Сарна Александр Янисович

Aliaksandr J. Sarna

Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor

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Biography:

Born on May 30, 1971 in Minsk (Belarus)

Education:

  • 1991 - 1996, Philosophy, Philosophy and Economy Faculty, BSU
  • 1996 -1999, PhD course in Social Philosophy, Philosophy and Methodology of Sciences Department, BSU
  • 2001 - PhD thesis on a subject "Communication and Power"

Employment:

  • 1999 - 2006, lecturer Philosophy and Methodology of Science Department, BSU
  • 2008 - Present, Candidate Philosophy, associate professor Social Communication Department, BSU

Other activities:

Participant of international education and research projects in Belarus, Lithuanian, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, 1998 - 2009.

Author of 60 articles about media activity and communication practices in modern society.

Research projects:

  • 1998 – 2009, Participant of international educational and research projects in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
  • 2011 – 2015, Head of the research project «The Internet as a means of realizing communicative practices of the Belarusian youth» (State Programme for Research for Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus)
  • 2016 – 2020, Head of the research project «Communicative practices of citizens in the public space of Minsk»(State Programme for Research for Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus)

Courses:

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Speech communication
  • Bases of Semiology
  • Strategy of Public Communication

Research interests:

  • Media & Communication Studies
  • Philosophy of Power & Politics