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.
‘A wide range of fundamental issues will be discussed’
Dr. Pablo Spiller, Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Business and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, will give an honorary lecture at the XIV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. He gave a special interview for the HSE News Service.
Alumni Relations: Building a Culture
'Interaction between the University and Its Alumni: Best International Practices and Prospects for Russian Universities' was a seminar recently held at HSE. Comments are by HSE’s Director for Student and Alumni Relations, Tatiana Dubova.
‘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.
HSE Students Engaged in Social Volunteerism at Orphanages
In February 2013, students of the Higher School of Economics launched the King Matt Academy with the aim of providing learning assistance to orphaned children. Master’s degree student Vladimir Korshakov of the HSE’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, who spearheads the project, recently gave us an interview.
In Search of Social Entrepreneurs
Alexandra Moskovskaya, Director of the HSE Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Studies, has won the first annual award for ‘Impulse for Good’ in the category ‘For Leadership in the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship’. She told the HSE portal about her research and how new subjects in science and social entrepreneurship are perceived in Russia.
HSE and SeoulTech: Cooperation Agreement
At the end of February 2013, a delegation from the Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) visited the HSE. As a result of negotiations, an agreement was finalized on student exchange between the two universities. The framework cooperation agreement between the HSE and SeoulTech was signed in April 2012.
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.