Research & Expertise

The first seminar of the new educational cycle, organized by the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (IDLab) of HSE University jointly with the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), took place on October 31, 2025.The series of events is aimed at developing young researchers' skills in preparing and publishing academic articles. The first seminar was dedicated to the literature review - both traditional and AI-driven methods of conducting it. The event was held within the framework of the HSE University's "International Academic Cooperation" project and gathered around 30 participants - PhD students and students from Russia and Iran.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration organized a seminar, where Omer Iluz made a presentation «Digital Governance and Public Administration». He presented the results of a study conducted under supervision of The Laboratory Academic Supervisor, Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Politics at the School of Political Sciences of the University of Haifa Eran Vigoda-Gadot.

Management intellectualisation, synergy with AI, and the transition to microclouds are expected to be the main trends in the digital economy over the next decade. Experts in cloud technologies gathered at HSE University for a foresight session to discuss these trends and their evolution up to 2040. They explored how process intellectualisation would develop, as well as ideas for storing data in space to minimise environmental impact.

Management intellectualisation, synergy with AI, and the transition to microclouds are expected to be the main trends in the digital economy over the next decade. Experts in cloud technologies gathered at HSE University for a foresight session to discuss these trends and their evolution up to 2040. They explored how process intellectualisation would develop, as well as ideas for storing data in space to minimise environmental impact.

On 25 September 2025, the National Medical Research Center of Oncology named after N.N. Petrov of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation held a webinar on "Demographic trends and projections of morbidity and mortality from cancer".

Olessia Koltsova, Director of the Social and Cognitive Informatics Laboratory (SCILa), took part as an invited speaker at the Regional Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), held at Hefei University of Science and Technology 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.

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.

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.

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.