The Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Comparative Social Research in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of sociology, political science or economics. The applicant’s research in the lab will be focused on cross-cultural comparisons using WVS/EVS, ESS or similar data. Deadline: February 15, 2018.
The special issue of the Foresight and STI Governance journal various aspects of labour market in the context of technological transformations are being considered.
The special issue of the Foresight and STI Governance journal various aspects of labour market in the context of technological transformations are being considered.
In the building on Myasnitskaya Street (number 11) almost 200 employees of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge have spent 247 working days, or 1976 working hours, or 118,560 working minutes. The 2017 year was a threefold milestone: Higher School of Economics turned 25, HSE ISSEK turned 15, Foresight and STI Governance journal turned 10. Lots of challenges and achievements marked this triple anniversary.
On December 19 Saba Safdar (PhD, Professor, Psychology Department, Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, University of Guelph, Canada) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report on "An examination of acculturation with the Canadian multiculturalism".
On the 18th of December 2017 at the research workshop in University of Vigo (Spain) associate professor of Economics and Finance Department, research fellow of IDLab Anna Bykova presented the results of joint research with Carlos Jardon entitled “The mediation role of companies’ dynamic capabilities for business performance excellence: insights from foreign direct investments”.
On December 18, Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for the Economy and Finance, delivered an open lecture at HSE. In his speech, the Minister discussed the prospects for cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation between Russia and France.
