The international scientific conference "Eastern Europe: Contexts of socio-economic development" will be held at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

The conference will gather participants for the third time. The scientific event is timed to the 10th anniversary of the Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

The III International Scientific Conference "Eastern Europe: Contexts of Socio-economic Development" will be held on October 19. It will be attended by the leading teaching staff of educational institutions, researchers, postgraduates, undergraduates, students, educators, specialists of Belarus and Russia.

The conference aims to bring together scientists from different countries to discuss the problems of socio-economic development of Eastern European countries and exchange research experience. Strengthening the socio-economic situation of the population is one of the priority areas for the development of Eastern European countries. In the process of its implementation, the society faces various obstacles that are associated with political, social, economic, cultural and historical features of the formation of sovereign states in the post-Soviet space.

The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic have led to the transformation of labor relations, consumer behavior, market structure, and a decrease in the pace of economic development. There is a need to consolidate scientists to study and analyze strategic directions of socio-economic development of the region and to assist in solving urgent problems.

During the conference, participants will discuss the social and cultural aspects of modernization processes in the economies of Eastern Europe, monetary practices of the population and investment behavior, the development of entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe. Scientists will talk about the transformation of labor, professions in the conditions of digitalization, precarization of employment, will touch on the consumer behavior of the population of Eastern Europe, features and problems of market development in Eastern Europe. In addition, the participants will address the issues of socio-economic structure and mobility of the population of Eastern European countries.

The organizer of the event is the Department of Political Science and Sociology.