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The ethnic identity of the person in the context of traditional culture of the North-East part of Russia

A.A. Buchek, the Doctor of Psychology, the Professor of Theoretical and Applied Psychology of Kamchatka State University gave a report on the regular scientific seminar of ILSCR on 22d November. In the presentation “The ethnic identity of the person in the context of traditional culture of the North-East part of Russia” A.A. Buchek spoke about her study of different ethnic groups of Kamchatka, and its theoretical basis.

Social Networks, Blogs, Forums - Cases of Ukraine and Russia

Olga Kamenchuk's report at the LCSR regular seminar.

Panos M. Pardalos will make a plenary talk on the International Conference: AAAS-2013

Panos M. Pardalos will  make  a plenary talk on the International Conference: AAAS-2013, which  takes place 17 February 2013 at 4 p.m.  in Boston (Hynes Convention Center), room 208. The theme of  his talk is " Assessing the Vulnerability of Evacuation Plans via Critical Element Detection"

Training course “Design and Methods in Cross-Cultural Psychology”

19-23 November, on the base of the ILSCR, the 5-days training course (workshop) “Design and Methods in Cross-Cultural Psychology” took place. It was a part of the training program of the ILSCR  “Advanced social psychology: theory, methodology, practice”.

At Foresight frequency: broadcasting signals from the future

International scientific conference Foresight: Innovative Answers to Global Challenges, organised jointly with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was held at the Higher School of Economic on 18-19 October, 2012. For Russian long-term futures research experts, it was a major venue for discussing promising areas of future-oriented studies.

At Foresight frequency: broadcasting signals from the future

International scientific conference Foresight: Innovative Answers to Global Challenges, organised jointly with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was held at the Higher School of Economic on 18-19 October, 2012. For Russian long-term futures research experts, it was a major venue for discussing promising areas of future-oriented studies.

Conference on Science and Technology Foresight 2030: scope for technological breakthroughs

Developers of the Russian S&T Foresight 2030 presented the results of their year-long work at the scientific conference at the Higher School of Economics on 12 November, 2012. The participating experts discussed global trends which affect the future of the economy and society, new markets, products, and promising S&T areas.

"Green" pathway for the EU. The workshop by Dimitrios Mavrakis

On November 6, 2012 a public workshop, dedicated to "green" energy, by Professor Dimitrios Mavrakis was held at the Higher School of Economics. According to the expert, "green" energy development is able to defeat the growing global threat of energy shortages and decreasing living standards caused by the deteriorating environment.

The Social Psychology Days in Helsinki

Professor Nadezhda Lebedeva, PhD Alexander Tatarko, PhD Maria Efremova, PhD Zarina Lepshokova, and student of the master program “Applied Social Psychology” Tatiana Ryabichenko participated in the Symposium “Managing multiculturalism in Finland, Estonia and Russia” organized by the Department of Social Sciences (Unit of Social Psychology) during the Social Psychology Days in Helsinki 23.-24.11.12.

At Foresight frequency: broadcasting signals from the future

International scientific conference Foresight: Innovative Answers to Global Challenges, organised jointly with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was held at the Higher School of Economic on 18-19 October, 2012. For Russian long-term futures research experts, it was a major venue for discussing promising areas of future-oriented studies.