In 2026, the sessions of the Political Sciences section will be held IN-PERSON on April 14 and April 16 in the following thematic areas.

List of Subsections and The Chairs

1. Politicization of Non-Political Spheres in the Contemporary World: Trends and Technologies
   (Section Chairs: Y.D. Artamonova, I.I. Kuznetsov)

2. Politics in the Historical Process
   (Section Chairs: R.A. Evtekhov, N.A. Chetyrina, A.V. Topychkanov)

3. Memory Wars: The Legacy of the Past, Contradictions of the Present, Projections of the Future
   (Section Chairs: D.A. Anikin, A.Yu. Bubnov, S.I. Golubev)

4. Political Knowledge in the Contemporary Era: New Directions and Methods
   (Section Chairs: V.A. Sobolev, V.V. Delov, D.V. Afonin)

5. History of Socio-Political Thought in Foreign Countries
   (K.M. Anderson, A.A. Zotkin, O.D. Talskaya, D.V. Mironov)

6. History of Russian Socio-Political Thought
   (S.V. Perevezentsev, B.A. Prokudin, O.E. Sorokopudova, A.B. Strakhov)

7. Political Textual Studies
   (Section Chairs: A.A. Shirinyants, A.V. Myrikova, V.A. Boldin)

8. Youth Policy in Contemporary Russia: Socio-Psychological and Administrative Aspects
   (Section Chairs: A.V. Selezneva, S.Yu. Popova)

9. Political and Psychological Characteristics of Political Processes in Contemporary Russia and Worldwide
   (Section Chairs: E.B. Shestopal, T.V. Evgenyeva, T.N. Pishcheva, I.S. Palitai, N.V. Smulkina, A.L. Zverev)

10. Russia’s Sovereignty under Modern Political Conditions
    (Section Chairs: V.I. Kovalenko, A.P. Kochetkov)

11. National Specificities of Conflicts in the Digital Space
    (Section Chairs: A.Yu. Mamychev, I.A. Bronnikov)

12. Gamification in the Political Process: Structure, Properties, Functions, and Dynamics
    (Section Chairs: S.I. Belov, A.Ya. Zaitsev, V.N. Utochkin)

13. State Policy of Contemporary Russia: Institutions, Strategies, and Priorities
    (Section Chairs: M.G. Abramova, R.A. Alekseev)

14. Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Contemporary Politics
    (Section Chair: S.N. Fedorchenko)

15. Civilizational States in a Multipolar World: A Comparative Analysis
    (Section Chairs: A.L. Demchuk, V.M. Kapitsyn, E.G. Kirsanova, D.S. Polulyakh)

16. Threats and Challenges to Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Context of the Special Military Operation
    (Section Chair: P.A. Tsygankov)

17. Current Issues of Socio-Political Development: A View of Young Researchers
    (On the 5th Anniversary of the Student Research Society of the Faculty of Political Science, MSU)
    — Section of the Council of Young Scholars and the Student Research Society of the Faculty of Political Science
    (Section Chairs: D.A. Kozlova, A.A. Kassamedinova, I.M. Shcherbakov)

Section Committee

Chair of the Section
A.Yu. Shutov, Doctor of History, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Deputy Chairs of the Section:
I.A. Bronnikov, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean for Research;
I.I. Kuznetsov, Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Department of History and Theory of Politics, Advisor to the Dean;

V.A. Boldin, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Head of the Research Department of the Faculty of Political Science.

Executive Secretary:
D.A. Kozlova

Members of the Organizing Committee:
V.I. Kovalenko, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; E.B. Shestopal Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; A.A. Shirinyants, Doctor of Political Science, Professor; A.L. Demchuk, Doctor of Political Science, Associate Professor; V.I. Yakunin, Doctor of Political Science; L.E. Slutsky, Doctor of Economics.

Experts:

A.V. Abramov, PhD in Political Science; D.A. Anikin, PhD in Philosophy; Y.D. Artamonova, PhD in Philosophy; S.I. Belov, Doctor of Political Science; V.A. Boldin, PhD in Political Science; A.Yu. Bubnov, PhD in Philosophy; T.V. Evgenyeva, PhD in History; R.A. Evtekhov, PhD in History; A.L. Zverev, PhD in Political Science; V.M. Kapitsyn, Doctor of Political Science; E.G. Kirsanova, PhD in Political Science; A.P. Kochetkov, Doctor of Philosophy; O.I. Lyakhovenko, PhD in Political Science; A.Yu. Mamychev, Doctor of Political Science; A.V. Myrikova, PhD in Political Science; I.S. Palitai, PhD in Sociology; B.A. Prokudin, Doctor of Historical Sciences; A.V. Selezneva, Doctor of Political Science; N.V. Smulkina, PhD in Political Science; V.A. Sobolev, PhD in Political Science; K.O. Telin, PhD in Political Science; A.V. Topychkanov, PhD in History; O.Yu. Kokurina, Doctor of Law; P.A. Tsygankov, Doctor of Philosophy; S.N. Fedorchenko, Doctor of Political Science; M.V. Vilisov, PhD in Political Science; A.D. Ukhanov, PhD in History; K.A. Cherevyk, PhD in History; O.E. Sorokopudova, PhD in Political Science; O.D. Talskaya, PhD in Political Science.

Contaсts of the Executive Secretary of the Section

Daria Andreevna Kozlova
Email: kozlova.polit@yandex.ru