V. Konstantinov

N. Khashchenko

• Occupation: Researcher at the Laboratory of Social and Economic Psychology
• Affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences
  
• Address: Moscow, Yaroslavskaya St., 13, bldn. 1

On March 19-20, 2021 the Sixth International Scientific and Practical Conference “Actual problems of mass consciousness research” was organized by Penza State University. The work of the forum was organized in the format of on-line broadcasting on Zoom platform and in the social network VKontakte. Participants discussed current problems of mass consciousness phenomenon: psychological and social mechanisms for the promotion of worldviews, socio-psychological aspects of cultural transmission, the impact of the global pandemic COVID-19 on mental health and many others. The issues raised at the conference are the most acute psychological, anthropological and philosophical challenges for science and society, and their discussion enabled the participants of the forum to affirm the positive experience of overcoming these problems.