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Cognitive Society Design

  • ‘Cognitive Society Design ’

    • Full-time
    • 2 years
    • Russian
    • 245 000

  • Entrance exams

    • Complex humanitarian examination/Economic theory/Mass communnication exam
    • Foreign language

Program description

The master's degree program “Cognitive Society Design" trains specialists who know the methodology and methods of society design in semantic and organizational aspects. Cognitive design makes it possible to effectively develop any social communities from commercial associations and their structural parts to state and public organizations. It is becoming in demand in modern conditions in connection with the processes of changing strategies for the regions and territories' development, as well as socio-cultural adaptation to them. The business processes of corporations and commercial structures are also undergoing changes in internal and external communications.

Our program has an interdisciplinary nature and is implemented in the students' project activities. During the training, graduates are expected to carry out 3 projects within the following educational tracks:

Track No. 1 Design of corporate space and communications is associated with project activities on cognitive design of macro- and micro-structures of modern business space and covers:

  • research of business processes' ethics and corporate culture values;
  • designing effective management of the strategic development system of the corporation and its structural parts;
  • the anti-crisis communications practice.

Project preparation is carried out in cooperation with the corporate educational structures of the program partners.

Track No. 2 Design of the socio-cultural environment of the smart city introduces students to socio-cultural environment cognitive design of the region, territory, city and settlement. Project activity in this area is associated with the use of:

  • modern social tools for the transformation of socio-cultural space in the concept of a smart city;
  • territorial branding technologies for the development of the region investment attractiveness;
  • social expertise of integrated development projects of the Russian Federation subjects.

The preparation of projects is carried out in cooperation with public structures, state bodies and municipalities of the Russian Federation subjects.

Track No. 3 Cognitive design of cross-cultural adaptation allows students to analyze the processes of socio-cultural adaptation and prepare project work on adaptation process design in international business projects, considering national, ethnic and confessional characteristics. Project activity is based on the study of the following aspects of adaptation processes by students:

  • cognitive technologies of public relations management;
  • cognitive methods of cross-cultural communication;
  • intercultural adaptation and pragmacultural modeling.

The preparation of projects in this track is innovative and is aimed at solving specific adaptation problems in cooperation with regional authorities and the business community.

The students' interest of in the project implementation on one of the tracks prepares them for the diploma project implementation under the guidance of teachers from one of the Departments involved in the program implementation, and in close cooperation with the program partner from among employers who can act as diploma project customers.


Accreditation and Partners

Program managers

Panov Evgeny Genrikhovich

  • PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Humanities of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications for educational and methodological work

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to

  • Use philosophical, sociological, and historical developments for the design of social relations and communications
  • Carry out project activities in architecture of social phenomena and processes
  • Practically use cognitive design skills to make decisions on the semantic transformation of the socio-cultural environment
  • Work on the society design at micro and macro levels
  • Develop and implement organizational and management decisions on the activity profile
  • Conduct expert work

Key disciplines of the concentration

Values of Corporate Culture and Corporate Governance


Business Processes Ethics and Team Building Practice


Social Technologies of Territorial Branding


Practical Philosophy


Project Management for Territory Socio-Cultural Environment Development


Adaptation Design in Social Environment and Cultural Space


Career

Professional tracks of our students:

  • Social design
  • Corporate ethics
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Sociology of Urban Studies
  • Crisis management

Types of professional location:

  • Analytical centers
  • PR and GR divisions of large companies, corporate educational institutions
  • Public authorities
  • Regional and municipal cultural centers, media, and NGOs
  • Education and science

Organizations where you can find a job

Unique advantages of the program

In 2 years, you will complete 3 applied projects in contact with potential employers

You will master innovative tools and methods of corporate space and “smart city” cognitive design at a high level

Classes are taught by doctors and PhDs of the FinU, the best practitioners in business management and public authorities

The program fundamental principle is hard skills + soft skills

Mastering the program will allow you to deepen your educational background by finding practical application for it

Implementation of applied projects is possible based on a modern VR laboratory of the Department of Humanities