This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Faculty of Sociology at Yerevan State University (YSU), which has been celebrated with a series of events.

The founders of the Center for Educational Research and Consulting are alumni of the Faculty, and the center actively participated in the events organized during the anniversary week.

As part of the anniversary events, on November 8, YSU hosted an event titled "The Faculty of Sociology in the Mosaic of Success Stories of Its Alumni." At the event, the founder and director of our center, Marina Galstyan, discussed the importance of establishing a research center specializing in education and shared the center's journey, emphasizing that the mission of the center is to provide policymakers with fundamental data and research results.

On November 12, the Faculty of Sociology at YSU organized an international conference titled "DEMOCRACY PENDULUM: CRISIS OF IDENTITIES AND TRANSFORMATION OF VALUES" during which we presented the following presentations: "Sociological Understanding of Youth Participation in Post-War Armenia" addressing the characteristics of youth participation in Armenia, with a special focus on the practice of silence as a form of protest, communication, and memory-building, ''Challenges and Opportunities of Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Public Opinion Formation''.

We were also invited to participate in the student scientific conference organized by the Student Scientific Society of the Faculty of Sociology, where students and alumni from different years gave presentations.

The anniversary week concluded with a formal event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Faculty of Sociology.