The HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences has launched its traditional contest to predict the 2026 laureates of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Vote on the website by October 12 to see how well you know contemporary economics and how closely you follow the main trends in academic research.

HSE University has announced the results of its International Academic Cooperation (IAC) competition for joint fundamental research projects. Five projects have received full funding, while six more have been awarded partial funding. The research teams include scholars from Brazil, South Africa, China, India, and Oman. Alexander Balyshev, HSE University Vice President, shared details of the 2026 IAC competition winners.

The HSE International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis studies a wide range of methods for analysing decision-making and possible scenarios for the development of natural, socio-economic, and political phenomena using various mathematical models. The application of advanced mathematical methods to forecasting helps to prevent negative outcomes and avoid erroneous decisions. The HSE News Service spoke to the centre’s director, Prof. Fuad Aleskerov, about its work.

The Faculty of Urban and Regional Development (FURD) at HSE University and the municipal government of Kunshan, China, have agreed to develop expert and educational cooperation between Russian and Chinese cities. The partnership will involve exchanging professional expertise, designing professional development programmes, and jointly studying urban development.

In September, HSE University hosted a discussion titled Civil Society in African Countries and Youth Participation in Public Diplomacy. Representatives of NGOs from Ghana, Ethiopia, and Russia, along with students from HSE University’s Bachelor’s Programme in Public Administration, discussed how young people without official diplomatic status can influence relations between countries and how the nonprofit sector can remain sustainable amid declining grant funding.

Linara Khadimullina works in the field of low-carbon development. In an interview with the Young Scientists of HSE project, she spoke about why nature is not just a beautiful backdrop, her research on the role of sustainable corporate governance in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and growing plants as a source of inspiration.

HSE MIEM hosted a talk by Prof. Ana María Cetto titled ‘The First Hundred Quantum Years. What Next?’ The prominent theoretical physicist and contributor to two Nobel Peace Prizes addressed the fundamental problem of the lack of a unified interpretation of quantum theory and the incomplete understanding of its physical foundations. Eduardo Villegas Mejías, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Mexican States to the Russian Federation, attended the event.

The International N5 Symposium ‘Neural Networks and Nonlinearity in Nizhny Novgorod’ was held in Nizhny Novgorod in late September. The event was organised by HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists, with the participation of Sberbank and the Institute of Physics Belgrade. 

Sashadhar Dutta, from India, is a second-year PhD student at the HSE Doctoral School of Economics. He is currently working on his PhD thesis titled ‘On Some New Bounds Connected with Recurrent Sequences Modulo Prime’. Sashadhar spoke to the HSE News Service about why HSE deserves its good reputation, what he likes about Moscow, and how his time at HSE has changed his perceptions of both Russia and his own research.