Intellectual Capital
The 9th interdisciplinary workshop on intangibles, intellectual capital and extra-financial information was held at the Copenhagen Business School at the end of September. It was organized by EIASM (the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management). Mariya Molodchik, Associate Professor of the Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies HSE Perm told about the event.
Russia and HSE Researchers Join the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Programme
On October 8, 2013, the results of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will be published in Russia and several other countries. In Russia, the presentation will take place at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
Christian Ahlin Lectures on Macroeconomics at the HSE Nizhny Novgorod
Christian Ahlin, Associate Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, has begun lecturing at the HSE Nizhny Novgorod. Professor Ahlin teaches development economics as an elective course for undergraduate students, Economics programme students, and second-year postgraduate students.
International Workshop on ‘Sustainable Public Procurement: Research Trends and New Challenges’
The Center for Institutional Studies (CInSt), at HSE, is hosting a workshop on 4 - 5 October, 2013 on aspects of sustainable public procurement. The international workshop brings together researchers from The Economics of Public Private Partnerships Chair and the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova and from the HSE’s CInSt. The HSE news portal asked three of the participants to answer some questions in advance of the workshop.
A graduate of the HSE in Nizhny Novgorod, Dmitry Khametshin: ‘My academic career is my priority’
A graduate of the HSE in Nizhny Novgorod, Dmitry Khametshin is now getting his Ph.D. from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He talks about his professional career and future plans.
Memorandum of Understanding with Maastricht University Signed
On 3 October, Prof. Yaroslav Kuzminov, Rector of the Higher School of Economics and Prof. Martin Paul, President of Maastricht University, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
The HSE Develops Tool for E-commerce Price Tracking
The Higher School of Economics has developed an internet inflation index to measure fluctuations in online retail prices.
Informal Activism Changes Russian Society
Natural disasters and the election results have triggered rapid development of informal social activity in Russia. Experts revealed some new characteristics of Russian civil society in their research ‘Russian Neo-Political Activism: Sketching a Portrait of a Hero’.
Sociological Approaches to Urban Environmentalism and Compassion in Healthcare
HSE Assistant Professor of Sociology Ruben Flores, PhD talked to the HSE news portal about his presentations at the ASA and ESA sociology conferences this summer, about forthcoming sociology seminars at HSE and about why living in Moscow is interesting for sociologists.
She Teaches Economics in London
Svetlana Bryzgalova, HSE graduate in Nizhny Novgorod, is studying and working in the London School of Economics. In September she delivered several open lectures and workshops for the HSE students in Nizhny Novgorod.