The article of the KIIS CEO Volodymyr Paniotto for the magazine "Focus": "Requested vs. reimbursed surveys. Should sociologists perform each whim of the client?”.

“A client has absolutely legitimate tools to manipulate the mass consciousness through the selective publication of sociological data”.

In the opinion of the experts, the questioning of the pupils in schools about "Media literacy, democratic values and social activity of school students", that has caused a discussion on social networks, is not manipulative, but rather unprofessionally conducted.

Iryna Bekeshkina, CEO of “Demokratychi initsiatyvy” Fund (Democratic Initiatives), and Volodymyr Paniotto, CEO of KIIS, gave the comments about the formulations` correctness in the questionnaire for the pupils of 7-9 and 10-11 grades (school years of studying) that was conducted by “SocioInform” Center on the request of MYMEDIA.

An unexpected outcome of the elections in the USA showed that even in the democratic countries, data of the public opinion polls may unreliably reflect the real situation. In an interview to the TV-channel UKRLIFE.TV Volodymyr Paniotto, Ph.D., CEO of Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, professor of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", explained why the opinion polls were wrong during the elections in the US.

According to a poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology in September 2016, about half of the population of Ukraine (46%) consider Ukraine's accession to the EU to be the necessary direction of integration, while 13% of the residents support the accession to the Customs Union with Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia. However, almost a third of the population (30%) is set against the EU and against the Customs Union and considers that Ukraine should take an independent way without joining any of these unions.

On October 25th, 2016, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology presented the results of its survey about the relationship of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) with their host communities in Ukraine. The presentation was held at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center in Kyiv. Survey was done on behalf of Internews with the financial support of 

the Government of Canada provided through the Global Affairs Canada.