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Introduction to R

The Laboratory shares the lectures on the topic "Basic Statistics and Introduction to R", which were developed and delivered by Prof. Eduard Ponarin in the Faculty of Social Science, NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia.

Workshop "Game Theory, Mechanism Design and Market Equilibria"

On April 8, 2016 the workshop organized by the International Laboratory of game theory and decision-making was held. The event brought together researchers interested in social choice, mechanism design and other fields which are close to the research interests of the laboratory.

April, 20 professor Andy Green (University of London) talk about education, skills and ‘pre-distributive’ social policy

April, 20 professor Andy Green (University of London) talk about education, skills and ‘pre-distributive’ social policy
This paper will use the OECD PISA and Survey of Adult Skills data to examine the variation across countries in the distribution of the literacy and numeracy skills of young people and adults, how these change over the life course, and how the characteristics of education and training systems affect this.

The Illegal Street Kiosks and Environmental Psychology

On April 7 Kirill Ilnitski (PhD, researcher at Centre for Aesthetics in Practice and Community Design, University of Trento) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report on "The Illegal Street Kiosks and Environmental Psychology".

Central Asians Happier Than Russians

Correspondents of OPEC.ru published a review article of the research conducted by to Tatiana Karabchuk (Ex-Deputy Head of LCSR) and Daria Salnikova (LCSR Research Assistant). The study is devoted to subjective wellbeing and life satisfaction of Central Asian countries` citizen.

Lecture by Roeland Hancock "Neurochemistry of speech oscillations"

Roeland Hancock is from the University of California, San Francisco, USA

For fair elections

New article by Margarita Zavadskaya (LCSR Senior Research Fellow) and her colleagues titled "When do political parties join protests? A comparative analysis of party involvement in “for fair elections” movement" was published in the recent issue of "East European Politics". 

Research Assistant Alexey Nikolayev got a scholarship

Congratulations Alexey Nikolaev on the award of scholarships named after Ilya Segalovich

Civic activities in Eastern Europe

New article by Alla Marchenko (LCSR Asssociate Researcher) titled "Civic activities in Eastern Europe: links with democratic political culture" was published in the recent issue of "East European Politics".

April 21, professor Henry Levin (Columbia University) talk about why it is important to invest in the education of disadvantaged.

April 21, professor Henry Levin (Columbia University) talk about why it is important to invest in the education of disadvantaged.
Students from disadvantaged families face obstacles in reaching and completing higher education.