Education
2010 Doctor of Political Science (degree awarded by The Institute of National Strategic Studies, Ministry of Defense, Republic of Armenia)
2008 The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA, Special Extension Program
2007 The Richard Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, University of South Carolina, USA, Fulbright scholar
2005 - present: Associate Professor
2001 PhD, Political Science Degree, Institute of Philosophy and Law, National Academy of Science, Republic of Armenia
1993-1998 YSU, Faculty of Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology

Professional Experience
2020 - Fulbright Research Fellow, University of Maryland (College Park), Department of Sociology, Center for Research on Military Organization, MD, USA
2018 – Visiting professor, University of Tampere, Finland
2016 – Visiting professor, University of Sapienza in Roma, Italy
2016 – Research Fellow, DAAD funded research on "Peace Research in Europe and Asia” at The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Germany
2013 – Visiting professor, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2012 – Visiting professor, Karaganda State Technical University, Kazakhstan
2011 – Research Fellow, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2008 - Present: Professor, Head of Applied Sociology Department, Faculty of Sociology, YSU
2008 - Special Extension Program student, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
2007 – Participant of the special intensive course on the US Foreign Policy Institutions, The Richard Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, University of South Carolina, USA
2005 - 2008 Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, YSU Faculty of Sociology
2001 - 2005 Assistant Professor, YSU Department of Sociology

Academic courses
Conflict and Communications
Sociology of Mass Media and Communication
Political Sociology

Professional membership
Founding member of the Political Science Association of Armenia
Member of the International Academy for Philosophy
Editor, Journal of Sociology (Bulletin of Yerevan State University)
Member of Editorial board, Historical and social-educational ideas (Russian Federation)
Member of Editorial board, Contemporary Eurasian Studies

Foreign Languages
English (fluent), Russian (fluent), German (reading level).

E-mail
atanesyan@ysu.am