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On May 15, 2026, a study dedicated to measuring the level of company internationalization based on open text data was presented at the research seminar of the "International Academic Cooperation" project. The report was presented by Nikita Matkin, Aleksei Smirnov, and Mikhail Usanin; the study was co-authored by Iuliia Naidenova, Sofia Paklina, and Mariya Molodchik.

Imagining oneself from an external perspective is easier than mentally “performing” the movement, yet the body responds in the same way — HSE scientists have found. This discovery changes the approach to rehabilitation after injuries and strokes.

On 18 May 2026, the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (IDLab) and the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) held another joint seminar as part of HSE University’s International Academic Cooperation project. The seminar focused on “The Role of Top Management and Digital Transformation in Shaping Internationalization and Firm Performance.” Held online, the event featured three presentations addressing different aspects of digital transformation, internationalization, and firm performance.

On May 18, 2026, a lecture by Chief Research Fellow, Professor Eric Maskin, was held at the International Center for Analysis and Choice of Solutions for students and staff of HSE University.

On May 16, Viktoriia Denisova took part in the international CBT FORUM 2026 with a joint presentation alongside Dmitry Viktorovich Kovpak, MD, PhD (Candidate of Medical Sciences), Associate Professor at the Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology, and Sexology at the I. I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University (St. Petersburg). Their talk was titled “Philosophy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.”

A specialist in the foundations of quantum mechanics, the philosophy of physics, and the philosophy of science, he focused on the properties of quantum systems, such as entanglement, nonlocality, and contextualism, which have both physical and philosophical implications.

HSE researchers are training large language models (LLMs) to understand Russian-language scientific terminology while improving their energy efficiency. The adapted model runs 2.7 times faster and requires 73% less memory than the original open model, allowing it to operate on more affordable hardware. The programme has passed state registration.

Researcher from the Laboratory of Dara Gaeva, together with colleagues from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, have analyzed changes in extreme climate events in the south‑eastern Baltic region over the past 40 years (1981 – 2020). The results, published in Theoretical and Applied Climatology in the article “Four decades of climate change (1981–2020) in the South-Eastern Baltic region: trends and spatial patterns of air temperature and precipitation extremes”, show that the region is becoming significantly warmer, with heatwaves occurring more often and lasting longer

On May 13, Viktoria Denisova presented her talk “Distorted Conditionals: A Relevance-Theoretic Account” at the Center for Logic, Epistemology, and the History of Science at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil).

The International Laboratory for Logic, Linguistics, and Formal Philosophy at HSE University studies logic and rationality in a changing world characterized by a diversity of logical systems and rational agents. The laboratory maintains and develops academic collaborations with Russian and international partners. The HSE news service “Vyshka.Main” spoke with the head of the laboratory, Professor Elena Dragalina-Chernaya, about its research.