{"id":160247,"date":"2025-10-16T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"exiled-belarusian-academics-set-up-public-opinion-research-hub","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160247\/","title":{"rendered":"Exiled Belarusian academics set up public opinion research hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/centr_empir_soc_fb_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/centr_empir_soc_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/centr_empir_soc_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/centr_empir_soc_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/centr_empir_soc_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/centr_empir_soc_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Astafiej Va\u0142ovi\u010d  Belarusian Research University&#039;s Facebook page)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Exiled Belarusian academics established a research university in Poland last month, named after Astafiej Va\u0142ovi\u010d, a 16th-century statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with the Empirical Sociology Centre that will monitor public opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center will focus on social transformations in Belarus, analyzing empirical data and social dynamics to identify the key drivers of social development, it said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empirical sociology helps recognize changes in society and grasp underlying trends, said Andrej Vardamacki, a prominent Belarusian sociologist and center\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers will examine factors shaping the current structure of Belarusian identity, including geopolitical orientation, societal values, attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, the \u201cnew normal\u201d and trends in re-Sovietization, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vardamacki left Belarus in 2010 and founded the Belarusian Analytical Workshop as an independent sociological and analytical initiative in Warsaw two years later. He specializes in public opinion surveys in Belarus as well as research and analysis of political attitudes and media consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Belarusian Analytical Workshop as an extremist group, listing Vardamacki as one of the members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Sociologist: independence remains key value for Belarusians \u00a0<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 3, Pozirk. Sociological surveys of Belarusians\u2019 geopolitical preferences consistently show that the idea of independence is the fundamental factor driving their choices, sociologist Andrej Vardamacki, head of Warsaw-based Belarusian Analytical Workshop, has said at a round-table discussion in Wroc\u0142aw. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/158370\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 16, Pozirk. Exiled Belarusian academics established a research university in Poland last month, named after Astafiej Va\u0142ovi\u010d, a 16th-century statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with the Empirical Sociology Centre that will monitor public opinion. The center will focus on social transformations in Belarus, analyzing empirical data and social dynamics to identify the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160232,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-160247","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exiled Belarusian academics set up public opinion research hub | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 16, Pozirk. 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