HSE University Life

In early October, members of the Moscow HSE's Student Council met with the University's Rector Yaroslav Kuzminov.

Dr. Martin Wenke, Professor of Economics, Ecology and Ethics at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany, gave a lecture for Nizhny Novgorod students on the current situation in Europe as a whole, and Germany in particular.

As part of the 'Managing Human Resources' course, Perm HSE has hosted a lecture by Academic Supervisor of the Research Section on Public Private Partnership, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Padua (Italy), Dr. Paola Valbonese.

ICEF BSc graduate 2007 Eyno Rots defended his PhD thesis in Economics at the Boston University (USA).Topic: 'Essays on Unsecured Credit, Uncertainty, and Learning'.

‘My whole life has in some way been connected with Russia, and not only academically, but also though family. My wife is Russian and our three-year old daughter has dual citizenship. Secondly, I am someone who cannot sit in one place. After about five years I need something different. And the German Academic Exchange Service offers opportunities for teaching abroad, including in Russia,’ Department of History Associate Professor Wulff Dietmar notes about his academic work. Professor Dietmar also shared the secrets of teaching, as well as his impressions from the first weeks of working at the HSE St. Petersburg.

Anastasia Kulbeda, a second-year student in HSE’s Faculty of Management, paired with Dmitry Pleshkov at the 2014 World DanceSport Championship to take home the silver medal in the freestyle division. Freestyle is a 3-4 minute dance number performed by a pair of dancers. The dance has a certain idea behind it and consists of several types of dances. The championship took place in Chengdu, China.

HSE Perm hosted a charity Bake Sale, organized by the HSE Perm discussion club, to collect funds for the city's animal homes.

HSE Perm has hosted the second International Conference on Applied Research. The conference drew Russian and international experts. Participants discussed theoretical models of economic processes, public-private partnership, intellectual capital, market development etc.

HSE Nizhny Novgorod has become something of a hub linking businesspeople from France and representatives of leading economic sectors in the region. Students with the French Presidential Programme had a chance to meet HSE graduates who now lead or are specialists in companies in Nizhny Novgorod.

Students on the MA Experience Economy: Hospitality and Tourism Management course at HSE’s Moscow campus, who graduated from the Management Faculty at HSE Perm have been praised by international experts for their contribution to major international conferences.

International Interdisciplinary Conference ‘Time and Temporality in Theme Parks’  was organized at Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany) on September 18-20. The conference consisted of several panels focused on a wide range of topics: theme parks in the U.S., theme park theory, urbanism in American imagery, and more.

The 22nd Annual Open Tourist Rally, organized by the HSE’s Extreme Sports Club, has taken place outside Moscow. Nearly 200 Russian and international students from the HSE and other Moscow universities took part.