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On September 11, the HSE International Laboratory for Population and Health Research held a research seminar entitled «Open Science and Demographic Research». The seminar was presented by Dmitri A. Jdanov, Chief Research Fellow at the International Laboratory for Population and Health Research.The seminar focused on the contemporary concept of Open Science, which aims to enhance the accessibility, transparency, and reproducibility of scientific research. The discussion addressed the application of Open Science principles in demographic research, the barriers to their wider adoption, and the ways in which greater openness in the research process can contribute to public trust in research findings.

The International Youth Festival (IYF) will be held in Yekaterinburg from 11 to 17 September 2026. HSE University will take an active part in the event. The university's booth will present a space settlement mock-up, robots, and the iFORA big data analysis system. Fifty HSE students will visit festival venues, and experts will participate in the business programme.

On 10 September 2026, the International Laboratory for Population and Health Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) held a research seminar entitled ‘Publishing in Scientific Journals: A Step-by-Step Guide’, dedicated to the process of preparing and publishing research articles in international journals. Dmitry Zhdanov, Senior Research Fellow at the International Laboratory for Population and Health Research, delivered a presentation.

A preprint by Alexander Poddiakov, "Vague Stimulating Ideas, Images and Metaphors in Scientific Thinking: Researchers' Work with Horizons of Unclear Knowledge," has been published.

Link to the preprint

HSE University researchers will take part in a study of the future of engineering education in Malaysia, while the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) will use the iFORA big-data analysis system to validate the findings of its foresight research. These are the outcomes of a visit by HSE representatives to Kuala Lumpur.

On December 3–5, 2026, HSE University in Moscow will host ‘Comorbid Field 3.0: Social Well-Being, Health, and Medicine in Multiple Contexts,’ an interdisciplinary scientific conference with international participation organised by the Centre for Comparative Research on Social Well-Being at the HSE University Faculty of Social Sciences together with the HSE University–St Petersburg School of Arts and Humanities, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Research at the European University at St Petersburg, and Sechenov University. Applications for participation are open until October 4.

August 24, 2026, the XXIV General Congress of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA 2026) has concluded its work in Nanjing (China). The five-day conference at Nanjing University brought together 789 scientists from 29 countries. The congress discussed the most relevant areas of modern mineralogy, as well as new approaches to the study of processes occurring in minerals and mineral systems.

On September 3, at the first academic seminar of the new academic year held by the International Laboratory for Population and Health at the HSE, Olga Rodina, a graduate student and research assistant at the laboratory, presented updated findings from her Ph.D. dissertation, “Realisation of Reproductive Intentions: Causes and Consequences of Changes in Timing”. The work had already been discussed with reviewers during a preliminary review session in the spring. The September seminar focused on new findings obtained over the summer.

The conference was held from August 23 to 25. Our team presented a wide range of research, from studies on motor imagery and neuroplasticity after amputations to the development of a new ICA method and a compact interpretable natural speech decoder.

How has research into online learning evolved over the past decade? What insights can researchers offer into how students learn, interact with educational technologies, and manage their own learning? Established in 2011, the International Laboratory of Research and Design in eLearning at the Institute of Education was one of HSE’s first international laboratories. Initially, its researchers focused on large-scale studies of educational inequality. Over time, their work shifted towards exploring the potential of digital technologies to address educational challenges, particularly through experimental research on digital learning.