*** Dear Colleagues!

Center for Independent Social Research and Education (Irkutsk), Center for Independent Sociological Research (Saint-Petersburg) and Intercenter (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences) organize the practical conference "Social Research as the Resource for Decentralization" in Irkutsk on the 8th - 10th of March.

Issues:

1. Russian centralism and resources for decentralization

2. Subjects and use of social research results: the problem of decolonization

3. Decentralization and the problem of social research effectiveness

4. Prospect of university autinimy and independent centers