MOSCOW CENTER FOR GENDER STUDIES

e-mail: mcgs@orc.ru

Larisa Lunyakova’s individual project "Single Mother Families: Survival Strategies During the Period of Social Transformation in Russia", was funded by the Research Support Scheme/ OSI. In Moscow and in Rybinsk, 220 mothers raising children on their own were polled. The survey made it possible to form a realistic picture of their household budget formation, and conduct a comparative analysis of the cultural standards and life orientations of single mothers with married mothers in the capital and in the provinces.

Education and Training

1994 - Scholarship at the International Training Center for Women, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1978 - Doctorate Thesis (Ph.D. in Geography)

1973-1976 - Post-graduate student at the Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences USSR

1966-1971 - Moscow State University, Geographical Faculty, a student

Academic Experience

1990-up to now - Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Problems of Population, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISEPP RAN), Dpt. of Gender Studies

1990-up to now - Researcher at the Moscow Center for Gender Studies, public research and educational organization

1976-1990 - Researcher, Hydrometeorological Center, Dpt.of Maritime Forecasts

Research areas (since 1990):

Family; family life of women and men; women as bread-winners; divorce and separation and their influence on women's careers; typologization of families with women as family heads.

Field-Work Experience

Moscow (in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000), Rybinsk (in 1997, 1998, 1999).

Research Projects Participation

• Individual Research project on the Position of Single Mothers Under Dramatic Social Change (1993-1994), ISEPP RAN.
• "Social Differentiation of Families and Alternative Life Strategies", 1996-1997, supported by Russian Foundation of Humanity (researcher);
• "Shifts in Family Social Status and Its Life Strategies", 1996-1997, supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (researcher);
• "The Moscow Center for Gender Studies Institutionalization Project ", supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation;
• "Russian Summer Schools on Gender/Women’s Studies", 1996-1998, supported by Ford Foundation (coordinator of Studing Program, lecturer at the Third School in 1998);
• "Women’s Rights in Russia: State of Mass Consciousness and Real Practice of Observance", 1996-1998, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (researcher).
• "Single-Mothers Families: Coping Strategies in the Period of Social Transition and Crisis in Russia", 1999-2000, supported by RSS (Research Support Scheme- Open Society Institute) - individual project , researcher
• Educational Program on the Bases of Gender Studies, MCGS-MSSES, supported by OSI - Soros Foundation, 2000, coordinator.

Publications

Twenty eight publications on the results of research projects:

Main Publications

1. Lone Mother Families and Social Violence. "Women and violence under the conditions of public changes", Materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference. Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl, 2000. Pp. 56-60. (in Russian).
2. Lone Mother Families’ Living Standards. Contribution into the book "Russia-99. Social-Demographic Situation: IX Annual Report". Moscow, Institute of Social-Economic Problems of Population, 2000. (in Russian).
3. Lone Mother Families in Russian Regions: Life on the Low-Income Poverty Threshold. "Family in Russia: theory and reality",Materials of All-Russian scientific and practical conference Tver, October 29-3- October, 1999. Tver State Technical University . Pp. 147-150 (in Russian).
4. Lone Mothers – Custodians of Family Values. in "Women’s Worlds – 99": VII International Women Interdisciplinary Congress in Tromso and Gender Studies in Russia". Ivanovo, 1999. Pp. 103-108 (in Russian).
5. Man and Woman: Experiences of Social Adaptation in the Period of Social Transition in Russia. - In: "Man and Woman in the Contemporary World: Changing Roles and Images". Moscow, 1999. (In Russian).
6. Families Headed by Women: Social Right and Social Guaranties. - In: "Women’s Rights in Russia: State of Mass Consciousness and Real Practice of Observance". Moscow, 1998. (In Russian).
7. The People of Rybinsk Protect their Rights: General Situation and Respondents’ Personal Experiences. - In: "Women’s Rights in Russia: State of Mass Consciousness and Real Practice of Observance". Moscow, 1998. (In Russian).
8. Adaptation of Population to the New Economical Conditions and Perspectives. - In: "Russia - 1997. Socio-Demographic situation. The Seventh Annual Report". Moscow, 1998. (In Russian, co-author).
9. Family and Family Relations. - In: "Russia - 1995. Socio-Demographic situation. The Sixth Annual Report". Moscow, 1996. (In Russia, co-author).
10. International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. - In: "Gender Aspects of the Social Transformation". Moscow, 1996. (In Russian).
11. Single Mothers: Project of Qualitative Research. - in: "Personality and Family in the Period of Social Transition" (Digest of articles), Moscow, 1994. (In English).
12. Single Mothers. Project of Qualitative Research. - in: "Personality and Family in the Period of Social Transition". Moscow, 1994. (In Russian).
13. Survey of International Collaborations of MCGS, ISEPP in 1990-1991. - in: "Women and Social Policies. Gender Aspects". Moscow, 1992. (In Russian, co-author)

Co-editor activities

• Co-editor of the book "Materials of the First Russian Summer School on Women’s and Gender Studies "VALDAY-96" , Moscow, 1997. (In Russian).
• Compiler and co-editor, computer layout & design of the book "Materials of the Conference "Gender Studies in Russia: Issues of Cooperation and Prospects for the Future, January 24-25,1996". (In Russian)
• Co-editor and the 8-th part compiler of Reader (Chrestomatia) on the Bases of Gender Studies. Moscow, 2000. 396 PP.