· religion in socio‑political processes, state‑confessional relations and religious policy;
· the religious factor in international relations, intercultural dialogue, global and regional processes;
· philosophy of religion, religious studies, history of religious and philosophical thought, ethics and philosophical anthropology;
· theoretical, historical and practical aspects of Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Protestantism and Buddhism;
· religious and theological education, history of pedagogy and education, theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing.
· methodology and technologies of vocational education, digitalization of education, and spiritual and moral upbringing;
· interreligious and intercultural interaction, traditional values, religion, and culture;
· interdisciplinary research on religion at the intersection of political science, philosophy, pedagogy, and theology.