‘This Year Marks an Important Step in the Conference’s Trajectory’
The XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development hosted by the HSE with support from the World Bank will start in Moscow on April 19th, 2016. Deputy Chairmen of the Conference Programme Committee Lev Jakobson and Andrei Yakovlev discuss the new format of the April Conference’s plenary sessions and share their views on some of the new themes and particularly noteworthy guest speakers.
Founder of World’s Largest Encyclopaedia of Public Administration and Public Policy to Speak at April Conference
Ali Farazmand, Professor of Public Administration and Policy at Florida Atlantic University has long been interested in issues of public administration, public policy and governance. Ahead of his lecture at the XVII April Conference, Professor Farazmand speaks about his research interests and how he hopes to further develop collaborative relationships with Russian scholars.
‘Studies on Income and Social Inequality Must Include an Analysis of Business Elites’
Dr. Julián Cárdenas, a Researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, has devoted much of his career to studying business networks. A participant on the ‘Business Networks’ panel at the XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development on April 21, he recently agreed to speak with the HSE news service about his research interests, in particular his focus on elite business networks and how they differ around the world.
Winners of the National Award in Applied Economics 2016 Announced
The prestigious National Award has been granted to Ekaterina Zhuravskaya*, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, and Evgeny Yakovlev, Professor and Director of the New Economic School Data Centre, for their paper ‘The Unequal Enforcement Of Liberalization: Evidence From Russia's Reform Of Business Regulation’. The National Award in Applied Economics is given once every two years for outstanding published papers that analyse the Russian economy at the country, industry, regional, or company level.
Expert review deadline extended
Due to a large number of applications this year, the Programme committee is forced to extend the expert review deadline.
Information about World Bank grant is available on conference website
This information may be useful for participants whose paper will be included in Conference program.
Preliminary application statistics
The organizing committee has summed up the interim results. According to the electronic registration system, XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development has received over 1000 applications this year.
The registration to XVII April conference as a speaker is finished
The registration to XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development for speakers finished on Friday, November 20, 2015.
Professor Moulin has confirmed his participation
Donald J. Robertson Chair of Economics at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, Head of the Laboratory of Game Theory and Decision Making at HSE in Saint Petersburg
Professor Kuran has confirmed his participation
Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University