The round table "Sociology and Elections" with the participation of KIIS, the Razumkov Center, the Rating Group, and others will be held on February 1^st from 11 AM to 1 PM at the Ukrinform Information Agency. The organizer of the event is llko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

The Round Table "Sociology and Elections: An Argument for a Smart Choice or for the Manipulation?" is being conducted by llko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation under the Public Participation Facilitation Program “Doluchaisia! (Engage!)” funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID / USAID / ENGAGE) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. The content of the roundtable materials is solely the responsibility of Pact and its partners and does not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the US Government.

Speakers:

Volodymyr Paniotto – CEO of KIIS

Mykhailo Mishchenko – Deputy Head of the sociological service of Razumkov Center
Oleksii Antypovych – Head of sociological group “Rating” 
Iryna Bekeshkina – Head of llko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation
Volodymyr Fesenko – Chairman of the Board of the Center for Applied Political Studies "Penta"

Olha Aivazovska – Chairman of the Board of All-Ukrainian public organization “Hromadianska merezha “OPORA”
Ievhen Bystrytskyi – expert, “Vyborcha Rada UA”
Oleksii Koshel – CEO of “Komitet vybortsiv Ukrainy”
Natalia Lyhachova – Editor-in-Chief of the online media “Detector media” 
Oleksandr Martynenko – CEO of the informational agency “Interfax-Ukraina”