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Illustration for news: How the pension reform will protect the rights of the working citizens in the pre-retirement age?

How the pension reform will protect the rights of the working citizens in the pre-retirement age?

Lilia Ovcharova, director for Social Studies, HSE, director of the Institute for Social Policy, answered this question in the live broadcast of the program ‘OTRrazhenie’ (‘Reflection’) of the OTR Channel.

Pavel Shulgin and Olga Shtele took part in the meeting of the Scientific Expert Council for Historical Settlements at the Federation Council

On September 10, the Federation Council, the upper House of the Federal Assembly, the Russian Parliament, held a meeting of the Scientific Expert Council for Historical Settlements. It discussed the creation of a list of historical settlements, their comprehensive development and the improvement of their investment attraction.

Pavel Shulgin and Olga Shtele took part in the UNESCO Forum on Intercultural Dialogue held in Kazan

On September 4-7, 2018, a UNESCO Forum on Intercultural Dialog was held in Kazan. The forum united the scientists and public figures from several dozens of countries. The major topic of the forum was the protection of the world heritage as an important part of the intercultural communication.

Illustration for news: On September 5, 2018 was held a session of the regular seminar "Migration studies"organized by the Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy

On September 5, 2018 was held a session of the regular seminar "Migration studies"organized by the Higher School of Economics Institute of Social Policy

Bhavna Dave (Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London) presented her recent research "Securitization and Neoliberal Logic in Russia’s Labour Migration Governance"

On September 4, 2018, the Institute for Social Policy held a scientific seminar on the topic “Inequality and Welfare Dynamics in Russia during 1994-2015”

The seminar moderated by Alina I. Pishnyak, director of the center for studies of income and living standards, heard a presentation by Dr. Kseniya R. Abanokova, Junior Research Fellow of the Center for Comprehensive Social Policy Studies.

Illustration for news: Daniel Kashnitsky took part in the 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference

Daniel Kashnitsky took part in the 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference

The Conference took place on 15-17 August 2018 and was hosted by the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society of the Linköping University, Sweden. Daniel presented a paper called "A trap of forced illegality for HIV-positive migrants in Russia".

Illustration for news: In July and August 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Tomsk

In July and August 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Tomsk

In July and August 2018, Ekaterina Demintseva and Dmitry Oparin conducted field research in Tomsk exploring the migration situation in the city. This study was funded by a Russian Science Foundation grant “The use and creation of urban infrastructures by migrants in Siberian regional centres”.

European Association of Social Anthropologists

Dmitriy Oparin participated at the 15thEASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) biennial conference at Stockholm University, 14-17 August, 2018. He made a presentation "Central Asian migrants in Tomsk. Where next?"

An article “Russian salaries caught up Romanian ones. A labor market monitoring” is published by the Kommersant newspaper

The salaries on the Russian labor market are higher than in the other CIS countries and are comparable with the ones in Central and Eastern Europe, claim the experts of the Higher School of Economics in the “Interstate comparison of the salary levels in 2011-2017” monitoring. The calculations are based on the purchasing power parity (PPP).

Illustration for news: A paper by Ilya Kashnitsky is published in The Lancet

A paper by Ilya Kashnitsky is published in The Lancet

The lancet, prestigious academic journal, published a paper by Ilya Kashnitsky and Jonas Schöley.