Research & Expertise

From October 12 to 30, 2015, Maria Semenova worked at Bank of Finland's Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) in Helsinki.

Social networks have been found to influence academic performance: students tend to perform better with high-performers among their friends, as some people are capable of inspiring others to try harder, according to Maria Yudkevich, Sofia Dokuka and Dilara Valeyeva of the HSE Centre for Institutional Studies.

A research seminar on ‘Public-private partnership: design and discussion’ took place at the HSE campus in Perm. The event was organized by the Division of Public-Private Partnership Studies. Russian, as well as international researchers from Italy, Sweden, and Great Britain, spoke on topical problems of public-private partnership.

This summer, research interns from the Centre for Institutional Studies participated in the 4^thGESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology in Cologne and share their impressions about it below.

Higher Education in Russia and Beyond  team is proud to present the  5^th  issue of a bulletin that is aimed at bringing current Russian, Central Asian and Eastern European educational trends to the attention of the international higher education research community.

The opportunity to find an interesting and well-paid job, a comfortable socio-cultural environment, and friendly and professional contacts in the new location are all essential factors for graduates of universities from Russian regions who are planning to move to another city. Saida Ziganurova , Research Assistant at the HSE Center for Institutional Studies, studied the migration potential among young professionals.

New working paper "The Diffusion of Academic Achievements: Social Selection and Influence in Student Networks" by Sofia Dokuka, Diliara Valeeva, and Maria Yudkevich.