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HSE University is now accepting proposals to present academic reports at the XXVI April International Academic Conference named after Evgeny Yasin. Applications can be submitted until December 16, 2025. The conference events will take place mainly on-site in Moscow from April 14 to 17, 2026.

On October 9, 2025, Tatyana Yuryevna Larkina, a junior research fellow at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research (ILSIR) at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics, defended her PhD dissertation on "Discretion in the Work of School Teachers in Russia."

The conference will take place from the 27th to the 30th of October. Registration is open.

On October 2, 2025, the International Laboratory for Population and Health held a seminar on "The Place of the Hypothetical Generation in Modern Demography."
Evgeny Andreev, head of the laboratory, presented a lecture on the history, advantages, and challenges of calculating demographic indicators using hypothetical generations.

The second Joint Scientific Seminar for digital Transformation researchers was held with the support of the Academic Staff Reserve of the Higher School of Economics. Speakers included Mikhail Romashikhin from the Educational laboratory of computer-aided design systems (HSE University) and Maria Yudina from the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration systems (HSE University). Participants discussed applied and educational issues of digital transformation.

10 октября в НИУ ВШЭ прошла XIV Международная научно‑практическая конференция «Право в цифровую эпоху». С докладом выступил к.ю.н., с.н.с. МЦЛТ Евгений Дискин. Тема — Баланс цифрового суверенитета и инновационного развития платформенной экономики.

A research article by a collaborative team from the Molecular Physiology Laboratory at HSE University and the V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology has been published in a leading medical journal. The study presents the first comparative analysis of immune-associated gene expression in classical blood monocytes from women with preeclampsia compared to physiological pregnancy.

Can GPT replace linguists? How do neural networks help recognize emotions and analyze behavior? What factors influence insight when solving problems? Participants of the MICS 2.0 School of Interdisciplinary Studies, held at HSE University in St. Petersburg, sought answers to these and other questions.

On September 17, 2025, the head of the International Laboratory of Stochastic Analysis and its Applications, Professor Valentin Dmitrievich Konakov, gave a report at the seminar of the Statistics group (France, Paris, CREST, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics).

In early September 2025, the renewed Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Finance (LEEF) held its first workshop for early-career researchers. Its main distinguishing feature was that every presentation was based on the results of laboratory economic experiments. In particular, the speakers discussed what people consider a fair deal, how best to motivate employees, and how genes influence the willingness to cooperate and help others. All interested students and postgraduates were invited to collaborate with the laboratory.