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At Foresight frequency: broadcasting signals from the future

International scientific conference Foresight: Innovative Answers to Global Challenges, organised jointly with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was held at the Higher School of Economic on 18-19 October, 2012. For Russian long-term futures research experts, it was a major venue for discussing promising areas of future-oriented studies.

At Foresight frequency: broadcasting signals from the future

International scientific conference Foresight: Innovative Answers to Global Challenges, organised jointly with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was held at the Higher School of Economic on 18-19 October, 2012. For Russian long-term futures research experts, it was a major venue for discussing promising areas of future-oriented studies.

International Research Seminar "Spatial aspects of international trade, and regional growth". Presentation by Andrea Lassmann.

On November 24, 2012, MSSE was held research seminar. Report on the theme "Growth of Russian regions: a spatial econometrics approach" by Vera Ivanova (MSSE).

International Research Seminar "Spatial aspects of international trade, and regional growth". Presentation by Andrea Lassmann.

On November 24, 2012, MSSE was held public research seminar. Report on the theme "Spatial Tax" by Andrea Lassmann (KOF Swiss Economic Institute).

The Social Psychology Days in Helsinki

Professor Nadezhda Lebedeva, PhD Alexander Tatarko, PhD Maria Efremova, PhD Zarina Lepshokova, and student of the master program “Applied Social Psychology” Tatiana Ryabichenko participated in the Symposium “Managing multiculturalism in Finland, Estonia and Russia” organized by the Department of Social Sciences (Unit of Social Psychology) during the Social Psychology Days in Helsinki 23.-24.11.12.

International Research Seminar "Spatial aspects of international trade, and regional growth." Presentation by Iakov Kuga.

On November 22, 2012, MSSE was held public research seminar. Report on the theme "National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation" by Iakov Kuga (HSE, SPb).

Siberian Cowboy as a bastion of free Russia

Nikolay Dzis-Voinarovskiy's piece on Roberto Foa and Anna Nemirovskaya’s research at Slon.ru

"Green" pathway for the EU. The workshop by Dimitrios Mavrakis

On November 6, 2012 a public workshop, dedicated to "green" energy, by Professor Dimitrios Mavrakis was held at the Higher School of Economics. According to the expert, "green" energy development is able to defeat the growing global threat of energy shortages and decreasing living standards caused by the deteriorating environment.

International Research Seminar "Spatial aspects of international trade, and regional growth". Presentation by Andrea Lassmann.

On November 21, 2012, MSSE was held public research seminar. Report on the theme "The Causal Impact of Common Native Language on International Trade: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design" by Andrea Lassmann (KOF Swiss Economic Institute).

Carsten Sprenger: ‘For Us, the Conference on Financial Economics is the Event of the Year’

The Second International Moscow Finance Conference took place recently at the HSE International College of Economics and Finance. Carsten Sprenger, Head of the HSE Laboratory of Financial Economics and one of the conference’s organizers, told us about the event.