• Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

1. formulate research methodologies and models in social work;
2. use knowledge of cross-cultural comparative perspectives of welfare systems and social policy models;
3. interact with stakeholders of higher postgraduate education;
4. critically evaluate social programs and determine the need for special social services;
5. conduct structural-functional, factor, correlation analysis of social phenomena and processes, problem situations;
6. predict the prospects for the formation and development of the civil sector of society;
7. assess the social condition of marginalized groups of society, support groups, conducting trainings, working with initiative groups, self- and mutual help groups;
8. apply crisis concepts in solving difficult life situations of clients of social services;
9. analyze the quality and effectiveness of the provision of special social services to people in need (families), develop proposals for improving social work;
10. extrapolate innovations in the profession into the educational process, summarizing the results with specific studies;
11. ensure the integration of science, higher education and the labor market, increasing professional practice skills and competence to ensure the quality of services provided to clients (service recipients).