Books

Last Books

Gavra D. Public Opinion as Sociological Category and Social Institution. St.-Peterburg, Academy of Sciences, 1995. (Russian).

Gavra D. Public Opinion Formation and the Problems of Value Change. St.-Peterburg, Academy of Sciences, 1996. (Russian).

Gavra D. Tishin E. Innovational Potential of Large Cities. St.-Peterburg, Academy of Sciences, 1997. (Russian).

Gavra D. (editor, author) Essays on Sociology of Entrepreneurship. St-Petersburg. Petropolis. 1999. (Russian).

Gavra D. (ed.) Political Image Management. St-Petersburg. Petropolis. 2000. (Russian).

Gavra D. Schrader H. Glagow M. Kleineberg M Russland auf dem Weg zur Zivilgesellschaft? Lit Verlag Munster-Hamburg-London, 2000. (In German).

Political Elites Dynamics in St.-Petersburg (issues 1-4)/ St/-Petersburg, MARCO. 2001-2003.

Sociology and Politology. General course. 1999.

Gavra D. Shishkin D. Brovko S. Public relations campaigns. St-Petersburg. 2004.

Gavra D. Shishkin D. Shishkina M. Public Relations in Russia: the Development of the New Market. St-Petersburg. 2005.

Gavra D. Theory of Communications. St-Petersburg, 2005.

Gavra D. (Ed) New Ideas in Communications. Issue 1. St-Petersburg. 2006.

Gavra D. (Ed) New Ideas in Communications. Issue 2. St-Petersburg. 2009.

Gavra D. (Ed) Image of the State. Theory and Practice. St-Petersburg. 2010.

Gavra D. Theory of Communications. St-Petersburg. 2011.

International experience.

1993 -visiting professor Washington & Jefferson College, Washington. Courses – Russian Studies, Modern Russian history, Comparative politics.

1994, 1995 - visiting professor Danish Cultural Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1996, 1998, 2000 – visiting researcher Stockholm University, Sweden.

1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 – visiting researcher, visiting professor Bielefeld University, Germany. Courses – Comparative politics, Russian Political system, Public opinion studies.

2001-2002 – expert of the Swedish International Development Agency, Stockholm, Sweden.

2001 – expert of the Youth training program of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, France).

2005 – 2010 Co-director of the joint Russian-French master program in business communications (with NEGOCIA business school, Paris, France).

2007 – visiting professor University of Florence.

2008 – visiting professor University of Kassel (Germany)

2011 - . visiting professor University of Almaaty Kazakhstan;

2012 - visiting professor University of Kiev International University, Ukraine.

MA, Ph. D Students in 2000 -2012.

Supervisor/ Scientific advisor for

85 MA students

21 Ph. D Students/

Articles

More than 120 articles, published in Russia, USA, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Ukraine Turkey.

The list of the research projects of professor, Ph.D. Dmitri Gavra

(Position in the projects – manager \ chief researcher)

• 1983-1988 гг. – Section "Education and professional training" in the Regional complex program of the development of Leningrad region for the period 1990-2005.
• 1987 – Project "Young professionals in the Leningrad's industry" (Sociological survey W=1200).
• 1988 – Grant of the Leningrad city government "Reform of the secondary education in the big city".
• 1988-Project "System of social standards for the "Arsenal Machinery" Company.
• 1988-1990 – Grant of the Ministry for Higher Education "Youth and student labour market organization in the Soviet Union".
• 1990 - Project of 4 mail public opinion polls "Social situation and social security in North-West Russia" (W=4000).
• 1990 г. – Grant of the Ukrainian government "Concept of social and economical development of the Zaporojie region of Ukraine".
• 1992-1993 гг. – Grant of the regional government of the Arkhangelsk region "Concept of social and economical development of the Onega district of Northern Russia".
• 1992-1994 гг. Grant of St-Petersburg regional government "Social development of the Sestroretsk district".
• 1991 – 1996 Research project "People, Politics, Market – social adaptation of the Russian population to democracy and market" – Series of sociological surveys of the urban population of the North-West Russia (2 public opinion polls per year), research grant of the St-Petersburg Industrial Association.
• 1994 – 1996 Research project of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Value change and public opinion formation in the transforming Russian society".
• 1994 – 1998 Research project of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Social policy and social security in transitional Russian social sphere".
• 1996 – Grant of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation "Innovational potential of big cities".
• 1996 – Sociological survey "Nuclear fears in Russia – 10 years after Tchernobyl".
• 1997 – 1998 Grant of the St-Petersburg Legislative Assembly "The new regional social legislation for elderly and handicapped people".
• 1997 – Grant of the Novgorod regional government – "Concept of the social security in Novgorod region".
• 1997 - 1998 – Grant of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Quality of life of the St-Petersburg's population".
• 1997 - 1998 - Project of the St-Petersburg city government "Strategic plan of St-Petersburg" (Section "Social development").
• 1998 Grant of the St-Petersburg Legislative Assembly "Concept of the state social order for the city St-Petersburg".
• 1997-2001 -- Research project of the Sociological faculty of St-Petersburg State University "The St-Petersburg omnibus – series of social surveys for the program "Political situation and quality of life in St-Petersburg".
• 1998 г. – Grant of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation "Public opinion and the state power: mechanisms of social interaction".
• 2000 – Grant of the St-Petersburg regional government "Psychological aspects of mass consciousness and mass media perception of the city population.
• 2001 - Grant of the St-Petersburg regional government "Trust, tolerance and social partnership in St-Petersburg".
• 2001 – Collaborative research project with Faculty of Journalism University of Tampere, Finland "Russian journalist of the late 90-th".
• 2001 – EU Youth committee Grant "Putting hard of hearing people on the map of Europe".

• 2001-2003 - Research project of Faculty of Journalism St-Petersburg State University "Barometer of St-Petersburg's elite opinions" (Series of elite surveys).
• 2003 – Grant of the Leningradskaya Oblast regional government "Barometer of Leningradskaya Oblast elite opinions" (Series of elite surveys).
• 2005-2006 - Grant of the Leningradskaya Oblast regional government "Social health and social welfare of elderly people of Leningradskaya Oblast".

• 2003 – 2004 - Grant of the St-Petersburg regional government "Social health and social welfare of elderly people of St-Petersburg".
• 2002-2004 – Grant of the Russian Public Relations association "The state of PR in the Russian Federation".
• 2004 - Grant of the Leningradskaya Oblast regional government "Mass media and mass communication in the Leningradskaya oblast region".
• 2004 – Grant of the Saratov regional government "Social information and mass media in the Saratov region".
• 2005-2006 – Collaborative research project with Faculty of Journalism University of Tampere, Finland "Russian journalist in the eve of political change".

• 2006 – Grant of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation "Journalistic education in Russia: problems and prospective.
• 2005-2006 – Collaborative project with Negocia business school (Paris, France) "Education in business communications".
• 2006-2007 – Collaborative project with University of Kings college (Halifax, Canada) "Business communication".
• 2006 – Research project of Mass communications institute of St-Petersburg state university "Mass media and ethnic tolerance in modern Russia".
• 2006 Grant of the Russian Publishers and Media Association "Media, state and people in the changing Russia".
• 2006 – 2007 Grant of the Russian Government (National Project “Education”) “Business communication and Business Journalism”
• 2007 Research project “Media consumption and audience needs in Russia”/
• 2007 Research project “Images of the Russian regions”.
• 2007 – 2008 Grant of the Russian Government “Image of the Russian Federation in the world media”.
• 2007 -2009 – Grant oft he European Union „Media, Culture and Communication“;
• 2007-2008 –Consulting Project „Media Image of the “OKTHNA – Center“ Building (GAZPOMNEFT Company);
• 2007 – 2008 Project «Political Culture and Electoral Behavior of the Urban Population in the Parliament and President Elections“.
• 1991 – 2012 – 34 local Consulting Projects in Management, Marketing and Communications for different companies in 29 different regions of Russia;
• 2006-2011. – Consulting Project „Crisis communications in the Nuclear Enterprises“ (Federal Nuclear Agency, State Corporation ROSATOM“;
• Research Project „The External Country Image in the Global Information Space“.
• 2009 – 2010 – Consulting Project for «Nobel Biocare Russia»;
• 2010-2011 - Consulting Project for «Nikolaev E-consulting»;
• 2011 – Consulting Project fort he St-Petrersburg Food Industry Assoiciation;
• 2011 – Consulting Project for «ENRC Logistics» (Kasakstan ).
• 2011-2012 – Consulting Project for the North-West Banking Association.
• 2010-2012 Research Project „Web 2.0 in the Russian Governmental Communications“.
• 2011-2012 – Research Project „Agenda Setting in International Crisises“/