Tag «ideas & experience»

On November 27^th, 2012, the HSE celebrates its 20^th anniversary. Below, some of its distinguished friends share their memories about the School's history and wishes for the future.

The 7^th International ‘Changing Europe’ Summer School took place at the start of August in Moscow. The event was organized by the Higher School of Economics and the University of Bremen Research Centre for East European Studies.

The 6^th Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (RSSIA 2012) took place in Moscow region from July 5^th – 11^th 2012. Here, some of the participants share their impressions of the event.

On May 17^th a presentation of the book ‘Russian Tide’ by John Pepper, former director of Procter & Gamble, took place at the HSE.

Some international participants of the XIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development told us about their research and shared their views on the global economy.

In April a new all-university elective course on Science, Technology and Innovation: Analysis, Strategies and Policy will be launched at the HSE. It will be delivered in English by leading HSE international professors as well as some visiting experts. Dirk Meissner, Deputy Head of the HSE Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, and one of the authors of the course, told us more about the course, its structure and specifics.

The Higher School of Economics and the University of Texas (USA) have recently been working on an agreement on cooperation in public administration. Alexey Barabashev, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Public Administration, told us about this process, as well as the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference which took place in Washington.

On the 17th of October students and faculty of Moscow universities met Paul Polman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unilever group of companies.