Director of the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development A. Yakovlev went to short-list of Yegor Gaidar Award 2014 in category « For the outstanding contribution in economics»
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From 28th to 30th of October in the course of “Advanced Social Psychology”, Jane Piliavin, emeritus professor of Wisconsin University (USA), gave a three-day series of lectures about prosocial behavior.
The staff of the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development took part in 14th Annual Aleksanteri Conference, Restructuring State and Society in Russia. 22-24 October, 2014 in Helsinki.
of entrepreneurs working in the wholesale trade sector reported a decline in sales in 3Q 2014. Companies are complaining of low demand and a collapsing range of products sold. This information is presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in the Wholesale Sector report by HSE ISSEK Centre for Business Tendency Studies.
On 14 October the Higher School of Economics hosted the first meeting of the Advisory Board of the WTO Expertise Centre which comprises Yaroslav Kuzminov, NRU HSE rector, and Leonid Gokhberg, first vice-rector and director of NRU HSE ISSEK. The meeting was followed by the press conference of heads of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, Sberbank, and the HSE — co-founders of the centre.
of parents whose children study in educational institutions are satisfied with the quality of their education. This information was obtained through a survey of Russian families conducted in the autumn of 2013 as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations project conducted jointly by HSE and the Public Opinion Foundation.
On October 13, there was held the second discussion of the series “Values scale” in club “March”. This debate was dedicated to free market and entrepreneurship in the value hierarchy of Russians.
Senior researcher of ILSCR Alexander Tatarko talks about civic education and civic virtues at TV channel "Knowledge".
Michael Grabchak, Assistant Professor (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UNC Charlotte)