Rena Fuad Ibrahimbeyova

Rena Fuad Ibrahimbeyova

  • PhD in Psychology, Professor
  • Department of Organization of Social Work
  • Email: Rana.Ibrahimbayova@au.edu.az

Short Biographical Information

  • Rena Fuad Ibrahimbeyova was born on 15 September 1944 in Baku. 
  • She completed her secondary education in Baku in 1960.

Education, Academic Degrees and Academic Titles

  • Professor, 2025
  • Associate Professor, 1983
  • PhD in Psychology, 1977
  • Postgraduate Studies,Azerbaijan State University named after S. M. Kirov, Psychology, 1973–1976
  • Bachelor’s Degree, Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute, Architecture,1961–1967

Professional Experience

  • Azerbaijan University, Department of Organization of Social Work, Professor since 2022
  • UNIFEM, Regional Project “Life without Violence – It Is Our Right,” Azerbaijan Coordinator 2000–2002
  • Baku State University, Head of the Department of Gender and Applied Psychology since 2002
  • Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Deputy Head of the Department of Science, Culture, Public Education and Social Issues 1993–2011
  • United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Azerbaijan, Project “Gender Development in Azerbaijan,” National Coordinator 1987–1989

Research Areas

  • General and Creative Psychology
  • Family Psychology
  • Gender Expertise of Legislation
  • Violence Against Women
  • Women’s Labor
  • Contemporary Gender Issues
  • Public Activities

Publications

Papers

  • Ibrahimova, R.F. Fuad Akhmedovich Ibragimbekov: A Great Scientist and True Humanist. History of Russian Psychology in Persons: Digest, 2017, No. 3, pp. 114–124.
  • “The Role of Women in Gender Relations.” Sema Sky, Issue 1, Baku, 2016, pp. 21–23.
  • “Gender Issues in Agriculture in Azerbaijan.” Gender Equality, Social Protection and Rural Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, FAO, 2016, pp. 7–11.
  • “Cultural-Ecological Approach as a Mode of L. Vygotsky’s Cultural-Historical Concept.” Proceedings of the Scientific-Practical Conference “The Human Being in a World of Uncertainty,” Vol. 1, Moscow, 2016, pp. 238–242.
  • “Gender Problems in Agriculture in Azerbaijan.” Gender Equality, Social Protection and Rural Development, Budapest, 2016, pp. 9–13.

Conference Abstracts 

  • “From the History of Gender Relations in Azerbaijan.” Republican Scientific Conference on Gender Problems and Modern Azerbaijan, 25 November 2017, pp. 9–17.
  • “Innovative Approaches in Education: The Experience of the ‘INKISHAF’ REP Center.” Pedagogical Approaches in Education: Experience of the Past and Vision for the Future, 4–5 May 2016, pp. 103–104.
  • “On Work with Gifted Children in Azerbaijan.” Contemporary Period and Current Issues of Social Sciences, 19 December 2016, pp. 114–117.
  • “Some Results of Medical-Biological Research of Populations with High Longevity Index.” Proceedings of the V Congress of Physiologists of the CIS, Sochi-Dagomys, Russia, 4–8 October 2016.
  • “Psychological Aspects of Multiculturalism.” Cultural Diversity: World and Azerbaijan, International Scientific-Practical Conference, 29 April 2016, pp. 272–275.

Courses Taught

  • Psychology and Psychiatry of Youth
  • Methodology of Youth Work
  • Psychological Foundations of Youth Work