Kyiv International Institute of Sociology
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| Founded | 1990 |
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| Website | kiis |
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, or KIIS (Ukrainian: Київський міжнародний інститут соціології, КМІС), is a Ukrainian organization conducting sociological research in the fields of social and socioeconomic research, marketing research, political research, health studies, and research consulting and auditing.
Methods
[edit]In its projects, KIIS uses the following research methods:
- traditional interviews
- computer assisted interviews
- telephone surveys
- Internet surveys
- postal surveys
- street surveys
- tracking research
- panel studies
- interviews at places where products are sold and services delivered
- exit-polls
- covert consumer
- retail sales and service delivery audit
- measuring flows of people and transport
- in-depth interviews
- brainstorming
- expert surveys
- hall-tests
- ethnographic methods
- content analysis
- desk research
- INPOLL online research
KIIS runs an Omnibus survey on a regular basis.
KIIS supports an open research Data Bank with the online key word search that is updated on a regular basis. Besides commissioned research, KIIS specialists conduct original academic research. KIIS Archive contains a collection of national and international publications by KIIS experts. KIIS published a number of books and research manuals. Since 2011, KIIS has been publishing its own journal «KIIS Review».
Structure
[edit]While 40 employees work at the central KIIS office, KIIS also has representative offices in major cities of Ukraine. A team of KIIS interviewers is based at each regional center, with their total number exceeding 500 people. Ten focus group moderators work at KIIS Kyiv and regional offices. KIIS has a focus group research center and a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) center.
Senior management
[edit]- KIIS President – Valeriy Khmelko, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor
- KIIS General Director – Volodymyr Paniotto, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor
- KIIS executive director – Natalia Kharchenko, PhD
- KIIS Financial Director – Volodymyr Khmelko
History
[edit]The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) was founded in 1990 as a research center of the Sociological Association of Ukraine. In 1992, a partnership was established with the Paragon Research International and thus the research center became a Ukrainian-American research company under the name of KIIS. In 1995, KIIS joined ESOMAR (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research).
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