Russia-Europe Relations: a Look from Sweden
Academic Papers of the 8th International session of the HSE "Baltic Practice" which took place at the Stockholm Research center, Sweden, from August 1st to 8th, 2008, have been recently published by INTELCORP.
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Recently the 17th International Conference on Conceptual Structures (ICCS 2009) was held at the HSE. As part of this event, mathematicians, programmers, linguists and philosophers discussed principles and methods of concept representation and processing. We talked to the conference organizers and some participants about the cumulative effect of interdisciplinary research, potential for graphic representation of knowledge and some architectural surprises of the Russian capital!
HSE is One of the Top Three
In July the Higher School of Economics moved up to third position among Russian universities in the Webometrics international ranking. In January the HSE was fourth.
Democracy Only Works Where it is Seriously Implemented
Recently the 21st International Political Science Association (IPSA) Congress took place in Santiago. Nina Belyaeva, Head of the HSE Department of Political Analysis and Public Policy, told us how scientific areas are being restructured, democracy is viewed, and a new paradigm of the political science is being formed.
Urban Footpaths Find Support
HSE graduate Fyodor Novikov suggests an innovative way of urban planning .
Stanford + HSE: Endless Possibilities for Co-operation
On July 28th a meeting between HSE and the U.S. Department of Education representatives took place, dedicated to the ongoing collaborative project between the Higher School of Economics and Stanford University.
HSE Supports International Negotiations
The Higher School of Economics has been assisting with recent negotiations on Russia’s accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Organization and Development of Russian Business. A Firm-Level Analysis
A major work by HSE professors Tatiana Dolgopyatova and Andrei Yakovlev and Hitotsubashi University professor Ichiro Iwasaki has recently been published by Palgrave Macmillan.
‘Am Rhein, am Rhein, am Deutschen Rhein...’. Understanding of the Russian-German Mass Media
Another in the series of regular visits by German students to Moscow took place recently, as part of the student exchange programme between the HSE Business and Political Journalism Department and the Cologne School of Journalism. The programme director, Prof. Elena Penskaya talked to us about the programme’s aims and objectives .
Walking the Same Road Twice
Dmitry Suslov, expert of the HSE Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, comments on U.S. –Russian relations .