On November 6, the first module of the University Consortium began at Columbia University (New York). The Consortium was formed this autumn by Columbia, Harvard, the Free University of Berlin, Oxford, the Higher School of Economics, and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Students and faculty from the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs represent HSE in the project.
Once again, we would like to congratulate all graduates with the remarkable attainment and thank all who participated in this event. We put together all best moments of the ceremony in those reports:
This year, Panagiotis Sarantidis, from Greece, graduated from HSE’s International Business programme, headed by Irina Kratko. According to Prof. Kratko, foreign students’ motivations for choosing Moscow as a place to study are quite varied. Some of them intend to connect their future career with Russia, already having ideas to establish joint ventures here. Others, for example HSE students from the United States, have previously studied the Russian language, so their interest is perhaps rooted in the country’s rich cultural and historical heritage.
Established in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has come a long way, and now elicits considerable interest in the world. In the present special issue of Valdai papers Alexander Lukin, Department Head, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics considers the aspects of the organization’s new role nowadays.
On June 25 a lecture on the reform of financial system and the introduction of the silver standard by Hugo Salinas Price, Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist was held at HSE.
On June 15 S. Karaganov participated in the Vaduz Roundtable on “Continental Conditions for Russian-European Co-Evolution: Longer-term Challenges and Options” organized by Prince Michael von Liechtenstein. Participants discussed the middle-team strategies the common economic space development, prospects of the Russia-Europe partnership in the Continent and geopolitics.
On June 1 S. Karaganov Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE’s participated in the opening session “The Search for Global Leadership” an annual flagship London Conference (Chatham House), launched in 2014, brings together 200 senior decision-makers in the policy, business, civil society and academic spheres to debate the systemic risks facing the world as a result of the deepening process of globalization.
Tatiana Shakhova, a third-year student in HSE’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, has won the 2015 Labcitoyen competition. This year’s Labcitoyen competition was carried out by the Institut Français (Paris) and the Institut Français of Russia as part of preparation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, scheduled to take place in Paris in November and December 2015. The grand prize was a trip to Paris to attend the conference.
On April 30 Alexander Lukin, Head of the School of International Affairs participated in the international conference dedicated to the cooperation among China, Russia and Mongolia, which took place in Dalian, China.
Four HSE students were winners in a competition at the 5th international francophone conference for young academic researchers, Humanity and Climate: Sociological, Economic and Political Issues.
