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Yuri Kabanov, Research Fellow of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg, spoke at the next online seminar of the laboratory. The report was devoted to the role of international indices in the policy of the "digital state" using the example of the UN E-Government Index, which remains a key source of information on the development of digital public services in a cross-national perspective.

Russian and Italian scientists have launched a joint project to study how genes function in individual cells of glioma, a form of brain cancer, as well as the microenvironment generated by this tumor.

On May 24, 2024 the conference «Studying Gender, Family and Love During the Crises» was held at the European Humanities University in Vilnius.

On the final day of the 13th LCSR International Workshop, Ekaterina Nastina presented a study "Subjective Well-being and Regional Quality of Life in Russia" co-authored with Anna Almakaeva. 

At the 13th LCSR International Workshop participants presented their studies on the dynamics of values in Mexico, Germany and Russia.

Daria Semenova presented the study ' The Influence of Health and Taste Attitude on Willingness to Pay for Cola Drinks: A Neuroeconomic Study ', conducted in collaboration with Mariia Molodchik, as well as with the researchers of Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience - Sofya Kulikova and Anna Provorova

There was a meeting of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic "Digital transformation of public administration: problems and solutions". The Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of HSE University, Evgeny Styrin, and the laboratory’s collaborate, the head of the Center for Research on Public Administration Problems of the Institute of Economics RAS, Irina Smotritskaya participated in it.

On Wednesday, May 22, the National Research University Higher School of Economics hosted a seminar "Expert opinion and data analysis".

On 13-14 May, the first in-person intensive of the HSE Predoc Programme for Preparation for PhD in Social Sciences and Humanities was held at the HSE St. Petersburg campus. Arsenii Buchatskii, a research assistant of our Laboratory and a student of the Joint «‎Master's-PhD» Study Track, was one of the 21 participants of the intensive, selected among 36 candidates, and shared his impressions of the school.

On May 22, 2024, the next seminar "Mapping of disturbed peatlands for fire hazard assessment and implementation of climate projects using remote sensing data" was held.