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| Kyiv International Institute of Sociology | |
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| Name | Kyiv International Institute of Sociology |
| Native name | Київський міжнародний інститут соціології |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Fields | Sociology, Public Opinion Research, Market Research |
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology is a Ukrainian research institution established in 1992 that conducts public opinion surveys, sociological research, and polling. It operates in Kyiv and across Ukraine, engaging with topics such as electoral behavior, social attitudes, and media consumption while interacting with regional and international organizations. The institute has worked with governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, political parties, and international agencies.
The institute was founded in 1992 amid the post-Soviet transition that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the declaration of independence by Ukraine; its origins coincide with broader changes seen after the Belovezha Accords and during the early years of the Leonid Kravchuk presidency. Early activities intersected with international assistance paradigms associated with the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, and bilateral programs from the United States Agency for International Development. During the 1990s the institute engaged with scholarly networks around the European Social Survey, the International Social Survey Programme, and research initiatives related to the Orange Revolution period that included interaction with parties such as Our Ukraine and figures like Viktor Yushchenko. In the 2000s and 2010s the institute collected data during major events including the Orange Revolution (2004–2005), the Euromaidan (2013–2014), the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, and elections featuring candidates like Viktor Yanukovych and Petro Poroshenko. The institute continued to operate amid the Russo-Ukrainian War context, including the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the conflict in the Donbas.
The institute’s internal governance has included boards and directors interacting with academic and policy institutions such as the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, universities like the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and professional bodies aligned with the European Association for Public Opinion Research and the International Sociological Association. Leadership has liaised with international funders and partners such as the European Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and bilateral embassies including the Embassy of the United States, Kyiv. The organizational structure typically comprises research departments, fieldwork units, data processing centers and administrative offices that coordinate survey operations across oblasts including Lviv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Crimea prior to 2014. Governance arrangements have at times been influenced by electoral cycles involving institutions such as the Central Election Commission (Ukraine) and legislative frameworks like the Constitution of Ukraine.
Methodological work has drawn on survey techniques used in projects linked to the European Social Survey and comparative initiatives such as the World Values Survey and the International Monetary Fund–commissioned polling. Field methodologies have covered face-to-face interviews, telephone surveys involving mobile networks used by providers like Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine, and online panels incorporating platforms similar to those used by researchers at Pew Research Center and Gallup. Sampling strategies have encompassed multi-stage probability samples across oblasts including Odesa Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, with questionnaires addressing topics relevant to the NATO partnership debate, trade relations with the European Union, corruption perceptions tied to cases involving institutions such as the General Prosecutor’s Office (Ukraine), and social policy issues debated in the Verkhovna Rada.
The institute has produced reports, briefings and datasets disseminated to stakeholders including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, think tanks like the Centre for Eastern Studies and media outlets such as BBC News and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Its outputs have included technical reports, press releases, and data delivered to academic journals frequented by contributors from the London School of Economics, Harvard University, and the University of Oxford. Data services have supported comparative analyses with datasets from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and archival projects held by institutions like the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
High-profile studies have tracked public attitudes during presidential and parliamentary elections involving figures such as Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Petro Poroshenko, and measured shifts before and after events including the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Research findings have informed policymakers, international monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and electoral observers associated with the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. Scholarly citations have appeared in analyses by researchers at the European University Institute, Johns Hopkins University and policy briefs produced by the European Policy Centre.
Collaborations have included international agencies such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Commission, and non-governmental organizations like the International Crisis Group and the Open Society Foundations. Academic partnerships have linked the institute to the Central European University, the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology in broader interdisciplinary projects, and regional research centers across Poland, Germany, and France, engaging entities such as the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
The institute’s polling has faced scrutiny during contentious electoral cycles and crises, drawing critique from political actors including Party of Regions affiliates and opponents aligned with movements like Euromaidan (2013–2014), as well as debate among analysts at institutions such as the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights and media commentators at Interfax-Ukraine and Ukrainian Pravda. Methodological disputes have been raised in academic forums akin to debates at the American Political Science Association and in commentary by specialists from the Brookings Institution and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Concerns have sometimes focused on sampling in conflict-affected oblasts including Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast during periods of disrupted fieldwork, and on interpretation of trends amid political polarization during elections overseen by the Central Election Commission (Ukraine).
Category:Sociological research institutions