Research & Expertise

Throughout the year, the HSE International Laboratory for Social Integration Research (ILSIR) is hosting consulting seminars on ‘Care and Welfare in Post-Socialist Eurasia: Institutions, Discourses, Identities’ with presentations by leading foreign experts. The first seminar in the series, ‘Conceptualising Social Activism’ was held on April 4 with the participation of Professor Linda Cook, Academic Supervisor of HSE ILSIR. The second one will take place on April 18.

On April 11, 2023, as part of the Lyubimov Readings in Nizhny Novgorod, members of the Center for Sociocultural Research, leading researcher Bushina E.V. and trainee researcher Karimova A.M. presented a report on the topic “Psychological well-being of schoolchildren in heterogeneous classes.”

On April 12, 2023, within the framework of the XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, a session "Sociocultural Potential of Museums: Identity and Local Solidarity" was held (Moderator: N. Bolshakov (ILSIR, HSE University). 

April 14, 2023, as part of the session “Identity Issues. Presentation of the research results of the National Research University Higher School of Economics" section "Sociocultural Processes" Nadezhda Murashchenkova presented a report on the topic "Psychological state of Russian student youth in times of crisis: the role of cultural and political patriotism."

On April 13, 2023, a session “Psychological problems of digitalization” was held as a part of the XXIV Yasin(April) Conference, in which four employees of the Center for Sociocultural Research took part.

Senior Researcher of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Maria Yudina participated in the discussion at the International Webinar on AI organized by Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

At the Yasin (April) HSE University conference, a round table was held on the possibilities of knowledge exchange between Russia and Africa in the field of digitalization of public administration. Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public AdministrationEvgeny Styrin delivered a report «Digital Transformation in Russian Public Sector: Digital Solutions Development and Experience Transfer».

The Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre, established in 2020 and coordinated by HSE University, recently held a session of the International Supervisory Board and presented work results for the period of 2020-2022 along with plans for 2023-2025, including fundamental and applied research in the field of human development, creation of unique empirical databases for the development of evidence-based social and economic policies, and the introduction of digital approaches in humanities and social sciences.