On March 5, the regular seminar of the Modern Demography series was held. At the seminar, Evgeny Mikhailovich Andreev, head of the International Laboratory for Population and Health, presented the report "Inequality in the infant mortality rate among the population of modern Russia."
On Wednesday, March 4 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. D. Sokolov gave a lecture on "Shapley Value for TU-Games with Multiple Membership and Externalities".
Topic: The effect of alcohol sales restrictions on alcohol poisoning mortality: evidence from Russia Date & Time: March, 05; 18:00 - 19:30 Venue: St Petersburg, Fontanka river embankment, 27, PDMI RAS, Marble hall (2nd floor)
On Febrary 25 Alexander Tatarko (PhD) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report "The relationship of integration policies regarding migrants with perceived threat and generalized trust".
Topic: How to Score Athletes and Candidates Date & Time: February, 27; 18:00 - 19:30 Venue: St Petersburg, Fontanka river embankment, 27, PDMI RAS, Marble hall (2nd floor) Working language: Russian
The G2PS research group successfully continues its work and presents a mini-course by Pr. Pierre Mathieu (Aix-Marseille University) «Random walks on hyperbolic groups». The first mini-course workshop took place on February 13, 2020; 18:10-21:00 in the context of G2PS meetings.
On Wednesday, February 19 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. A. Raikov gave a lecture on "The choice of methodology for the development of the national digital platform of agriculture in Russia".
Topic: Human Capital and Trade Liberalization Date & Time: February, 20; 18:00 - 19:30 Venue: St Petersburg, Fontanka river embankment, 27, PDMI RAS, Marble hall (2nd floor) Working language: Russian
The second Symposium "From heart to heart" was held at the Northern State Medical University February 3-14 2020, . During the Symposium were presented the main results of the study "Know your heart" which was carried out during 2015-2017 in Arkhangelsk and Novosibirsk, and the results of health indicator comparisons between population of Russia and Norway. All presented results were aimed at studying the causes of significant differences in mortality from cardiovascular diseases between two countries. The Symposium was attended by leading Russian and foreign experts in the field of epidemiology, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
