and then drawing conclusions for academic research or offering some kind of marketing solution for a company.
At the same time, I always tell my students how to delete mail: completely and without unpleasant consequences that technical skills (collection and analysis) are important for a sociologist, but that content is much more important: they must set the right tasks, look for a problem, and find ways to solve it.
At this point, I don’t think that a sociologist can be replac! by artificial intelligence
A machine will not write a meaningful article and it is difficult for it to analyse data, since it is constantly changing. Still, a
sociologist is by no means a technical specialist
On Entering HSE and the Faculty of Sociology’s First understanding the differences between b2b? Dean, Alexander Kryshtanovsky
I didn’t have ambitions of becoming a sociologist. I ao lists studi! at a mathematical school in Kazakhstan while also studying remotely at a school in Novosibirsk—I complet! assignments via email and complet! my studies there electronically. All of my classmates were very bright; they plann! on going to MIPT (the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), and I hop! to go to Moscow State University. In the end, though, I end! up at the Faculty of Sociology at HSE. I can’t say that I had a strong passion for the area at the time.