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2nd Year Students Practice on the Oceanology in Kaliningrad: Acquaintance with the Work of Oceanologists, Studying the Urban Environment
As part of the Oceanology course, 2nd year students of the bachelor's program "Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technologies" have participated in a practical trip. Yulia Levkovskaya, a 2nd year student, wrote a blog about the trip.
The project of a 2nd year student was included in the list of the best at the international conference Esri
Anastasia Shinkarik, 2nd year student of the Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technology program, won the nomination for a particularly relevant and significant project at the 27th Esri User Conference in Russia and the CIS. Anastasia has presented a geoinformation platform for the graves search at the Northern Cemetery in Perm.
Student Research Paper Competition 2021 Kicks Off at HSE University
The annual HSE Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) helps young researchers try their hand in a real academic competition, where leading experts and professionals from HSE University assess their research papers. This year, participation will be open from September 1 to October 15.
First Years Complete Their First Summer Field Practice
First year students of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology completed a field trip to the Kursk Biosphere Station of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The study programme included modules on geomorphology, geochemistry and soil science, geobotany, hydrometeorology, cartography and social geography.
"It turns out that we can measure the degree of influence of space – that space is a probabilistic quantity"
Interview with Igor Okunev – political geographer, lecturer and associate professor of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology.
First consultation for applicants in 2021
During an online meeting Dean of the faculty Nikolay Kurichev explained the applicants how to enter the program "Geography of global changes and geoinformation technology" and answered the questions.
Smirnyagin Readings at the Higher School of Economics
On the birthday of the prominent Russian geographer Leonid Smirnyagin, his former students and colleagues discussed the topics of electoral geography, federalism in modern Russia and the role of metaphor in the study of the cultural landscape.
Associate Professor of the faculty became the Science Journalist of the Year
Yulia Kuznetsova, associate Professor of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology became the Science Journalist of the Year in the category «Climate Change and Adaptation»
First admission: the subtotals
It has been 5 months since the first HSE geography students begun their studies. Throughout these months 34 young people from all over Russia and one student from Brazil were writing courseworks, passing exams, submitting projects and obtaining practical geographical skills.