Sociologists: Conservative Consumers Dominate Russian Middle Class
The Russian middle class cannot be regarded as a homogeneous and uniformly stable social group. Similar income levels often mask significant differences in financial strategies, lifestyles, and levels of economic security. This is the conclusion reached by sociologists at HSE University. The study has been published in Voprosy Ekonomiki.
HSE University and Unicamp Develop Partnership Projects
At the end of May, HSE University in Moscow received a delegation from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil), which has held a strong, long-standing partnership with HSE. The meeting in Moscow took place as part of the International Partner Week, which was held from May 19 to 22 by HSE University–St Petersburg. The event was attended by Unicamp representatives: Rafael Dias, Director of International Affairs, and Milena Serafim, Associate Director of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
HSE University and Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Sign Cooperation Agreement at KazanForum 2026
HSE University and the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (TAS) have agreed on cooperation. The agreement formalised a strategic partnership between the two leading scientific and educational institutions in the field of demographic and sociological research. The document was signed in Kazan on May 13, 2026 by Lilia Ovcharova, HSE Vice Rector and Director of the Institute for Social Policy, and Rifkat Minnikhanov, President of TAS, at the venue of the 17th International Economic Forum ‘Russia—Islamic World: KazanForum.’
Pavel Shulgin took part in a roundtable meeting of the Russian Geographical Society
On January 29, 2026, the Russian Geographical Society held a roundtable discussion on the topic "The Phenomenon of Boundless Siberia" as part of the Presidential Order on the Formation of the Great Siberian Library (Pr-2869 dated December 13, 2025)
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Pavel Shulgin took part in the XVII Congress of the Russian Geographical Society
On October 22 and 23, the 17th Congress of the Russian Geographical Society, which is celebrating its 180th anniversary this year, was held at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
‘We Fought for Every Ball and Came Out Victorious’
HSE athletes take home three medals at international pickleball tournament
Pavel Shulgin and Olga Shtele took part in the XVI All-Russian Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnologists
The 16th Congress of Russian Anthropologists and Ethnologists, the largest ethnographic forum in the country, was held in Perm from July 2 to 6. The forum was attended by approximately 1,500 scientists and specialists from not only the Russian Federation but also other countries, who discussed key scientific issues in 62 sections.
Mapping as a Tool for Preserving Cultural Heritage
On May 23-24, an All-Russian Scientific Conference "Urban Environment Transformation: New Trends and Old Problems" was held in Kaluga, organized by Kaluga State University named after K.E. Tsiolkovski and Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN). Pavel Shulgin, the project leader of Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center, the head of the Centre for Regional Programs of Social and Cultural Development, and Olga Shtele, the leading expert of the Center, presented their report on the mapping of territories in order to preserve cultural heritage.
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The preliminary defense of Svetlana Mareeva’s doctoral dissertation took place
On March 29, 2024, at a joint meeting of the Institute for Social Policy and the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research of the HSE, the pre-defense of Svetlana Vladimirovna Mareeva’s doctoral dissertation took place.
How will the Pushkin Mikhailovskoye Nature Reserve develop in the next decade?
The VIII International Forum of Literary Museums was held in the State Memorial Historical, Literary and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin "Mikhailovskoye" (Pushkin Reserve) in the Pskov region from October 5 to 9.