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HSE Participates in Conference on International Exchange of Professionals in China

HSE Participates in Conference on International Exchange of Professionals in China
From October 21 to 24, 2025, the 23rd Conference on International Exchange of Professionals took place in Shanghai and Beijing, bringing together more than 7,000 scientists and experts from around the world. HSE University was represented by Ivan Arzhantsev, Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, and Vasily Gromov, Head of the Laboratory for Semantic Analysis of the Centre for Language and Semantic Technologies.

Konstantin Obukhov took part in the scientific and practical conference "Philanthropy: Science and Practice"

Konstantin Obukhov took part in the scientific and practical conference "Philanthropy: Science and Practice"
On October 20-21, the Smirnov House in Moscow hosted the scientific and practical conference  "Philanthropy: Science and Practice  ," organized by the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation. Konstantin Obukhov, a senior research fellow at the ILSIR, delivered a presentation.

‘Our Task Is to Promote and Popularise Native Languages’

‘Our Task Is to Promote and Popularise Native Languages’
The Centre for the Study of Native Languages at Dagestan State University (DSU) is actively engaged in researching the many languages spoken by the peoples of Dagestan. The republic has 14 official state languages, many of which have their own dialects and varieties. Scholars from Dagestan plan to adopt corpus-based methods of linguistic research used at HSE University and intend to collaborate with HSE’s Linguistic Convergence Laboratory. The HSE News Service spoke with the centre’s Director, Prof. Marina Gasanova, who is currently undertaking a research placement at HSE University.

Georgy Filatov gave a talk "In the beginning were the facts: Logical Holism and Metaphilosophical Quietism in Early Wittgenstein’s Philosophy"

Georgy Filatov gave a talk "In the beginning were the facts: Logical Holism and Metaphilosophical Quietism in Early Wittgenstein’s Philosophy"
The 102nd meeting of the "Formal Philosophy" research and theory seminar was held on October 22.

An Advanced Econometrics Striving for Causality professional development course was held at HSE University - Perm

An Advanced Econometrics Striving for Causality professional development course was held at HSE University - Perm
The International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy at HSE University conducted a professional development course titled "Advanced Econometrics: Striving for Causality" as part of the "International Academic Cooperation" project. The course was held online from September 24 to October 22, 2025, and consisted of ten academic sessions distributed over six weeks of intensive training.

Congratulations to the research assistants on their admission to the integrated Master's-PhD track for the 2025 intake.

Ivan Pylytsyn and Ivan Sobolev have secured spots in the integrated Master's-to-PhD program starting in 2025.

Congratulations to Maxim Kotelnikov on the successful pre-defense of his PhD dissertation!

Congratulations to Maxim Kotelnikov on the successful pre-defense of his PhD dissertation!
On October 20, 2025, at a meeting of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Studies at the Higher School of Economics, Maxim Pavlovich Kotelnikov, a postgraduate student at the HSE International Laboratory for Social Integration Studies, held a pre-defense of his candidate's dissertation on the topic "Literary practices as a resource for transforming the biographical projects of young men from families with low socioeconomic status."

Presentation by Elena Dragalina-Chernaya "Artefactual Agency Between Eliminativism and Essentialism"

Presentation by Elena Dragalina-Chernaya "Artefactual Agency Between Eliminativism and Essentialism"
Elena Dragalina-Chernaya made a presentation titled "Artefactual Agency Between Eliminativism and Essentialism" at the XVI International Ontological Congress, which was held under the patronage of UNESCO in the Basque Country (San Sebastián, Spain; Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) from October 7 to 11.

Presentation by Paolo Mancosu "Three applications of Zermelo's theorem on part-whole"

Presentation by Paolo Mancosu "Three applications of Zermelo's theorem on part-whole"
On October 18, a session of the scientific-educational seminar "Mathematical Logic and category theory" took place, where Paolo Mancosu spoke.

The preliminary defense of Research Assistant Ivan Makarov’s dissertation.

The School of Politics and Governance of HSE University’s Faculty of Social Sciences held a preliminary discussion of the PhD paper of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation for Public Administration Research Assistant Ivan Makarov.