Kyiv International Institute of Sociology

Sociological research organization

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Kyiv International Institute of Sociology

Founded	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Website	kiis.com.ua

Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, or KIIS (Ukrainian: Київський міжнародний інститут соціології, КМІС), is a Ukrainian organization conducting sociological research in the fields of social and socioeconomic research, marketing research, political research, health studies, and research consulting and auditing.

Methods

In its projects, KIIS uses the following research methods:

traditional interviews
computer assisted interviews
telephone surveys
Internet surveys
postal surveys
street surveys
tracking research
panel studies
interviews at places where products are sold and services delivered
exit-polls
covert consumer
retail sales and service delivery audit
measuring flows of people and transport
in-depth interviews
brainstorming
expert surveys
hall-tests
ethnographic methods
content analysis
desk research
INPOLL online research

KIIS runs an Omnibus survey on a regular basis.

KIIS supports an open research Data Bank with the online key word search that is updated on a regular basis. Besides commissioned research, KIIS specialists conduct original academic research. KIIS Archive contains a collection of national and international publications by KIIS experts. KIIS published a number of books and research manuals. Since 2011, KIIS has been publishing its own journal «KIIS Review».

Structure

While 40 employees work at the central KIIS office, KIIS also has representative offices in major cities of Ukraine. A team of KIIS interviewers is based at each regional center, with their total number exceeding 500 people. Ten focus group moderators work at KIIS Kyiv and regional offices. KIIS has a focus group research center and a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) center.

Senior management

KIIS President – Valeriy Khmelko, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor
KIIS General Director – Volodymyr Paniotto, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor
KIIS executive director – Natalia Kharchenko, PhD
KIIS Financial Director – Volodymyr Khmelko

History

The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) was founded in 1990 as a research center of the Sociological Association of Ukraine. In 1992, a partnership was established with the Paragon Research International and thus the research center became a Ukrainian-American research company under the name of KIIS. In 1995, KIIS joined ESOMAR (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research).