Born in 1962 in Kyiv.

Education: Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University, Faculty of Philosophy (1984). Ph. D in Philosophy.

Empoyment:

• In 1984–1990, worked for the Sociology Department at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
• 1990–1998 — Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
• 1998–2003 — Ukrainian Institute of Social Research.
• February–September 2003 — Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
• Since October 2003 — Deputy Director, Razumkov Centre Sociological Service.