International Programme in Economics and Finance

Forbes has published its eighth annual ranking of the best Russian higher education institutions. HSE University took first place. Its leadership was secured, among other factors, by strong support from employers and high performance in the Academic Environment metric.

Nicolas Lagios joined the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) at HSE University–Moscow as an assistant professor in 2025. He holds a Master’s and a PhD in Economics and his research interests include political economy, cultural economics, and applied economics. In this interview, Nicolas talks about the qualities that make HSE students exceptional, the overlap between organisational psychology and his research, and why Moscow strikes the ideal work–life balance.

On November 28, 2025, the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) of HSE University hosted the 14th International Moscow Finance Conference. The event brought together many leading researchers in financial economics. The program featured three regular sessions focusing on cutting‑edge topics in contemporary finance research and a keynote address by Allen N. Berger, Professor of Finance at the University of South Carolina (USA).

In late October, the academics of ICEF HSE and FES HSE went to Wuhan University (China) for the Wuhan University – HSE Joint Workshop on Applied Economics, a venue that has brought together the economics researchers of the two universities.