Lectures by Professor Aleskerov on the Volkswagen Summer School were given
Three lectures on “Advances in Decision Making Theory and Applications” given on the Volkswagen Summer School organized by Frei Universitat of Berlin and National Research University Higher School of Economics, Berlin, September 28 – October 3, 2015.
A New Approach to Investigation of Heterogeneity of Higher Education System (with application to the Russian Higher Education System)
Prof. Aleskerov, the Head of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis gave a talk at Erich-Schneider-Seminar at the University of Kiel (CAU, Germany)

On Wednesday, September 16 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held.
Speaker: Alexander Karpov (Heidelberg University, Germany; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia )
Title: A theory of knockout tournament seedings

On Thursday, May 21 a Scientific Seminar of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis was held
Speaker: Dmitry Dagaev (Deputy Vice Rector, Associate Professor at Department of Higher Mathematics), Alex Suzdaltsev (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Title: 'Seeding, Competitive Intensity and Quality in Knock-out Tournaments'

On Wednesday, May 20 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held.
Speaker: Andranik Tangian (WSI in the Hans-Böckler-Foundation, Düsseldorf, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Title: Is the left-right alignment of parties outdated? The German case

On Monday, April 27 a Scientific Seminar of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis was held
Speaker: Ilya Schurov (Associate Professor at the Department of Higher Mathematics), Alla Tambovtseva (student at School of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences)
Title: Assesment of manipulation in virtual communities: Arbitration Committee of the Russian Wikipedia website
XVI April International academic conference on economic and social development was held
XVI April International academic conference on economic and social development was held at National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow (Russia) on April 7-10, 2015. The conference was organized by National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) with participation from the World Bank. The faculty members of our laboratory took an active role in preparing and organizing the conference.
On Wednesday, March 18 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held.
Speaker: Bora Erdamar (HSE)
Title: Minorities and Efficient Referanda Mechanisms
On Tuesday, March 3 a Scientific Seminar of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis was held
Speaker: Panos M. Pardalos (University of Florida, HSE)
Topic: Computational Models and Challenging Optimization Problems
On Tuesday, February 17 the research seminar was held.
Speaker: Michel Le Breton (University of Toulouse)
Title: "Electoral Bargaining in Runoff Elections: A Cooperative Game Theory Analysis and an Application to the French Regional Elections"