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On January 31st – February 3^rd 2016, the Winter School of the Faculty of Social Sciences was held at the ‘Voronovo’ Learning Centre, HSE. During the event, potential master’s students took part in master classes, business cases and meetings with students and graduates of the faculty’s educational programmes.

On January 29, Thomas Espy, a student in the Population and Development Master’s programme at HSE, presented a report entitled ‘Mapping Xenophobia in Russia’. During his presentation, he highlighted his paper’s linear analysis of xenophobic attacks in the Russian Federation and a network analysis focusing on nationalist groups, as well as recommended areas of focus for Russian policymakers.

Employees who are too focused on sales targets can ignore customer needs. Meanwhile, customer focus is emerging as a key trend in business management.  Ksenia Klepneva , postgraduate student of the HSE School of Business Administration, examined factors contributing to customer focus in companies operating in developed and developing economies.

"Vladimir Kozlov is a graduate of Lomonosov (Moscow State University). He has finished both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees there. He currently teaches demography studies as an Associate Professor for the Masters program at the HSE’s Public Policy Department. I have come to know him since my doctoral studies involve the study of demography." Wanda Umagapi

Young scholars, graduate, postgraduate and undergraduate students are invited to participate in the II International Conference for young scholars, graduate and postgraduate students “Population, Public Health and Development ”  organized by Department of Public administration and Institute of Demography National Research University Higher School of Economics

The Russian family has been becoming more demographically heterogeneous over recent years. Some of the families follow the trend of having many children: women more often give birth to a third and fourth child, and the gap between births is decreasing, which makes the evolution of the family faster. At the same time, younger generations are inclined to postpone marriage and having their first child, which leads either to later motherhood or to childlessness. This means that two opposite trends are developing; along with the growing share of ‘Western-type’ families, with postponed parenthood and fewer children, there is a revival of the traditional family with more children,Sergey Zakharov, Deputy Director of the HSE Institute of Demography, reported.

The Increased State Academic Scholarship (ISAS) is intended for state-funded students for noteworthy academic, research, social, cultural, creative, or athletic achievements. Applications for the Increased State Academic Scholarship are accepted from September 5, 2015 (10 am) to September 21, 2015 (10 am) via the LMS system.

The Higher School of Economics is pleased to welcome guests back to one of the most exciting and lively locations in Moscow – Gorky Park, where the university is hosting its fourth annual HSE Day on September 9.