On October 3rd Jacques-Francois Thisse, Professor of Economics and Regional Science at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) gave a press conference at the Higher School of Economics.
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On September 29 was the regular seminar in the St. Petersburg. The research fellow Julia Zelikova delivered a report on “Anticapitalism in Ex-Communist Countries”. The study carried out by Julia Zelikova attempts to explain why people from ex-communist countries have more strong anti-capitalist sentiments and to explain the difference in capitalistic commitments in various ex-communist countries.
On September 29th, 2011, a seminar by Gordon Ollivere on ‘UK Practices of Regional Foresight Studies aimed at Technology Modernization’ took place at the HSE. The event was organized by the HSE ISSEK Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies (LST).
On September 29th, 2011, a seminar by Gordon Ollivere on ‘UK Practices of Regional Foresight Studies aimed at Technology Modernization’ took place at the HSE. The event was organized by the HSE ISSEK Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies (LST).
On the September 19th Eric Maskin, Nobel laureate in economics, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University (USA), Chief Research Fellow at the HSE International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis, arrived in Moscow again. What is his programme for this visit to the HSE?
Academic Adviser of the LCSR was decorated by the most prestigious award in political science!
Ronald Inglehart, Professor at the University of Michigan and Academic Supervisor of the HSE Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, and Pippa Norris, Professor in political science at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, have both won the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. The awards ceremony took place on September 24th at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
The regular seminar of the International Scientific-Educational Laboratory of Socio-Cultural Research “Culture matters” took place on 23th September. The lecture was delivered by Meena Surie Wilson (PhD, Senior Enterprise Associate, CCL), a member of the research team of the international consulting company CCL (Center for Creative Leadership), known worldwide for its leadership development programs. Meena Surie Wilson made a presentation "Development of future leaders today from the standpoint of China, India, Singapore and the United States". Another short report at the seminar was made by Regina Eckert (PhD, Senior Research Associate, CCL EMEA). Her theme was also associated with cross-cultural psychology: "The Importance of Expectation-Perception Fit for Leadership Effectiveness across Cultures".
Series of advanced training seminars “Research methodology and experimental research methods” were conducted by Associate Professor at Stanford University Eric Bettinger. Seminars were carried out during the period 12-22 September, 2011.
Professor Anu Realo (Department of Psychology, University of Tartu) made a presentation “The cultural dimension of tightness - looseness: some recent applications” at the scientific seminar of the International Laboratory of Socio-Cultural Research on 21st September. She presented results of the research conducted in 33 countries.