International conference "Urban inequalities vs. Urban inclusion: migration, identity and public space"
June 19-21, International conference “Urban inequalities vs. Urban inclusion: migration, identity and public space”
Ekaterina Demintseva, Daniel Kashnitsky, Dmitriy Oparin presented their recent researches at the International Conference "Urban inequalities vs. Urban inclusion: migration, identity and public space"
Ekaterina Demintseva (Institute of Social Policy, Higher School of Economics), Daniel Kashnitsky (Institute of Social Policy, Higher School of Economics), Dmitriy Oparin (Moscow State Universtiy, Institute of Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics) presented their recent researches at the International Conference "Urban inequalities vs. Urban inclusion: migration, identity and public space" focused on ethnographic analysis of various aspects of urban inequality, such as unemployment, informal employment, homelessness, access to essential services, intolerance, conflict, digital divide.
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the 3rd Forum for Social Innovations in Regions
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute, participated the 3rd Forum for Social Innovations in Regions that took place in VDNH Expo in Moscow.
Academic workshop "Human Capital Investments in the Context of Active Ageing: the Evidence from Japan"
The Institute for Social Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the academic workshop devoted to “Human Capital Investments in the Context of Active Ageing: the Evidence from Japan” where Dr. Vasily A. ANIKIN , Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Stratification Studies of the same Institute, presented his study.
Svetlana Mareeva on the boundaries of well-being and ill-being in modern Russian society
On June 17, 2019, new website dedicated to economic and financial research “Econs. Economic Conversations” (managed by the staff of the Bank of Russia) published the article “Finding the Boundaries of Well-being” by Svetlana Mareeva, Director of the Center for Stratification Studies.
4th International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference
The 4th International RLMS-HSE User Conference was held at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, on 24-25 May 2019. Vasily Anikin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Stratification Studies, presented results of the study on social mechanisms that discouraged Russians’ investments in human capital accumulation in Russia in the period of economic growth in 2001-2014.
Center for Stratification Studies on Russians’ Social Demands to the State
On 29 May, 2019, research and educational website IQ.hse.ru published the article “Dependence on the State. What Social Assistance are the Russians Waiting for?” based on the findings from the study by Vassily Anikin, Yulia Lezhnina, Svetlana Mareeva, and Ekaterina Slobodenyuk.
Alina Pishyak, Director of the Centre for Studies of Income and Living Standards, and Aleksandra Goriainova, Research Assistant of the Centre, provided comments about the middle class in Russia
On May 24, 2019, the Tass News Agency published a text 'The Middle Class. Who is it? How does it spend its money?’ The research fellows of the Centre for Studies of Income and Living Standards provided their comments on the topic.
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the extended collegium of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
On May 23, 2019, Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the extended collegium of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, addressed the collegium. Maksim Oreshkin, Minister of the Economic Development, presented a report on the Ministry performance in 2018 and its objectives in 2019.
The fourth academic workshop within the series of events under the topic “Active Ageing Policy and Pension Reforms: Russian and International Experience”
On May 23, 2019 the Institute for Social Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the fourth academic workshop within the series of events under the topic “Active Ageing Policy and Pension Reforms: Russian and International Experience”. This one organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland in the Russian Federation was devoted to Swiss social security system.