Nizhny Novgorod to Become a World Center of Business Informatics for Three Days
From September 24th – 26th 2012, the 11th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2012) will take place at the HSE campus in Nizhny Novgorod. We asked Professor Eduard Babkin, Head of HSE Department of Information Systems and Technologies, to tell us about the conference.
How Can We Make Russian Education More Prestigious?
With the new academic year about to begin, the Rector of the National Research University HSE, Yaroslav Kuzminov, answered questions from members of the public in an online interview. The questions are about the problems and choices in developing Russian education, about the levels of achievement of school-leavers and university students and about the need for the new law 'On education in the RF'.
HSE’s Ranking in SSRN: August 2012
The Social Science Research Network has published its university rankings for August, 1, 2012.
Changing Europe Summer School: the Advantages of Interdisciplinary Approach
The 7th International ‘Changing Europe’ Summer School took place at the start of August in Moscow. The event was organized by the Higher School of Economics and the University of Bremen Research Centre for East European Studies.
HSE Experts have Become Members of a Council under the Russian Government
The list of members of the Expert Council under the RF Government has been approved. Its 200 members include staff from the Higher School of Economics.
Information Society Outlook
An Information Society Outlook by Leonid Gokhberg and Carol Leonard has recently been published at the HSE.
School of Cross-Cultural Management
‘Management in Developing Markets: Trends and Strategies’ was the topic of an international summer school which took place at the HSE Faculty of Management. Irina Volkova, organizer of the school and professor at the HSE Department of General and Strategic Management, told us about the event.
The Russian Federation: A New Innovation Policy for Sustainable Growth / Global Innovation Index
'The Russian Federation: A New Innovation Policy for Sustainable Growth / Global Innovation Index' by Leonid Gokhberg and Vitaliy Roud has recently been published by INSEAD.
Order ‘For Merit for the Fatherland’, 4th class
Yaroslav Kuzminov, Rector of the Higher School of Economics, has been awarded the order ‘For Merit for the Fatherland’, 4th class, by the President of Russia.
LCSR Summer School 2012: Results and Plans
The HSE Laboratory for Comparative Social Research summer school on ‘Causal models and structural equations’ has just finished in Zelenogorsk. The Laboratory director, Eduard Ponarin, shared his impressions about the school and told us about the LCSR’s plans for developing the school...