On December 26, 2025, the Institute of Biochemistry named after O.V. Palladin of the NAS of Ukraine held the next meeting of the general academic interdisciplinary seminar in the field of natural sciences "Topical Issues of Physico-Chemical and Mathematical Biology". The general director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, professor of the Department of Sociology at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy," Doctor of Philosophical Sciences Volodymyr Paniotto gave an interdisciplinary report titled "Modeling Social Processes and Natural Sciences: Similarity of Mathematical Apparatus or Similarity of Processes?".
In his opening remarks, the seminar leader, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute of Biochemistry named after O.V. Palladin of the NAS of Ukraine, Head of the Muscle Biochemistry Department of this Institute, academician of the NAS of Ukraine Serhii Kosterin reminded those present that the focus of the interdisciplinary general academic seminar includes scientific problems at the intersection of natural and humanitarian sciences, particularly sociology, and that Professor Volodymyr Paniotto is a well-known expert in the methodology of sociological research. He is the author of publications dedicated, in particular, to the study of poverty issues, professional prestige, analysis of sociometric data, exit polls, xenophobia, and more. The seminar leader emphasized that the speaker is the author and co-author of interesting interdisciplinary monographs, including "Why Does a Sociologist Need Mathematics?" and "Quantitative Methods in Sociological Research."
Next, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Paniotto delivered his interdisciplinary scientific report. He emphasized that modeling in sociology owes much to academician Mykola Amosov, who was not only an outstanding surgeon but also a specialist in cybernetics. In 1962, the Institute of Cybernetics was established in Kyiv under the leadership of academician Viktor Glushkov, and within it, the Department of Biocybernetics was headed by academician Mykola Amosov. The department had two groups: one focused on robotics, the other on sociology.
The speaker then focused on the following issues:
- modeling to explain social processes;
- happiness as the ratio of satisfaction of needs to the level of aspirations;
- Khmelko's theory on the change of dominant ways of life production;
- model of Ukraine;
- model of reproduction of the social structure of Kyiv and changes in value orientations;
- sympathies as a mechanism of value change;
- life cycle and S-shaped curve;
- "predator-prey" model;
- arms race model;
- agent-based modeling.
Questions to the speaker and discussion of the report were made by:
- Director of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the NAS of Ukraine, academician of the NAS of Ukraine Yaroslav Yatskiv;
- seminar leader, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute of Biochemistry named after O.V. Palladin of the NAS of Ukraine, Head of the Muscle Biochemistry Department of this Institute, academician of the NAS of Ukraine Serhii Kosterin;
- leading researcher of the Muscle Biochemistry Department of the Institute of Biochemistry named after O.V. Palladin of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Biological Sciences Lidiia Babich;
- Director of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Yevhen Holovakha;
- Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of High Technologies of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Ihor Komarov, and others.
In his concluding remarks, the seminar leader, academician of the NAS of Ukraine Serhii Kosterin thanked Professor Volodymyr Paniotto for the interesting and substantive interdisciplinary report at the intersection of sociology, biology, and mathematics and wished the speaker further creative success.
The final highlight of the meeting was several pieces by Frédéric Chopin performed by student of the National Music Academy of Ukraine .
According to information from the Institute of Biochemistry named after O.V. Palladin of the NAS of Ukraine
Photo authors – Ruslan and Volodymyr Koshovenko
