HERB spring issue
We are glad to present you a first issue of new informational newsletter ‘Higher Education in Russia and Beyond’, published by National Research University Higher School of Economics.
‘There’s a Less War-Like Culture Evolving’
Ronald Inglehart, Academic Supervisor at the HSE Laboratory of Comparative Social Research in St. Petersburg, has been affiliated with the HSE for several years now. He shared some of his impressions of the XV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development and findings of the 4th LCSR International Workshop, which was part of the event.
Food as a Weapon
The ability to provide enough food for yourself, and have a surfeit to sell for export, is becoming a way for states to influence world politics and the economy, says Alina Savelyeva, assistant to the Dean at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. In the lecture she delivered at the HSE’s XV April International Conference 'The role of food potential in modern international politics', Savelyeva considers the mechanisms of how food can be a weapon.
The Five 'C's: Essential Elements for Building Foresight
Attila Havas, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, shared his views with the HSE news service on the development of foresight practices in Russia and around the world, and talked about his impressions of the April Conference.
Russia is a Country with Great Potential
International participants of the XV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development speak to the HSE News Service.
Moscow’s Exhilarating Energy Sets Mood at April Conference
Ikka Korhonen, Head of the Research Institute for Economics in Transition, Bank of Finland: ‘My interests lie in the area of macroeconomics, and there are a lot of papers being presented at the conference that important for my work.'
First-time April Conference Participants Share First Impressions
On the second day of the XV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development several conference participants and guests told us about their research and shared their impressions of the event in short interviews for the HSE News Service.
Dmitry Medvedev Discusses the New Challenges of Socio-Economic Policy with HSE Experts
On April 2, 2014, Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, participated in the roundtable discussion ‘Innovation and Social Policy in the New Context’ as part of the XV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
New Agreements on Cooperation with the HSE to Be Signed at the Conference
International participants of the XV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development speak to the HSE News Service.
Growing Partnership with the HSE Contributes to Comparative Social Research on Russia and Germany
International participants of the XV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development speak to the HSE News Service.