The Project «Youth Aspirations in regional studies: Economics and law of the European Union and its Member States»

On March 3, 2021, in the framework of the international student research project "Youth Aspirations in regional studies: Economics and law of the European Union and its Member States" which is being implemented for the first time in the 2020/2021 academic year by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics under the supervision of the head of the Department, Vera Vishnyakova, Ph.D. and a Russian postdoc of School of International Regional Studies Irina Strelnikova, Ph.D. in cooperation with the Lithuanian Business University of Applied Sciences, was given a lecture on "The EU Law" by guest lecturer Professor Marko Mosselman from the Inholland University (Haarlem, the Netherlands). Within the framework of the lecture, the issues of the specifics of the EU legal system, EU institutions, sources of EU law, the importance of judicial precedent in EU law, the development of the single market, and the four freedoms: freedom of movement of goods, persons, services, and freedom of capital movement were discussed in an interactive format.

In the framework of the international student research project "Youth Aspirations in regional studies: Economics and law of the European Union and its member States" which is being implemented for the first time in 2020/2021 academic year by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics under the supervision of the head of the Department, Vera Vishnyakova, Ph.D and a Russian postdoc of School of International Regional Studies Irina Strelnikova, Ph.D in cooperation with the Lithuanian Business University of applied Sciences, was given a lecture on "The Economy of the European Union" by guest lecturer Professor Vadim  Semenenko from the Prague University of Economics and Business (Prague, Czech Republic). Within the framework of the lecture, the issues of the specifics of the EU economy and the economy of the EU member states, the impact of Covid-19 on the EU economy as a whole and its different sectors, the issues of the EU common market and the economic differences of the EU member states were discussed in an interactive format.

On April 23, 2021 in the framework of the international student research project "Youth Aspirations in regional studies: Economics and law of the European Union and its member States" which is being implemented for the first time in 2020/2021 academic year by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics under the supervision of the head of the Department, Vera Vishnyakova, Ph.D and a Russian postdoc of School of International Regional Studies Irina Strelnikova, Ph.D in cooperation with the Lithuanian Business University of applied Sciences, the XVIII the Methodical International Students’ Scientific – Conference Academic Aspirations Of Youth: Insights In Economy, Management, was held. 

 At the conference, the project participants had the opportunity to make theses and present their scientific articles on current legal and economic issues of the EU and its member states, on which they worked within the framework of the project. 

All articles will be published in the proceedings of the conference in English.

On May 25, 2021 the final international on-line conference within the framework of the international student research project "Youth Aspirations in regional studies: Economics and law of the European Union and its member States", implemented by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics under the supervision of the head of School of International Regional Studies, Vera Vishnyakova, and a Russian postdoc of School of International Regional Studies Irina Strelnikova, in cooperation with the Lithuanian Business University of applied Sciences, was held in the format of the Zoom conference. The participants of this international project successfully made presentations and reports on the results of their scientific research.

    As a result, most of the project participants were able not only to successfully make a report at the final conference on various economic and legal topics related to the EU and EU member states, but also to gain experience in public speaking at the XVIIIth Methodical International Students’ Scientific – Conference «Academic Aspirations Of Youth: Insights In Economy, Management» held at the Lithuanian Business University of applied Sciences in April 2021 and to publish their articles in the Proceedings of this conference.