Academic Discussions Help Resolve Practical Problems
Russia’s economic situation, ways of overcoming the current crisis, educational development, social policy, and international scientific cooperation – this and much more were the focus of HSE’s XVI April International Academic Conference, which ended this past Friday. During a video interview, participants of the conference’s plenary sessions and meetings shared their view of the main issues of the global agenda and talked about the ways academic discussions help resolve practical problems. The interviews were prepared by students of the Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design.
Birgit Hansl, Programme Leader and Lead Economist for the Russian Federation, Europe, and Central Asia on a report from the World Bank and on how Russia will soon be able to change its position as an energy exporter in the world economy
Richard Scott, the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD, on the significance of universities as platforms for achieving synergy between education and science
Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University Professor, on HSE’s activities and the April Conferences as an important element in overcoming the crisis and developing the Russian economy further
Jonathan Linton, University of Ottawa (Canada) and ISSEK HSE, on the relationship between science and practice
Rubén Beltrán Guerrero, Mexican Ambassador to Russia, on the importance of academic conferences and scientific and technological areas of cooperation between the two countries
Ana Revenga, Senior Director of the Poverty Global Practice at the World Bank Group, talks about Russia’s achievements in the fight against poverty and about new challenges that arise
Operators: Ivan Krasilnikov, Timofey Yurtov, Viktoria Frolova
Correspondents: Ivan Bocharov, Nikita Sokolov, Nikolay Voroshilov
Editors: Yulia Skriabova, Kristina Markova, Anastasia Burtseva
Supervisors: Nikita Kushkin, Evgenia Vidiaykina
Multimedia Production Centre at the Faculty of Communications, Media and Design