Hosted the II International Scientific and Practical Forum on Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS 2021)

In november 26, 2021 at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University together with the Association for the Support of Scientific Research with Bernardo O'Higgins University (University named after Bernardo O'Higgins (Santiago, Chile), Russian State Social University (Moscow, Russia), Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University (Yekaterinburg, Russia) Hosted the II International Scientific and Practical Forum on Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS 2021).

The Forum was held in a face-to-face distance format ("Zoom conference"), which was attended by more than 200 participants from countries from far and near abroad.

The key speakers of this event were well-known scientists – Ph.D., Professor A.M. Egorychev, Ph.D., Professor of the Russian State Social University (Moscow, Russia) Mardakhaev, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Center for Cybersecurity of Bernardo O'Higgins University (Santiago, Chile) N.Y. Abbas. 

A welcoming speech from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the L.N.Gumilyov ENU was delivered by the Dean of the Faculty, Ph.D., Professor B.J. Somzhurek, who emphasized further international cooperation within the framework of signing a Memorandum with the Publishing House of the Association for the Support of Scientific Research (Barnaul, Russia). At the plenary session with reports on the topic: "Trilingualism and intercultural communication: challenges of the 21st century (a view from Kazakhstan)", "On the problem of psychological and pedagogical support for overcoming stress in parents of children with ASD in Kazakhstan" were made by Candidate of Sciences in Psychology senior lecturer of the Department of Psychology Zh.T. Utalieva and PhD., senior lecturer of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Self-knowledge, Deputy Dean for Research A.K. Makhadiyeva.

The main areas of the forum were devoted to the theory and practice of studying complex social systems and communication networks, modern educational technologies and challenges of intercultural communication, social determinants of human health: quantitative and qualitative research.

Thus, the forum has become a unique platform for leading scientists, teachers, experts and practitioners, young scientists working in the field of social and behavioral sciences. Within the framework of the forum, the results of breakthrough research, the exchange of knowledge and experience in the discussion of current problems and trends were presented. The best works of the forum will be published in prestigious world publications of scientific literature with high scientometric indicators and indexed in the Scopus (Q1-Q3) and Web of Science databases.

Also, in the future, the Faculty of Social Sciences plans to conclude a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Publishing House of the Association for the Support of Scientific Research (Barnaul, Russia) to jointly conduct scientific events with the publication of materials in indexed publications.