Research & Expertise
On October 1, Olga Poluektova took part in the “Culture matters” seminar with a talk on the heterogeneity of poverty on psychological level.
Three lectures on “Advances in Decision Making Theory and Applications” given on the Volkswagen Summer School organized by Frei Universitat of Berlin and National Research University Higher School of Economics, Berlin, September 28 – October 3, 2015.
On September 8 Julia A. Logashenko (senior lecturer of Psychology & Social Work Department, Baltic Federal University by I. Kant, Kaliningrad) took part in the «Culture matters» research seminar with the report on "Model of intercultural sensitivity: the results of a study of student samples".
On September 3 Eugene Tartakovsky (PhD, Professor of Tel Aviv University, Israel) took part in the «Culture matters» research seminar with the report on "Contemporary Russian Jewry: a Psychological Portrait".
Research on game theory has a strong history in Russia, and this year’s opening of the new HSE International Laboratory for Game Theory and Decision-Making in St. Petersburg will only help it grow stronger. Leading the laboratory, which will include researchers from the St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics, will be Herve Moulin, Donald J. Robertson Chair of Economics at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. Prof. Moulin is a scholar who is known for his research contributions in mathematical economics, in particular in the fields of mechanism design, social choice, game theory and fair division.