‘The Main Topic of the April Conference is Human Capital’
Evgeniy Yasin, Academic Supervisor of the HSE, on the main themes and participants of the April Conference.
‘Foresight-Russia’, issue 1, 2013
The latest issue of the ‘Foresight-Russia’ journal is out.
April conference: 'Place and people close to my heart'
Dr. Jose Antonio Ortega from the University of Salamanka (Universidad de Salamanca) will be one of the speakers at the XIV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. He gave a special interview for the HSE news service.
‘In the Context of a Strong Demographic Policy’
Dr. Jose Antonio Ortega from the University of Salamanka (Universidad de Salamanca) will be one of the speakers at the XIV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. He gave a special interview to the HSE news service.
Dr. John Hampton: ‘Education is Preparing Young People for a Global Landscape of Business’
John Hampton, Professor of Business at Saint Peter’s University (New Jersey, USA), conducted a master class, Risk Management for Competitive Advantage, on March 25, 2013, at the HSE Banking Institute.
First International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey User Conference
On May 17th-18th 2013, the first international conference for users of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey will take place at the HSE. The deadline for application is March 25th 2013.
‘As Sociologists, We Have a Unique Perspective on the World’
Shannon Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of George Mason University (USA) is visiting Moscow this week for the seminar ‘From the Great Recession to Greater Gender Equality? Family Mobility and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender’ organized by the HSE Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology. It will take place on March 19.
Workplaces Under the Press of Election Technologies
Traditionally, the falsification of an election involves filling ballot boxes with fake ballot papers. International researchers at the HSE analyzed another mechanism which can be used to distort the election process: pressure on employers and employees. The following is a review of a paper by Timothy Frye, Ora John Reuter, and David Szakonyi.
‘Our Laboratory Is an Integrated Part of International Research’
Taking part in major international conferences and getting published in international academic journals is all in a day’s work for students working at the Scientific Laboratory for Research on Entrepreneurship (NULIP) at HSE. We asked Artyom Gudkov, a master’s student at ICEF and member of staff at NULIP to tell us about his work, published in the international peer-reviewed ‘Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship’.
Russians Slide to Greed and Suspicion
Russians are more concerned about material success than self-realization, in spite of a global shift from survival values to self-expression values. ‘Happiness in Russia in Comparative Perspective’, is a paper by Edouard Ponarin, Director of the HSE Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR).
Deadline for abstract submission - November 15