Political Sciences, Sociology, Psychology and Pedagogy Work in Progress in the fields of Political Sciences, Sociology, Psychology and Pedagogy: Problems of social protection for the population of Karelia during the transition to a market economy Improvement of the teaching of politology at PetrSU Understanding the contradic tions in logic between the problem of synthesis of classical and nonclassical traditions  Everyday life and youth orientations Youth Political Culture and everyday life Vocational interests and values of the senior-form pupils and pedagogical students at a summer youth pedagogical camp Life in Context-2 (for post-graduate Students) Projects proposed to be implemented in cooperation with other universities: Higher and vocational education in the European North of Russia Problems of modern youth: students' interests, i nterpersonal contacts, mechanisms of illegal formation of behavior, prophylactic measure Current ethnocultural state of the Veps population in Karelia The learning-science-pedagogical centre as a system of non-stop pedagogical education Education in the context of culture: Ethnopedagogical aspects  Teachers' profession as a culture Schooling as system Professional psychological education at a high school