Kyiv International Institute of Sociology
# Kyiv International Institute of Sociology

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).

