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Christian Welzel received the 2014 Stein Rokkan Prize!

in recognition of his book «Freedom Rising»

Anna Lukyanchenko presented a report on lexical disambiguation in foreign languages

Anna Lukyanchenko presented a report on lexical disambiguation in foreign languages
July 23 Neurolinguistics Laboratory held a regular research seminar.

Thomas Bever presented his report on familial left handedness and its brain correlates

July 17 Neurolinguistics Laboratory held a research seminar.

HSE and Seoul National University have agreed to exchange students

Higher School of Economics and Seoul National University College of Engineering, Republic of Korea (SNU) have concluded a student exchange partnership for students of the Master’s programmes “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” (HSE) and “Technology Management, Economics and Policy Programme” (SNU).

Urban Foresight

HSE strengthens its partnership with Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the framework of International Foresight Academy. Researchers of HSE Institute of Regional Studies and Urban Planning Evgenij Pliseckij and Galina Kopychenko studied the experience of AIT in the field of regional and urban Foresight and presented the outcomes of the Institute’s work in the area of urban development planning.

61%

was the average capacity utilization level at Russian manufacturing companies in July. It is the lowest number seen in three years, stated experts from the HSE’s Centre for Business Tendency Studies, which operates under the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK).

The Laboratory fellows at the 22nd International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)

The 22nd International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) was held on July 15 – 19, 2014 n Reims, France under the theme “Diversity, Equality, and Culture”.

Soviet ‘science cities’ promote small business

Naukograds, meaning ‘science cities,’ focused largely on science in the Soviet period, but have since become aimed more at small business and business services in the post-soviet era,  Denis Ivanov , a Research Fellow with HSE’s International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, said in the paper, ‘Transition and Path-dependence in Knowledge-intensive Industry Location: Case of Russian Professional Services,’ which was presented at a joint seminar of HSE’s Laboratory for Labour Market Studies and the Centre for Labour Market Studies

49th is Russia’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2014

The GII is published annually by Cornell University, the French business school INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). It includes a ranking accompanied by a report analysing the level of innovative development in different countries around the world. This year two HSE researchers were co-authors of the report — Leonid Gokhberg, First Vice Rector and Director of HSE ISSEK, and Valentina Polyakova, Research Fellow at HSE ISSEK.

The Laboratory fellows at the 28th International Congress of the Association of Applied Psychology

From 8 to 13 July, Paris hosted the 28th International Congress of the Association of Applied Psychology (ICAP) organized by the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP).