What are the Possibilities of Sociology in the Face of (not)New Challenges? Review of the Conference: “Russian Scientific Seminar «(Not)New Challenges and Opportunities of Sociology»”

The paper presents an overview of the Russian scientific seminar “(Not)new challenges and opportunities of sociology”, which took place on April 24-25 of 2023 year at the SI RAS branch of the FNISC RAS on the initiative of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Petersburg Sociology Today”. Nine sections worked within the framework of the seminar, at the sites of which scientific reports of scientists from St. Petersburg and Moscow, Samara and Rostov-on-Don, Pyongyang and Volgograd were presented. During the seminar it was possible to discuss the problems of accelerating social dynamics, the importance and possibilities of sociology for society, as well as channels for the dissemination of sociological knowledge in the focus of research on citizens and urban communities, family and marriage, employment and labor market, social inequalities in health and aging, self-organization and collective action in the face of (not)new challenges.