
A seminar for young researchers from Germany and Russia "Dialogue between Russian and German scientific schools. Topics, methods, theories, approaches"
On June 5-9, 2018 a seminar for young researchers from Germany and Russia "Dialogue between Russian and German scientific schools. Topics, methods, theories, approaches" was held at the Center for Qualitative Research of the Institute for Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics.

On June 6, 2018, the Institute for Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics held a meeting of its regular seminar “Migration studies”
Olga Vendina (Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences), and Emil Pain (Higher School of Economics and Institute of sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences) presented their book “Multiethnic City: the Challenges and Prospects of Cultural Diversity Management in Metapolicies.”
The International forum “Digital Economy: Inter-Sectoral and Territorial Unity of Market Development” heard the presentation by Pavel Shulgin
On May 31, 2018, a meeting of the International forum “Digital Economy: Inter-Sectoral and Territorial Unity of Market Development” took place at the World Trade Center in Moscow. Pavel Shulgin, director of the Centre for Regional Programs of Social and Cultural Development of the Institute for Social Policy, HSE, presented his paper on the topic “Cultural heritage as a driver of historical settlements’ social and economic Development.”
On May 28, 2018, the issue of monitoring “Russian Population in 2018: Income, Expenses and Social Well-being” with an overview of data for the first quarter of this year was published
The analysis presented in the monitoring is based on the Rosstat current statistics data, public data of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) and other research agencies on social moods.
On May 25, 2018, Forbes magazine published an article by Lilia Ovcharova, director of the Institute, on the front page
A subject of the inequality, being as relevant as ever in the global perspective after the 2008 crisis, conquers more and more space in both the academic and the political discussions. Even the International Monetary Fund, which traditionally focuses on the inequality as the basis of the forming of the savings to turn into the investments, analyzes in the annual report 2015 the negative influences of the inequality on the sustainable development…
On May 23, 2018, Svetlana Mareeva, director of the Center for Stratification Studies, took part in the roundtable "Social Inequality: Where Is Justice?"
Svetlana Mareeva made a presentation on public perceptions of social justice and social inequalities in Russia.

On June 22, 2018, the Institute for Social Policy held a scientific seminar on the topic “Public social protection of elderly Russians in the field of health care: instruments and beneficiaries”
The seminar heard a presentation by Elena Gorina, PhD, senior research fellow at the Centre for Studies of Income and Living Standards of the Institute.

The Institute for Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics held a meeting of its regular seminar “Migration studies”
On May 21, 2018, the regular “Migration studies” seminar organized by the Institute of Social Policy (Higher School of Economics) and the Center for Franco-Russian Studies hosted Bartolomeo Conti, EHESS, Paris, with a presentation on “Genesis, functioning, and dismantling of a French jihadist group.”
On May 16-17, 2018, Lilia Ovcharova, director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the first federal “Productivity 360” Forum of the priority program “Increase of the Labour Productivity and Support of the Employment”
On May 16, 2018, Lilia Ovcharova participated as a speaker in the “Social protection” section of the Forum organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Nizhniy Novgorod Region Government in Nizhny Novgorod.
On May 15, 2018, the Institute for Social Policy held a scientific seminar on the topic "Modern problems of preservation and use of cultural heritage: the formation of the cultural framework as a method of inclusion of heritage in modern economic reality (on the example of the Tyumen region)"
The seminar heard a presentation by Pavel Shulgin, PhD, director of the Centre for Regional Programs of Social and Cultural Development of the Institute.