Volodymyr Paniotto

Volodymyr Illich Paniotto (Ukrainian: Володимир Ілліч Паніотто; born on January 22, 1947, in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian sociologist, doctor of philosophical sciences, Director General of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), and professor at the Sociology Department of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

[1] After his graduation in 1970 from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, he worked at the Philosophy Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a researcher and eventually as a chair of the Sector for Computer Modeling of Social Processes.

Since 1992, he has been the Director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, which he co-founded with Valeriy Khmelko and Michael Swafford.

He published research on methodological issues, poverty, occupational prestige, and xenophobia.

[2] The book Why a Sociologist Needs Mathematics, co-authored with Valentyn Maksymenko, won the second prize at a Soviet Union contest.