Research & Expertise

This event launched the First Brazilian academic and scientific Mission in Russia, and one of its results was the signing of cooperation agreements between the Higher School of Economics and four Brazilian universities.

The HSE scientific journal “Public Administration Issues” published an article “Composite indices for governing digitalization: Methods for construction” by Ivan Makarov, Research Assistant at HSE’s International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration.

On October 2, 2024, Vyacheslav Neverov, the Centers' research intern defended his PhD thesis.

Vasily Klucharev, HSE professor and Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in cognitive science. This was the first doctoral dissertation in this discipline in Russia.

The HSE University International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration has made the collective monograph "Data–Centric Public Administration" available for download.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the Higher School of Economics held a round table "Development of Data-Centric Management in Russia". Within the framework of the event, reports were presented designed to reflect views on data-centric public administration from the academic environment, the public sector and business. In addition, the presentation of the collective monograph of the International Laboratory "Data–centric public administration: concept, risks, barriers" took place.

On September 19–20, Skoltech hosted the First International Workshop on Technological Sustainability of BRICS: University-Industry Partnerships, organised jointly with HSE University Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center. The meeting was held as part of the BRICS working group on technology foresight and science and technology studies.

On October 4, 2024, the IDLab laboratory of HSE Perm, in collaboration with the School of Economics and Business at the University of Vigo (ECOBAS), held a workshop dedicated to studying the impact of credit supply on the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Spain. The main speaker of the event was Diego Ayres, who presented a report titled "The Impact of Credit Supply on the Capital Structure of SMEs in Spain" — a joint study with Ángel Barajas.

Yuri Kabanov, a researcher at The HSE University International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, took part in the International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV – 2024), which was held from October 1-4 in Pretoria (South Africa).

Violetta Homyakova, a Research Assistant at the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, participated in the annual «Economy & Management» (EMC) conference with a presentation on the topic «The Role of Digital Transformation of Public Administration in Achieving Sustainable Development of Regions».