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Graduation Ceremony 2019
We are glad to congratulate our graduates with successful defenses of their master's theses and the culmination of a learning marathon that each student has worked hard to complete. The staff of Master’s programme wishes them good luck and great success in their further careers.
Ronald Inglehart will give a lecture in Sakharov Center
On April, 11th Chief Research Fellow of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research Ronald Inglehart will give a lecture in Sakharov Center, Moscow. Professor Inglehart will cover the issues of contemporary authoritarianism in world politics. To register, please, follow the link (in Russian).
New Double Degree with EHESS Paris
HSE and L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) have signed an agreement for the provision of a double degree track for the HSE’s Master's programme in Comparative Social Research. This is the second double degree track being offered to students of this programme. Earlier this year, a similar agreement was signed with the Free University of Berlin.
Official opening of the Double Degree track
On June 7th, the official opening of the Double Diploma joint master program (Comparative Social Research HSE + East European Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin) was held at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. The event was attended by representatives of both universities, German Embassy in Russia and DAAD.
An unexpected journey or the right choice of a Master’s program
"Probably it’s better to start from the beginning. And by beginning I mean my enrollment in the incredible Master’s program “Comparative social research”, where international academic mobility is not only by all means supported but is even somewhat expected in the second year of studying." Our student about her journey in The University of Lisbon , Portugal
Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR)
The Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR) in Moscow Russia invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of comparative studies. The Lab offers access to its software (SPSS, Stata, HLM, MPlus) and Russian data of the latest waves of the World Values Survey and European Values Study which will be collected in 2017. A CV, research statement and two letters of recommendation should be submitted directly to via the online application form by March 15, 2017 . Please note that direct applications to the hiring laboratory may not be reviewed.
The 6 th LCSR Summer School Started in Moscow
The 6th International LCSR Summer School started in Moscow. LCSR Summer School aims to provide the knowledge and skills to conduct latent curve modeling.
Eduard Ponarin is one of the HSE's best teachers!
According to the results of the university-wide poll "Best Teachers of HSE" Eduard D. Ponarin (Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research and Professor of the HSE) became one of the best teachers of the Faculty of Social Sciences.The voting is annually held in the HSE at the end of academic year. Students and alumni choose their candidates from the faculty list — no more than two lecturers and two teachers conducting workshops or practical training. This year the turnout at the Faculty of Social Sciences was 80%.We congratulate Eduard to the another recognition of his professionalism and wish him further progress!
Estimation bias due to duplicated observations
The LCSR staff prepared a summary of Francesco Sarracino`s (STATEC, HSE-LCSR) lecture «Estimation bias due to duplicated observations: A Monte Carlo simulation», which was presented on the Sixth LCSR International Workshop.
First day of the Seminar!
We are pleased to announce that the 6th LCSR International Workshop “Trust, Social Capital and Values in a Comparative Perspective” started on Monday, 18 April at the HSE, Moscow. The Seminar is organized within the XVII April International Academic Conference at the HSE.