NATALYA V. SHUMKOVA

Executive Secretary, Cand.Sci. (Sociol.), Associate Professor (Saransk, Russian Federation) ORCID: 0000-0002-2330-0028 Researcher ID: AAM-1340-2020 Scopus ID: 57219130787 SPIN-code: 9796-2696 Phone: +7 (8342) 32-86-14 E-mail: niiregion@mail.ru

Other Positions:
Associate Professor of Chair of Sociology and Social Work, National Research Mordovia State University.

Date of birth: 18 November 1978

Career:
Graduated from the Institute of History and Sociology, Mordovia State University (2000).
Researcher, Sector of Interethnic Relations, Regional Studies Research Institute (2000–2008).
Researcher, Sector of Socio-Economic Programmes, Regional Studies Research Institute (2008–2010).
Senior Researcher, Sector of Socio-Economic Programmes, Regional Studies Research Institute (2010–2013).
Head of the Sector of Socio-Economic Programmes, Regional Studies Research Institute (2013–2014).
Candidate of Sociological Sciences (2014).
Deputy Director for Research, Regional Studies Research Institute (2015–2024).
Associate Professor, Chair of Sociology and Social Work (part-time, since 2018).
Executive Secretary of the Russian Journal of Regional Studies (since 2024).

Research interests: sociology of youth, regional sociology, sociology of labour, economic sociology.

Publications: more than 70 scholarly and instructional works, including four monographs and two teaching aids.

Awards: Certificate of Honour from the State Committee of the Republic of Mordovia for National Policy; Certificate of Honour from the Administration of the City District of Saransk; Certificate of Honour from the State Committee of the Republic of Mordovia for Youth Affairs; Certificate of Honour from the Government of the Republic of Mordovia.