HSE University Life

20^th March 2014, at a conference of staff and teachers at the HSE, Rector Yaroslav Kuzminov gave an account of the results of the 2009-2013 HSE Programme for Development. These are the main points of his presentation.

Professor Jonathan Linton, Power Corporation Professor for the Management of Technological Enterprise of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Technovation‘ journal has been appointed as the new Head of the HSE Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies at ISSEK the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. In this interview for the HSE English Language News Servicel he talked about what he hopes to achieve in his new job.

On March 14, 2014 the photo competition ‘Vyshka. Self-portrait’ successfully came to a conclusion. It’s the first time a photo competition has taken place at the HSE Saint Petersburg, and was held in honour of the 15 th  anniversary of the Saint Petersburg HSE campus.

The play La Folie Positive, performed by the HSE Le Defi student theatre, took top honors at the Francophone festival Rideau Rouge, which took place in Naples, Italy.

Miroslava Prozorovskaya, first-year student of the Faculty of Economics has won the competition ‘Miss HSE 2014’ at a pageant organized by the HSE Nizhny Novgorod.

11-12 March, 2014, in Davos, at the 5^th World Communication Forum, where traditionally, winners of the Communication for Future Davos Award (C4F) are announced, Sergey Zverev, Head of the HSE School of Integrated Communications, was awarded C4F in the ‘Titan of the Future’ nomination.

A new English-taught master’s programme at the HSE, ‘International Master in Comparative Social Research’, will allow students to acquire the knowledge and skills that are in demand on the global market for social research. Applications are due by May 31, 2014.

Starting this year, the HSE is publishing a Russian-language version of ‘International Higher Education’ – a quarterly published by Boston College, USA.

On February 28, 2014, the HSE Academic Council approved the creation of a number of new international laboratories at the university.

This issue focuses on the working papers series published at HSE. In particular, the editors examine what opportunities are offered and how to publish a paper within the Basic Research Programme. Find answers to these questions and more in the article. Dirk Meissner, Research Professor at the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, speaks about his work as a researcher, author and editor.

Academics at HSE St. Petersburg are convinced that oriental studies as a field of humanities is becoming more topical every day, and create new educational and research departments.

The first issue in 2014 is devoted to publishing. The main article is devoted to University’s own publishing house, its activities and projects. Andrej Krickovic, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, speaks about peer-review publications in an interview. He also talks about the researchers’ working group he initiated to discuss papers before publishing.