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From November 26–29, the 2nd International Educational Forum (IEF) was held at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) in Moscow with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Research intern Roman Karikh of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research gave a presentation at the Forum.

On November 24, 2025, at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), Natalia Vasilievna Bulchenko, a second-year postgraduate student at the Graduate School of Sociology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, a research intern at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, and a participant in the regular project group "Social Order in the Transforming Social Sphere: Macro- and Micro-Analysis," moderated a section at the III Youth All-Russian Scientific Conference "The Position of Women in Business in Russia and the World," which was organized by members of the MGIMO Student Club at the Department of World Economy "Women in Science."

The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines and Digital Technologies of the Bashkir Academy of Public Administration under the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa) held a methodological seminar titled “Methodology and Tools for the Use of Digital Technologies in Educational and Research Activities.”  The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Research Fellow Aisylu Ataeva, delivered a presentation titled “Methodological and Practical Aspects of Using Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research.”

The first international conference "Historiographical and Perspective Tasks of Modern Information Law" was dedicated to topical issues of the transformation of historical science and archival studies in the context of universal digitalization. Senior Researcher of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Diskin took part in the conference. He made a presentation on the topic: "The impact of digital platforms on the transformation of approaches to the preservation of historical sources."

On November 25, the Cyberdom space in Moscow hosted a session titled "Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment for People with Disabilities: Realities and Opportunities," organized as part of the All-Russian Inclusive Forum "Open for All." Among the participants were Elena Yarskaya-Smirnova, head of our laboratory, and Igor Novikov, research intern at ILSIR and head of Everland.

From November 12 to 14, 2025, the 7th All-Russian Sociological Congress "Sociology and Society: The Formation and Functioning of Public Memory" was held in Moscow. On November 13, as part of the congress, staff from the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research (ILSIR) held Roundtable Discussion #13, "Are Outsiders Allowed? Definitions and Challenges of an Inclusive Society."

On November 26, the 106th session of the Formal Philosophy research seminar was held.

Researchers at the HSE Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics in St. Petersburg, led by Sergey Koltcov, have learned to quickly reduce the size of neural networks without losing quality using statistical physics methods.

On November 19, 2025, Ilya Naidanov, a graduate of the PhD program in Applied Economics, presented at the research seminar of the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (IDLab). He shared findings from the study titled "The Impact of Social Media Comments on the Profitability of Russian Companies," conducted jointly with Marina Zaveryaeva, a research fellow at the laboratory. The research was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grant № 23-78-10149 "Factors of Intensification of SME Resources under External Uncertainty."

Within the framework of the HSE University Expert and analytical forum, a session of experts from the Institute for Public Administration and Governance (HSE University), including staff from the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration was held. The participants discussed their experience in attracting young HSE researchers to expert and analytical work, as well as the specifics of interaction with experienced experts and representatives of a government customer.