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On February 25, 2026, the second Arctic Research Seminar, entitled  “Developments and Transformations in European Union Arctic Policy before and after 2022,”  was held at HSE University. The event was organised by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies at Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change, HSE University.

On February 19, 2026, the Centre for Water Resources Research at the HSE Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change held its second monthly Water Workshop, dedicated to the geopolitics of water in Latin America. Experts discussed how the growing interest of global powers in the region is linked to access to freshwater resources and how realistic the scenario of “water wars” might be.

On 10 February 2026, the 4th International Academic Conference “The Arctic in Contemporary World Politics” was held at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event was jointly organised with the Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studiesand the Russian Center for Scientific Information, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federationand the Federation Council of Russia.

On February 10, 2026, the Centre for Centre for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies at Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change, HSE University, held its first Arctic Research Seminar, entitled “The Greenland Question: Factors, Prospects and Development Scenarios.” Experts examined the impact of the Greenland agenda on transatlantic relations, security, and global markets.

Презентация мониторинга макроэкономического и финансового положения и состояния долговых рынков стран БРИКС в рамках проекта МАС “Подходы к альтернативной международной финансовой системе”

On January 28, 2026, the Centre for Water Resources Research of the Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change at HSE University held its first Water Workshop. Participants discussed institutional constraints and opportunities for regional cooperation in the field of water security, with a particular focus on Kazakhstan.

An article by Igor Makarov, Director of the HSE Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change, co-authored with Elizaveta Smolovik, Junior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for the Climate Change Economics, has been published in Energy Research & Social Science, one of the leading international journals in the field of energy and social research. The study analyses which countries stand to gain or lose in the context of the global energy transition.

A joint research group from HSE University and the University of Campinas discusses the possibilities of creating a new international settlement system for developing countries.

A joint research team from HSE University and the University of Campinas discusses the possibilities of creating a new international settlement system for developing countries with invited lecturer from the School of World Economy, Igor B. Turuev.

Researchers from the “Approaches to an Alternative International Monetary System” project, Alexandra Morozkina and Ekaterina Bakhmeteva, shared their findings at the International Research Forum hosted by the Russian-Armenian University's Department of Economics and Finance.