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Report on Cultural Diversity, Migration and Educational Conference (University of Potsdam)
With millions of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe and over 65 million displaced worldwide, the understanding of cultural diversity, migration, and the educational integration and the adaptation of both the newcomers and the receiving countries continues to be a major concern to all stakeholders.

The summer school which was organized by SRH University Heidelberg, Germany took place from June 26 to July 3, 2016 and it covered topic such as Diversity, politics and society, social security and legal framework, Challenges for the Educational Sector and Applied Diversity. It was complemented by social and cultural activities introducing German culture and history. Ebenezer Adu-Darko - the student of program "Population and Development" shares his experience of participating this school.

From May 30 to June 19 students can vote for HSE’s best teachers of the academic year. This year students and alumni can submit their scores online. You can choose your candidate from the faculty list — no more than two lecturers and two teachers conducting workshops or practical training — in LMS module ‘Rate Your Courses’ right after the required assessment of your teachers and courses. If your candidate is not on the list, you can indicate him or her in the ‘Other teacher (specify full name)’ category. In addition to recognition, the best teachers will also receive a bonus.

Russian small towns risk being depleted of young people, as three-quarters of school leavers are planning to migrate to regional centres, Moscow or St. Petersburg in search of a better life, while just 4% are prepared to stay in their home communities.

Demographic Review" is a scientific peer-reviewed open-accessed journal, published quarterly in Russian and once a year in English. We consider the establishment of our journal an important event in the life of our professional community, as well as of the entire community of social scientists. The thematic research range is quite broad: demographic processes themselves and the bordering interaction areas of demography and other branches of social knowledge (economic, social, medical, historical, mathematical demography, population geography, etc.).We expect to see the papers of researchers from different Russian and foreign scientific centers on the pages of the "Demographic Review". We want to make a good journal and this can only be done together.We also hope to find an interested reader who cares about the demographic problems of the country and the world. We hope, dear readers, for your response and fruitful dialogue with you.

XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Plenary session 'Migration in the global context'.

MODERATOR: E. Yasin – Academic Supervisor, HSE
SPEAKERS: A. Vishnevsky – Professor, Director, Institute of Demography, HSE
                 M. Denisenko – Deputy Director, Institute of Demography, HSE
PARTICIPANTS :
                 Z. Zayonchkovskaya – Head of Laboratory for Migration, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences
                 V. Mukomel – Head of the Department of Studying of Migration and Integration Processes, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Science
                V. Postavnin – President, “Migration XXI Century” Foundation
                I. Tsapenko – Head of the Socioeconomic Development Sector, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

Andrei Melville, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, encourages students to actively participate in the assessment and explains why student involvement in assessment procedure is important to the management of the Faculty.

Public Policy Department invites you to participate in the Spring School, taught entirely in English, from 13 to 19 of May!