RAS Award
Filipp Bykov, lecturer at the HSE Faculty of Economics Department of Higher Mathematics, has been awarded a medal by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Innovations: a New Elective Course
In April a new all-university elective course on Science, Technology and Innovation: Analysis, Strategies and Policy will be launched at the HSE. It will be delivered in English by leading HSE international professors as well as some visiting experts. Dirk Meissner, Deputy Head of the HSE Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, and one of the authors of the course, told us more about the course, its structure and specifics.
Victory in Paris
Evgeny Litvinenko, third-year student of the HSE School of Statistics, has become one of the winners of the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Paris.
International Relations
Starting from this year, as part of the master’s programme in International Relations in Eurasia at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, the students are now specializing in International Relations (previously it was Political Science). Maxim Bratersky, coordinator of the programme, told us about the changes to the course.
Cooperation with the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
On March 13th, as part of the visit of a delegation from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (France) (Ecole des autes études en sciences sociales, EHESS) to the HSE, a cooperation agreement was signed between the two universities.
HSE Postdoctoral Fellows Programme
The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), invites applications for its 2012-2013 postdoctoral fellows programme. This competitive institutional award is open to recent doctorates (Ph.D. degree within the past 3 years from non-Russian universities) and doctoral students who have completed their Ph.D. thesis in Economics and Sociology.
The University as a Center for Research and Business Innovation
At a recent meeting on the problems of applied research and innovative infrastructure development at the Higher School of Economics, the problems of the university’s development as a research center were considered. Leonid Gokhberg, First Vice Rector of the HSE, told us more about this issue.
A Fresh Issue of Economic Sociology
A new issue of Economic Sociology European Newsletter has just been published (Volume 13, #2, 2012). This publication is dedicated to Russian research in economic sociology.
‘Not PR Campaigns, but Communication Strategies have become in Demand’
In 2011, the School of Integrated Communications was launched within the HSE Faculty of Politics. The School’s Head, Sergey Zverev, told us about education at the School and its future plans.
For Merit to the Fatherland
On February 22nd Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded President of the Higher School of Economics, Alexander Shokhin the order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’, 3rd class.