Research & Expertise

The Forum brought together more than 200 representatives from the expert community across all BRICS countries to discuss the topic ‘BRICS: New Figures at the Global Chessboard.’ The forum was organised by the BRICS Expert Council–Russia, which operates on the basis of HSE University. The event’s opening ceremony featured the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Duma, as well as HSE University Rector Nikita Anisimov and HSE Vice Rector, Russian W20 Sherpa Victoria Panova.

The 9^th African Population Conference themed «Road to 2030: Leveraging Africa’s human capital to achieve transformation in a world of uncertainty» was held between 20^th – 24^th May, 2024 at the BICC international conference center, Lilongwe, Malawi.

The Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the international scientific and practical conference "Artificial Intelligence and Law: The Experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign countries". Research fellow of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Diskin took part in the conference as a speaker.

Yuri Kabanov, Research Fellow of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg, spoke at the next online seminar of the laboratory. The report was devoted to the role of international indices in the policy of the "digital state" using the example of the UN E-Government Index, which remains a key source of information on the development of digital public services in a cross-national perspective.

On May 24, 2024 the conference «Studying Gender, Family and Love During the Crises» was held at the European Humanities University in Vilnius.

Daria Semenova presented the study ' The Influence of Health and Taste Attitude on Willingness to Pay for Cola Drinks: A Neuroeconomic Study ', conducted in collaboration with Mariia Molodchik, as well as with the researchers of Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience - Sofya Kulikova and Anna Provorova

There was a meeting of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic "Digital transformation of public administration: problems and solutions". The Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of HSE University, Evgeny Styrin, and the laboratory’s collaborate, the head of the Center for Research on Public Administration Problems of the Institute of Economics RAS, Irina Smotritskaya participated in it.

On May 22, 2024, the next seminar "Mapping of disturbed peatlands for fire hazard assessment and implementation of climate projects using remote sensing data" was held.

HSE University hosted an international mini-conference titled 'Search for new ways to develop Russian-Italian cooperation in the field of Biomedicine,' attended by scientists from both countries and HSE Rector Nikita Anisimov.

International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration continues a series of expert interviews within the framework of the project "Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development" under the leadership of Leading Research Fellow Anna SaninaResearch Fellow Aisylu Atayeva and Research Assistant Violetta Khomyakova interviewed Elena Dolgikh, PhD in Economics and Director General of SGM Agency. She is also the coordinator of the "Sustainable Development of Regions and Cities" project of the National Network of the UN Global Compact and a member of the Expert Council on non-financial reporting and ESG-indices.