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The conference is dedicated to 15 years anniversary of the Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research.

On September 23, 2025, as part of the RSF project "Factors of Intensification of SME Resources under External Uncertainty" (Project No. 23-78-10149), the research team held its latest working seminar.

From September 11th to 15th, the Voronovo Educational Center hosted the International Laboratory for Social Integration Studies' autumn school, entitled "Women as Agents of Change in Turbulent Times: Reducing Risks and Expanding Opportunities." Students from HSE, MGIMO, and other higher education institutions. Participants listened to lectures by sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and philosophers on topics related to women's agency.

On September 17–20, 2025, the First Caucasus School on Experimental Research and Cognitive Sciences took place at the Gornaya Legenda venue of Adyghe State University (ASU). The event was organised by the ASU Experimental Linguistics Laboratory, the HSE Centre for Language and Brain, and the HSE Centre for Sociocultural and Ethnolinguistic Studies. The school brought together over 50 participants—students, doctoral candidates, and early-career researchers from across Russia, along with lecturers and speakers from France, Serbia, China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

Researchers from the Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics — Saint Petersburg, together with colleagues from Krasnoyarsk Medical University, have completed one of the stages of a large-scale project studying the mechanisms of human communication. The results of the work have been published in the prestigious journal Hormones and Behavior.

The first Intervision song contest recently came to an end in Moscow. The winner was the Vietnamese entrant, Đức Phúc. The voting system for the contest was developed by Fuad Aleskerov, a renowned mathematician, expert in game theory and decision-making, and Distinguished Professor at HSE University. He shared the details with the HSE News Service.

On September 18 at 15:00, Maksim Evstigneev made a presentation at the research seminar of the Western Philosophy History sector titled "History of Philosophy: Heritage and Project."

From July 11-15, the 5th Forum on Sociology of the International Sociological Association was held in Rabat, Morocco. Representatives of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research presented papers alongside more than 4,000 participants.

On September 17, the 100th session of the theoretical seminar "Formal Philosophy" took place, during which Anna Moiseeva delivered a presentation titled "Draft of the Intentional Counterparthood F-Reasoning (ICFF) Logic"

On September 15, the first joint seminar of the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy and the team from Iran University of Science and Technology took place, focusing on key factors for successful internationalization of companies from developing countries. During the seminar, two studies were presented, revealing the role of intellectual resources and the transfer of complex technologies in entering global markets.