Researcher of socio-demographic problems, working closely with the legislative branch (member of the board of the Ministry of Social Policy, State Statistics Service, has repeatedly been an adviser to senior officials of the state) 04.02.2009 Academicianof NAS of Ukraine Department of Economics,speciality : Socio-Economics; 16.05.2003 Corresponding Memberof NAS of Ukraine Department of Economics,speciality: Labour Economics; 25.02.1999 Professor ; 09.12.1998 Senior Researcher ; 19.03.1993 Doctor Economic Sciences; 21.06.1978 CandidateEconomic Sciences,speciality: Statistics; from 29.04.2015 Secretary-academician, Bureau of the department of the Economy Department, Department of Economics Deputy head, Bureau of the section of Social Sciences and the Humanities, Section of Social Sciences and Humanities Member, Presidium of NAS of Ukraine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; from 29.04.2015 Presidium Member, Presidium of NAS of Ukraine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; from 29.04.2015 Deputy Head, Section of Social Sciences and Humanities, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; from 16.03.2007 Director, Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Proceedings concerning demography, labor economics, social economics and politics. Being a Member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine E.M. Libanova was the head of the working group and co-author of the “Vision and Strategy for demographic development of Ukraine up to 2015”. A considerable part of E.M. Libanova’s work is related to the developing a concept of the pension reform in Ukraine: the original model of the pension system in Ukraine was developted under her supervision and direct involvment. It was supported and approved by different international institutions majoring in pension modelling. Over 200 scientific papers by E.M. Libanova appeared in Ukrainian and foreign journals, more than 30 of them in the publications of UN, World Bank, UNIСEF, ILO and other authoritative international organizations. E.M. Libanova pursues the active work of an expert and a researcher as a member of the Committee for State Awards of Ukraine in Science and Technology and Deputy Chairman of the corresponding section of the Coordination Centre for pension reform implementation, Committee for economic reforms under the President of Ukraine, and Coordinating Council for the competitiveness recovery of the national economy.