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April 15, 2025 was the first day of the anniversary XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, annually held by the HSE University.

In dynamic games, a Markov equilibrium involves strategies that guide players' behaviour based on the current state of the game, rather than its entire history. This approach is effective when players have access to complete information. But when uncertainty arises in the game—for instance, when players are unsure of who they are dealing with—this approach can become problematic. Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Professor at Harvard University, addressed this issue in a paper presented at the XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development held at HSE University from April 15 to 18, 2025.

The second module of the Management Talent Pool Development Program in Science, Technology, and Higher Education concluded at the Presidential Academy of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). The event brought together 85 leaders from scientific organizations, laboratory heads, technology company representatives, and leading Russian universities, including Evgeny Knyazev, Head of the Molecular Physiology Laboratory at HSE University

A conference organized by St. Petersburg State University was held on 16-18 April

Research Assistant at the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research defended his candidate dissertation on the topic “Affective Sources of Trust in the President of Russia”.

Russians with children feel happier than those without children. At the same time, the number of children influences the assessment of happiness: the more children Russians have, the happier they feel. These conclusions were outlined inthe report ‘More Children, More Happiness: The Impact of the Number of Children on Russians’ Assessment of Happiness,’ presented at the XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, held on April 15–18 at HSE University. The study was conducted by Elena Churilova, Senior Research Fellow, and Dmitry Jdanov, Chief Research Fellowat HSE International Laboratory for Population and Health.

On April 10, 2025, the head of the laboratory Elena Yarskaya-Smirnova took part in a meeting of the Expert Council under the Council under the President of Russia for the implementation of state demographic and family policy. The meeting was held in the upper house of parliament - the Federation Council (SF RF). The event was chaired by the Chair of the SF RF Committee on Science, Education and Culture Lilia Gumerova.

The anniversary 25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development will take place from April 15 to 18. This year, over a thousand applications were submitted to present at the conference, of which the Programme Committee selected 381 of the best research papers in their respective fields.

From 11-13 April, IDLab research assistants Matkin Nikita, Smirnov Alexey and Usanin Mikhail, who are also participants of the Academic Personnel Reserve Program, attended the retreat "Effective Strategies for Professional Development in the Academic World". This event was organised by the Center for Work with High Professional Potential Groups of the Corporate Academy of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

On April 14, the 14th LCSR International Workshop started offline in Moscow and online.