On September 26 and 27, 2026, students from the HSE Lyceum, university students, staff and alumni from HSE University campuses in Moscow, St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, and HSE Online took part in the 2026 Moscow Marathon. Over the two days, HSE participants completed the 10 km and 42.2 km races, competed in the student relay, cheered on runners along the course, and met up at the HSE tent in the finish area.

Syed Zeeshan Raza Zaidi, from Karachi, Pakistan, is a 2026 graduate of the Master's in Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the HSE Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. He is now pursuing a PhD programme in Educational Psychology at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In this interview with the HSE News Service, Syed Zeeshan Raza talks about following in the footsteps of one of Russia’s great neurologists, his transformative studies at HSE, the satisfaction of helping other international students find their way, and more.

HSE University’s online course ‘Experimental Linguistics’ has won an award from the Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance (GMA). The university’s initiative was the only Russian programme to receive an award in the competition.

Neural networks are no longer simple travel assistants; now they decide what to include on the route and what to skip. Artificial intelligence changes how people perceive a place and shapes the image of tourist centres. At the II International Scientific and Practical Conference ’Information Technologies in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage,’ researchers discussed who controls algorithmic solutions and in what ways, and whether authentic traditions get lost in them.

HSE University hosted the first international conference on vibe coding, VIBE CODING RUSSIA 2026. More than 450 participants and speakers from universities, banks, the telecommunications and cybersecurity sectors, and the vibe-coding community discussed how AI is shortening the path from research findings to products and who is responsible for code written by an algorithm.

In the Russian market, sustainable development increases business value primarily when it becomes part of a company’s corporate strategy. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from HSE University and their international colleagues after analysing the management practices of 152 publicly listed Russian companies. The study has been published in the journal Business Strategy and the Environment.

The Rope Shop educational space hosted a meeting between the HSE University School of Media and the Academy of Journalism and Communication in Vietnam. The parties discussed developing joint educational programmes, organising research conferences and satellite laboratories for media specialists, and expanding academic mobility.

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.

An economist at HSE University used a microeconomic model to show that excessively strict restrictions on the collection and processing of personal data can do users more harm than good. The article has been published in Voprosy Ekonomiki.