Education
1984-1987, PhD in Archaeology & Ethnography Institute, National Academy of Sciences
1979-1984, BA and MA in Philosophy, Yerevan State University

Academic titles
Doctor of Historical Sciences, "Social-Cultural Issues of Labor Migration in the Republic of Armenia", Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of NAS RA, 007 Professional Educational Council, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, 2016
Candidate of Historical Sciences, “Seasonal Labor Migrations in the Republic of Armenia. Ethno sociological Survey”, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of NAS RA, 007 Professional Educational Council, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, 1990

Employment
2015 till date, Head of the department of Ethno-sociology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA
2007 till date, Associate Professor, Department of Cultural studies, Yerevan State University
1994 – 2017, Professor (Docent) in Economic Sociology, Agrarian University of Armenia
1999 – 2005, Professor, Departments of Sociology, Yerevan State University

Selected projects
06/2016 – 11/2018, RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, “Akoonk” NGO, Support and consulting for graduates of social protection institution (children under all-day care), Poject Manager
2012, UNHCR, Armenia, “Armenian Relief Society” NGO, Stateless persons or persons at risk of statelessness in Armenia, Sociologist
2012, UNHCR, Armenia, “Armenian Relief Society” NGO, Access to available services and facilities for older refugees and people with disabilities in Armenia, Sociologist
2012, Centre for Social and Economic Research (Warsaw, Poland), Study on costs and benefits of labor mobility between the EU and the Eastern, Partnership Partner Countries, Key Expert, Sociologist
2011-2012, Caucasus Research Resource Centers, “Role of NGOs in providing social and healthcare services for population”, Sociologist
2009, World Bank, Water Resource Development Program Implementation Office, “Association of Water Consumers” Monitoring Program, Sociologist
2007- 2009, Millennium Challenge, Rehabilitation and Increasing Effectiveness of 68 pumping stations, Technical and Economic evaluation, Sociologist, Expert
2007, RA Central Bank, “Trends of Labor Emigration and Related Factors among the Armenian Population”, Project Manager
2007, RA Ministry of Social and Labor Affairs, “State Assistance to the Graduates of the Trusted Orphanages”, Sociologist
2006, RA Ministry of Social and Labor Affairs, “State Assistance to the Graduates of the Trusted Orphanages” (In charge of the social evaluation program), Sociologist
2005-2006, World Bank – Water Resource Development Program, Associations of Water Consumers Monitoring Program, Sociologist, expert
2003-2004, OxFam, Evaluation of Accessibility of Potable Water and Health Care, Head of Monitoring Group
2003, UNICEF Armenia, “Armenia Relief Society” NGO, “Violence Against Children in the Republic of Armenia”, Sociologist, expert
2003, Caritas Armenia, Evaluation survey of the Social Transition Program, Sociologist, expert
2002-2003, RA Ministry of Education, The Problems of the Secondary and Vocational Education in Armenia, Sociologist, expert
1996-1997, World Bank, Poverty and Coping in Armenia, Focus groups moderator an in-depth interviewer

Grants projects
Since 10/2020, Grant project by RA Science Committee, "The Problem of Emigration from Post-Soviet Armenia in the Context of the Diaspora’s Ethnic Networks" Program Manager.
03/2020- 03/2021, “Repatriation paths of the Armenian Diaspora: Challenges and Opportunities Examined”, Minasyan-Hasratyan Foundation, Project Manager. A book has been submitted for publication.
06/2019 – 06/2021, “Belarusian community in Armenia and Armenian community in Belarus: ethnic identity and intercultural relations in modern conditions” grant project, Project Manager
Joint International Research Program by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Armenia and Fundamental Research Foundation of the Republic of Belarus. A book has been published entitled “Белорусская диаспора в Армении и Армянская диаспора в Беларусии. Этническая индентичность и межкультурные взаимоотношеня в современных условиях, Издательство. Инститыта Археологии и Этнографии НАН РА, Ереван –Минск 2021, c. 7-12, c.18-18: ISBN 978-9939-886-18-3”
11/2015 – 10/2017, “Modern Armenian family within a transforming society” grant project, Project Manager, A book “The Modern Armenian Family in a Transforming Society” has been published.
06/2013 – 05/2015, RA State Committee of Science, “Migration among ethnic minorities of Armenia” grant project, Project Manager. A book entitled "Migration of National Minorities of the Republic of Armenia (Ethnosociological Survey)" has been published.
2005-2006 Labor Migration of the Rural Population of the Republic of Armenia at the Caucasus Research Resource Center (RRCC), Grant Program, Further details are available at: http://www.crrc.am/store/files/db_fellows/mg/Final%20report.pdf

Professional membership
Member of the Academic Committee since 2020, Sardarapat Memorial Museum, of Armenian Ethnography, National Museum of Armenian Ethnography and History of the Liberation Struggle
Member since 2016, Professional Council at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Ethnography.
President since 1999, "Akoonk” Center for Ethno-sociological Research

Scope of scientific interests
Population migrations, migration and cultural transformations, migration and gender, family and migration.

Language skills
Armenian, Russian, German

Computer skills
MS Office (Word, Access, Excel, Power Point), SPSS statistical software