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On December 4, 2025, Evgeny Knyazev, Head of the Molecular Physiology Laboratory at HSE University, delivered a presentation titled "Modeling Preeclampsia and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Using Placenta-on-a-Chip and Intestine-on-a-Chip Models" at the III International Forum of Genomic and Biomedical Technologies "From Birth to Active Longevity" in Surgut.

The Russian State University for the Humanities organized conference of "Social Contract in Modern Russia: Points of Agreement and Points of Tension". It included a round table meeting "Digital Transformation of Public Administration: Trends and Risks" which was held in the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation in a hybrid format. Leading researcher of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration (HSE University) Anna Sanina participated in the round table.

From November 7 to 10, 2025, the 13th International Film Festival about the lives of people with disabilities, "Cinema Without Barriers," was held in Moscow. Organized by the Russian Society of Disabled People "Perspektiva" with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the event attracted a record number of applications—over 950 filmmakers from 70 countries. The event became an important platform for discussing contemporary issues of disability inclusion. The team of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research provided organizational support for the event: they drafted and widely distributed invitations to audiences, updated the feedback form, and, most importantly, moderated discussions with audiences after the film screenings. ILSIR research interns share their impressions of the festival.

E.G. Dragalina-Chernaya gave an interview to the "Scientific Session" podcast by the HSE University Center for Student Academic Development (in Russian).

From November 26–29, the 2nd International Educational Forum (IEF) was held at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) in Moscow with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Research intern Roman Karikh of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research gave a presentation at the Forum.

On November 20, Mikhail Rybakov successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Modeling of Logical Systems by Means of Their Fragments."

On November 24, 2025, at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), Natalia Vasilievna Bulchenko, a second-year postgraduate student at the Graduate School of Sociology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, a research intern at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, and a participant in the regular project group "Social Order in the Transforming Social Sphere: Macro- and Micro-Analysis," moderated a section at the III Youth All-Russian Scientific Conference "The Position of Women in Business in Russia and the World," which was organized by members of the MGIMO Student Club at the Department of World Economy "Women in Science."

On November 21, a seminar was held at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, National Reaserach University, HSE, dedicated to the discussion of Bulat Gilfanov's dissertation on the topic: "Involving People with Disabilities in Entrepreneurship: Barriers and Resources."

Researchers from the International Laboratory of Microphysiological Systems have presented a review devoted to single‑cell analysis of colorectal cancer. The article systematises current data obtained using single‑cell RNA‑sequencing technologies, with a particular focus on the fundamental differences between left‑ and right‑sided tumours

The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines and Digital Technologies of the Bashkir Academy of Public Administration under the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa) held a methodological seminar titled “Methodology and Tools for the Use of Digital Technologies in Educational and Research Activities.”  The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Research Fellow Aisylu Ataeva, delivered a presentation titled “Methodological and Practical Aspects of Using Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research.”