Scientific Activity

Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies

National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use (NUWMRU)

1. AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

The research work of the department is organized according to three educational programs and is united by a consolidated theme: "Human and Culture in the Context of Digitalization and Creative Practices: Spiritual, Aesthetic, Artistic, and Cultural Aspects" (No. 0126U000307).

OP "Creative and Digital Culture"

— Digital culture as a new type of cultural environment: ontological and axiological dimensions

— Transformation of Personal Identity in Digital Space: Philosophical and Cultural Analysis

— Cultural memory and digital heritage: challenges of preservation and transmission in wartime conditions

OP "Management of Socio-Cultural Activities"

— Cultural Event as a Management Object: Theory, Typology, and Management Technologies

— Corporate Culture and Business Ethics in the Context of Organizational Digitalization

— Sociocultural Project Management and Regional Development: Ukraine's Experience in Wartime Conditions

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— Visual Culture and Aesthetics of the Digital Image: Philosophical and Art Studies Approach

— Semiotics of Graphic Design: Sign, Symbol, Image in the Communicative Space of Culture

— National identity and traditional ornamentation in contemporary Ukrainian graphic design

— Ethics of Visual Communication and Designer Responsibility in the Context of Information Warfare

2. SCIENTIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT

The scientific activity of the department is supported by the following institutional resources and partnerships:

Internal infrastructure


Professional Council	Prof. Nakhonichna O. P. (Doctor of Philosophy) and Prof. Zaluzhna A. Y. (Doctor of Philosophy) are members of specialized academic councils for the defense of dissertations.
Scientific Club	"Katarсис" is a student scientific association led by Associate Professor M. S. Melnychuk. It serves as a platform for the testing of student research, preparation of theses, and scientific articles.
Resource provision	Access to international scientometric databases Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, as well as the resources of the scientific library of NUVHP. digital archives of the NAS of Ukraine; Laboratory of Digital Design and Creative Practices (room 661).
Online platforms	Zoom, Google Meet — for conducting scientific seminars, webinars, conferences in a distance format.

Scientific partners

— G. S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

— Department of Philosophy and Cultural Management of the National University "Ostroh Academy"

— Department of History and Theory of Culture, National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts

— Department of Philosophical, Political, and Psychological Studies of Cherkasy State Technological University

— Department of Fine Arts, Design, and Methods of Teaching at Ternopil National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatiuk

— Public Organization "Ukrainian Association of Religious Studies"

— Public organization "Information and Analytical Center for Strategic Research and Development 'Dialogue'"

— Rivne Regional Center for Folk Art

— Rivne Regional Museum of Local Lore

3. RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Research projects conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

№	Title of the Research Topic	Registration number	Execution term	Status
1	"Person – Culture – Spirituality: Contemporary Theoretical, Methodological, and Practical Issues"	№ 0113U004050	2017 — 2020	Completed
2	"The Life World of a Person as a Universe of Culture: Spiritual, Moral, Aesthetic, and Religious Dimensions"	№ 0120U000237	June 2020 — June 2023	Completed
3	"Human and Culture in the Context of Digitalization and Creative Practices: Spiritual, Aesthetic, Artistic, and Cultural Aspects"	№ 0126U000307	2023 — to present	Under processing

Scientific publications

General indicators of publication activity (annually):

Total number of publications	More than 20 professional publications annually.
Scopus / Web of Science Publications	Annually — articles in publications indexed in leading international scientometric databases, including: - Shadiuk, T., Sarnavska, O., Yakovyshyna, T., Koberska, T., Kachmar, O., Sherman, M., The Influence of the Culture of the Third Information Revolution on the Formation of Personality in the M. Serres Philosophical Discourse. Postmodern Openings, 2021. 12(1), March, pages: 241-253. https://doi.org/10.18662/po/12.1/257 Web of Sciences (WOS) - Melnychuk, Maksym; Sokolovskyi, Oleh; (2025) "Spiritual Music as a Factor of Religious Identity in Ukrainian Orthodoxy," Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 45 : Iss. 8 , Article 9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2229.2669 (SCOPUS, Q 2) - Melnychuk Maksym. Reconstruction Of The Religious Paradigm In The Modern Globalized World. / Oleh Sokolovskyi, Oksana Chaplinska / Scientific journal. Published by the decision of the Scientific Council of Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Academician Georg Brutian WISDOM . View of Vol. 18 No. 2 (2021): 2-2021. P 153-161. (Web of Science; Scopus) ttps://www.wisdomperiodical.com/index.php/wisdom/issue/view/23/29. DOI: 10.24234/wisdom.v18i2.467 - Tetiana Koberska et al. (2021). Historical Evolution of Knowledge: Interpretation of Truth in Postmodernism. Postmodern Openings. 2021. Volume 12. Pp/: 215-227\| DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/po/12.1Sup1/280.Covered in: (WOS) - Zaluzhna A.Ye., Tsetsik Ya.P., Buravskyi O.A. Socio-economic processes in Volyn 1915-1916. Pages of history: collection of scientific works, Issue 48. Kyiv, 2022 National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" (WOS) https://doi.org/10.20535/2307-5244.48.2019.176377
Collections of Scientific Papers	Seven collections of the conference "Man in the World of Spiritual Culture" have been published (since 2018).
Educational and Methodological Publications	Educational materials, methodological recommendations for the department's courses, electronic learning courses on the Moodle platform of NUWGP.

Scientific events and cooperation

The department is a co-organizer of annual scientific events:

International Conference of Young Scientists	"Philosophical Dimensions of Technology" (IV–VI years, 2023–2025)
All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference	"Current Problems of Humanities: Worldview and Legal Approaches, Communicative and Pedagogical Strategies" (XI–XV centuries, 2020–2025)
International Conference	"Determinants of Socio-Economic State Recovery", Section 6: "Worldview and Socio-Cultural Transformations of Digital Humanities" (2023–2025)
All-Ukrainian Conference of Students and Young Scientists	"Humanity in the World of Spiritual Culture" (annually since 2018; 6 volumes of conference materials published)

Participation in professional expert activity:

— Opposition of doctoral and candidate dissertations (Prof. Nakonchenkа O. P., Prof. Zaluzhna A. Y., Assoc. Prof. Koberska T.A.)

— Membership in specialized academic councils for dissertation defense (Prof. Nakhonichna O.P.)

— Participation in the jury of the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works in the discipline of "Philosophy" and the specialty "Cultural Studies"

— Participation in the juries of the competitions "Science Through the Eyes of Youth," "Philosophical Essay"

— Organization and conducting of the I and II stages of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Philosophy