Faculty of Biology - Physiology, Morphology, Genetics and Biomedicine Chair, together with UNESCO Department "Learning Society and Socio-Sustainable Development" of Astrakhan State University is holding a discussion platform "Quality of Life: Modern challenges in an era of uncertainty", which will be held in a mixed format on November 23, 2021 at 14.00 (Moscow Time).

This conference is in Russian and English, and the following issues will be discussed during the discussion platform:

• "Priority areas in the study of quality of life in medicine"

Planned to discuss: modern methods of treatment, palliative care (patient care), comfortable life of a patient in a hospital.

• "Psychological stability as an integral characteristic of personality"

Planned to discuss: individuals' perception of their position in life in the context of culture and value system; harmonization of aspects of human life, personal resources in quality of life management.

• "The level and quality of life in the sociological dimension"

Planned to discuss: questionnaires as a survey method in various fields of activity; the results of various studies in the field of psychological and sociological questionnaires.

• "The impact of the information environment on the development of modern society"

Planned to discuss: the development of the digital educational environment; the introduction of modern technologies into everyday life; the impact of digitalization on the development of society.

Contact details on organization issues: Blinkova Svetlana Nikolaevna - Head of the Department of Socio-cultural and Educational Projects of the Department "UNESCO Chair".

E-mail: unesco.agu@gmail.com

Tel.: (8512) 24-64-42, 8 902 117 35 64.