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On November 10th, ON-LINE roundtable on forced migration for Russian university students pursuing professional training in migration studies, development, and/or humanitarian assistance. Organizing Partners: Oxfam, UNHCR, HSE University "Population and Development".

Although the civil war ended in Tajikistan 20 years before, the country still faces the problem of the high level of landmine contamination. Despite the efforts made so far and significant improvements in mine action management, in some regions of our country, mines and Explosive Remnants of War still represent one of the main obstacles for the safety of citizens and socio-economic development of the country. Participating in the “Education for Mine Actions” Project “I strived to make my contribution to building better changes for the local children and adults in mine-affected areas in my country. As far as I can see even in the 21st century they, still suffering from mines it makes their life more complicated and insecure”.  Therefore, the “Education for Mine Actions” project, aimed at not only the provision of security and enhancing people's awareness about the threat of mines, but also at solving social and wellbeing problems of the local communities.

On February, 25, during class "Gender and Development", Valentina Frolova, lawyer of the Union of Women's NGOs, gave a guest lecture in the format of a round table. Students of "Population and Development", "Comparative Social Research programmes as well as international students and professors - Olga Isupova and Valeria Utkina attended the event.

Our masters student, Haider Munir Khan from Pakistan took part in the semester exchange program for fall term 2019. Out of a vast amount of available exchange possibilities in universities across the world, he chose Akita International University.  

Our student Augusto Dalla Ragione visited Barcelona Summer School of Demography - 2019 and workshop on Data Visualization held at the National Institute of Demographic Studies in Paris

The students of our programme often participate in major international programs and events. Today we'll tell you about one of our talented students - Vera Syrakvash and her activities in Geneva.

At the end of November, Robert Gal, Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, gave workshops for the students "Population and Development" on the National Transfer Account (NTA).

Recently, the paper of our first-year student of the master’s programme Population and Development Zhang Ruocheng 张若城 was selected to the Scientific Seminar of the Association of Chinese Postgraduates and Scientists in Russia 2018. The event was organized by the Department of Education, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Russia.