OPEC.ru published an article about new research conducted by Peter Meylakhs, senior research fellow of LCSR (Saint-Petersburg). The article is titled "Russian Drug Users are not Afraid of HIV Threat".
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Giorgio Sirilli, former chairman of the OECD Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI), is offering lectures to the HSE academic staff and students of the Master’s programme in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
Giorgio Sirilli, former chairman of the OECD Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI), is offering lectures to students in the Master’s programme in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
“We have a motto to follow: ‘The programme is designed not for professors but for students’”, — Dr. Dirk Meissner, the academic director of the Master’s programme “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” said smiling broadly. On 14 April, within the framework of the Open Doors Day, there was a 2-hour conversation with the involvement of potential and current students, professors, representatives of state agencies, business and development companies devoted to programme objectives and reasons for choosing this particular programme.
HSE is included in QS World University Ranking as one of the world`s top universities in the subject "development studies" ("51-100"). HSE is the only Russian university that was announced as one of the best in this category.
On April 28 the International Centrer for the Study of Institutions and Development hosted another seminar held together with NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions. This time Professor Evgeny Yakovlev presented a report entitled “How persistent are consumption habits: Micro-evidence from Russia” (joint with Lorenz Kueng).
The joint IDEA, UN and WVSA Expert Meeting “Monitoring the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, targets and indicators: The role of social surveys” was held in New York. Tatiana Karabchuk participated in the meeting as Principal Invistigator from HSE and LCSR.
TIMSS Advanced is a large-scale monitoring and therefore the control procedures of testing are needed throughout assessment. Galina Larina has participated in the International observers TIMSS Advanced training seminar which was organized on 28th of January in Amsterdam. Later, Irina Shklyaeva, Anastasia Kapuza and Julia Koreshnikova were also involved in the TIMSS Advanced observation.
Title: Assesment of manipulation in virtual communities: Arbitration Committee of the Russian Wikipedia website
New article written by Fabio Sabatini (LCSR associate researcher) and his colleague titled “Structural social capital and health in Italy” was published in “Economics and Human Biology”.