HSE Representatives at International Staff Week at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

On 05-09 February 2018 Professor Kirill Bukin, Academic Supervisor of Programme in Economics, Alyona Sutormina, Manager of Office for International Cooperation, and Konstantin Platonov, Director of Centre of International Cooperation at HSE Campus in St. Petersburg took part in the Staff Week for Central and Eastern European Partners 2018 organized by HSE partner Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. 
The workshop was dedicated to Communication Strategies of Academic International Cooperation – Experiences and Perspectives and was focused on internal and external communication strategies of international academic cooperation and served as a weeklong network meeting to explore and discuss new strategies and best practice examples to assure success in future international academic cooperation. The Humboldt University invited 24 participants from 10 countries, among those there were several partner universities of HSE, such as University of Warsaw (Poland), Zagreb University (Croatia), Charles University (Czech Republic). HSE representatives presented University, participated in network events sharing best practices of HSE international work and communication, and provided the Humboldt University students with information materials on new HSE programmes and study opportunities within the HU Fair of Possibilities. Professor Kirill Bukin and Alyona Sutormina have also visited HSE partner university Freie Universität Berlin, met with colleagues from International Office and learned recruitment strategies for Eastern Europe implemented by FU Berlin Liaison Office in Moscow.

See more information about the HU Staff Week here.

Humboldt University is one of the main strategic partners for HSE Moscow: there is a scientific cooperation, regular student and staff exchange, as well as a double degree program with School of Business and Economics at HU. There are 5 scholars at HSE granted by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, 5 agreements made between HSE and HU, joint research and educational projects hold annually.

There is a long-lasting partnership with Freie Universität Berlin as well: in Sociology and Philology primarily, a university-wide student exchange programme is implemented since 2013, and a double degree programme in Comparative Social Research has just been started.