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Research Seminar on March 31, 2017

Topic: The Optimal Deterrence of Tax Evasion: The Trade-off Between Information Reporting and Audits
Speaker: Yulia Paramonova (HSE in St. Peterburg)
The workshop will take place at 3A Kantemirovskaya st., room 358 (3rd floor) at 16:50.

Sociology Development Scenarios 2030

The HSE ISSEK Foresight Centre prepared an analytical report for the Foresight session “Russian research industry 2030” which took place at the beginning of March at the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM). The participants built three sociological studies’ development scenarios for the next five years and the subsequent period. The results were presented at the VII Sociology Grushin Conference, whose motto this year was “Towards the Future. Forecasting in Social Studies”.

Seminar "Algorithm for decomposition of differences between two aggregated demographic measures"

The second seminar ‘Modern demography’ of the International laboratory for population and health NRU HSE, was held on 22nd of March. Evgeny M. Andreev, head of the дaboratory, presented the decomposition method and demonstrated some examples of its application for demographic and public health analysis.

A Third Kind of Clusters Will Appear in Russia, Agro-industrial Ones

Cluster policy tools are being considered for application in the agricultural sector. E.g. an agro-industrial cluster is currently being set up in the Yaroslavl Region, to bring together agricultural producers, individual farmers, technological infrastructure objects, and research and educational organisations. Mechanisms for providing public support to agricultural clusters were discussed at the Yaroslavl regional government a meeting on 21 March, with participation of the HSE ISSEK experts Mikhail Goland and Vasily Abashkin.

Global Technology Trends

The publication presents results of the project “Global Technology Trends Monitoring” being implemented by the HSE ISSEK as a part of HSE Basic Research Programme. The objective of the project is to identify key trends in S&T with the potentials of significant impact on social and economic development across the globe and in Russia.

HSE April Conference

XVIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by Higher School of Economics will take place in Moscow on April 11-14, 2017.

CDM centre has participated in Russia Today's reportage about money.

The centre has been presented by junior scientific staff member Oxana Zinchenko.

The role of Cossacks in the formation of the Russian nation

On March 21 Bredikhin Anton Viktorovich took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report on "The role of Cossacks in the formation of the Russian nation".

Research Seminar on March 24, 2017

Topic: Seller-paid ratings
Speaker: Sergei Kovbasyuk (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Rome)
The workshop will take place at 3A Kantemirovskaya st., room 356 (3rd floor) at 16:50.

A lecture by Roman V. Belavkin (Middlesex University, London, UK) was hold

On Wednesday, March 22 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. Professor Roman V. Belavkin (Middlesex University, London, UK) gave a lecture on «Utility, Risk and Information»