Alla Lobanova, born in 1956, received a Candidate of Sociological Sciences  (Dr. phil.) in 1994, and a Doctor of Sociological Sciences degree (Dr. habil.) in 2005 from the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Worked as a sociologist at an industrial enterprise, in local government, and since 1992 as an assistant, assistant professor, head of the department of sociology at the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, where she is professor. Her research interests include issues of social adaptation, sustainable development, labor motivation, social effectiveness and social partnership. She has published a number of papers in in Ukrainian and Polish journals, is a author of monographs and textbooks on the sociology of labor and deviation.