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HSE is ranked one of the leading Project 5-100 universities

HSE is ranked one of the leading Project 5-100 universities. LCSR is actively involved in realization of the `Project 5-100` and contribute to the raise of the Russia’s universities competitiveness across the globe.

Scenario forks in the water sector

Quality and availability of water directly affect the life quality of billions of people. Water may become a source of international conflicts, or facilitate countries’ cooperation. On March 6, 2015, Russian and international experts discussed different options for national development strategies in this field, based on the identified long-term global trends, at the round table “Development Scenarios for the Water Sector” at the Higher School of Economics.

Scenario forks in the water sector

Quality and availability of water directly affect the life quality of billions of people. Water may become a source of international conflicts, or facilitate countries’ cooperation. On March 6, 2015, Russian and international experts discussed different options for national development strategies in this field, based on the identified long-term global trends, at the round table “Development Scenarios for the Water Sector” at the Higher School of Economics.

An Interview with Peter Meylakhs in the Renowned Saint-Petersburg Newspaper `Vedomosti`

Peter Meylakhs, a Senior Research Fellow of LCSS, gave an interview to the prime newspaper of the city `Saint-Petersburg Vedomosti` addressing an acute problem of drugs policy in Russia and other countries around the world.

4th ICSID-CSDSI workshop

4th workshop in the series of the ICSID-CSDSI seminars took place at the Higher School of Economics on March 17, 2015. Michael Rochlitz, Assistant professor at the HSE Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Political Science, presented his paper "Performance Incentives and Economic Growth: Regional Officials in Russia and China".

Value orientations of authoritative personality: cross-cultural research in Russia and Germany

On March 19, Yuriy Altman (researcher at the department of Social and Political Psychology, Yaroslavl State University), took part in the “Culture matters” research seminar.

On Wednesday, March 18 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held.

Speaker: Bora Erdamar (HSE)
Title: Minorities and Efficient Referanda Mechanisms

A new article "Current state and problems of the legal society: a view of attorneys"

A new article "Current state and problems of the legal society: a view of attorneys", written by IIMS director Andrei Yakovlev and ICSID junior research fellow Anton Kazun, appeared in the "Practice of Law" journal.

Figure of the day: 630

people attended the lecture marathon ‘Ideas 2020: Journey into the World of the Future’ that was organised by Higher School of Economics in collaboration with the Polytechnic Museum and the Helmholtz Association (Germany). Leading research fellows from ISSEK — Ruslan Saygitov and Ozcan Saritas — were among the lecturers.

XVI HSE Annual Conference with a special session on "Science and Innovation" organised by ISSEK