On the potential and opportunities of sociology in new realities

The work provides an overview of the second all-Russian scientific conference “(Non) New Challenges and Opportunities of Sociology,” which took place on April 23-24, 2024 at the initiative of the editors of the scientific journal “St. Petersburg Sociology Today.” As part of the scientific conference, there were eight sections and a round table, at which scientific reports from scientists from St. Petersburg and Moscow, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod, Donetsk and Saratov, Grodno and Voronezh were presented. During the scientific conference, participants discussed the problems of accelerating social dynamics, the significance and opportunities of sociology for society, as well as channels for disseminating sociological knowledge in the focus of research on citizens and urban communities, family and marriage, employment and the labor market, social inequalities in health and aging, self-organization and collective action in the face of (non)new challenges.