Department of "Philosophy and sociology of politics"


Head of the department: Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Rena Rza gizi Mirzazade

The department has been operating since September 2003. The department was first named "Political Science", then "Political Science and Political Sociology", then "Political Theories". Due to structural changes, the department was renamed as "Philosophy of Modern Politics" in 2017. Afterwards, the name of Institute was also changed and the department was renamed "Philosophy and Sociology of Political Science" accordingly. The need to study political research and analysis in modern Azerbaijan, the new order of the XXI century, the political-philosophical approach to events and processes, and the study of social problems at the political-sociological, regional and international levels are important issues in social science. It was important to re-examine and analyze the reforms and modernization of the Azerbaijani State Institute in the political context. The leading research work of the department for 2022-2025 is titled "Concepts of political philosophy and sociology of social problems." The department has 15 employees. 2 of them are senior scientific workers, 5 leading scientific workers, 3 scientific workers, 2 junior scientific workers, 2 senior laboratory assistants. 3 employees of the department are doctors of sciences and 6 are doctors of philosophy.