European Social Survey (ESS-ERIC)
European comparative survey
Role: National coordinator
Tymofii Brik
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Description of the field of scientific research:
Areas of research: sociology of religion, theory of religious markets, social trust, network analysis in sociology, social stratification and mobility.
List of duties:
Tymofiy is the rector of the Kyiv School of Economics. He is a sociologist who researches topics ranging from religion to social inequalities. He coordinates European comparative surveys in Ukraine (European Social Survey, European Values Survey).
Professional experience:
From 2017 to 2018, Tymofii was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University Carlos III, Department of Social Sciences. Since 2018, he has been an associate professor at the Kyiv School of Economics. In 2018, he was also a visiting scholar at Stanford University.
From 2019 to 2020, Tymofiy worked as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at New York University. Since 2022, he has been a national coordinator and a guest researcher at the European Social Survey (ESS). Since the same year, Tymofiy has been the Kyiv School of Economics rector.
In addition, Tymofiy was a member of PONARS in 2019. He was also a board member of CEDOS, an editor at VoxUkraine, an Advisory Board Member at Gradus Research, and an Executive Team Member at SITADHub.
He is also a co-founder of the Urban Space 500 public restaurant in Kyiv, 80% of the profits from which will be transferred to support urban initiatives; winner of the N. Panina Award (2018) for the paper "When church competition matters?" by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine; and co-chair of the "Social inequality" network, European Social Science History Conference.
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Basic scientific publications:
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Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs and distrust of science predict risky public health behaviours through optimistically biased risk perceptions in Ukraine, Turkey, and Germany
Chayinska, Maria, Özden Melis Uluğ, Arin H. Ayanian, Johanna Claudia Gratzel, Tymofii Brik, Anna Kende, and Craig McGarty. ""Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs and distrust of science predict risky public health behaviours through optimistically biased risk perceptions in Ukraine, Turkey, and Germany."" Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 25, no. 6 (2022): 1616-1634.
Role: Author
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Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine
Arends, Helge, Tymofii Brik, Benedikt Herrmann, and Felix Roesel. ""Decentralization and trust in government: quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine."" Journal of Comparative Economics 51, no. 4 (2023): 1356-1365.
Role: Author