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'Cultural Evolution is not Just a Metaphor'

'Cultural Evolution is not Just a Metaphor'
Alberto Acerbi, a cognitive/evolutionary anthropologist at TU Eindhoven, explains the notion of cultural evolution and highlights its potential for Digital Humanities.

Book ‘Russia: Strategy, Policy and Administration’ Sees Light

Palgrave Macmillan UK has published a book about Russia. The list of authors includes 21 researchers from HSE. The book has been edited by Irvin Studin, editor-in-chief of Global Brief (Canada).

Muscovites and Residents of Moscow Oblast Ready to Be Socially Active

On February 13, the director of HSE’s Centre for Studies of Civil Society and Non-Profit Sector, Irina Mersiyanova, presented the results of the project entitled ‘Social Activity of Muscovites in Figures’. The research was conducted by the Centre in December 2017. 2018 has been proclaimed the Year of the Volunteer by the President of the Russian Federation.

Minority Rights Are Human Rights

On January 29, 2018, the Centre for Education Law at HSE’s Institute of Education hosted an expert seminar on ‘Minority and Linguistic Rights in Education’. The seminar focused on key issues around linguistic rights of minorities, in particular with regard to education as a basic human right.

Do Companies Need Corporate Universities?

Do Companies Need Corporate Universities?
Researchers at the HSE International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (IDlab) have examined the role of corporate universities in developing human capital and improving performance. Their findings were published in the Journal of Intellectual Capital.

Research Priorities Should Depend on the Future Demand for Technology

Research Priorities Should Depend on the Future Demand for Technology
On February 8, we celebrated Russian Science Day. The recently released report entitled, ‘Russian Science in Figures’, compiled by HSE’s Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, details the current state of science funding, the percentage of the population in scientific jobs, and scientific research. Leonid Gokhberg, director of ISSEK and the first vice-rector of HSE, told us more about it.

British Professor Delivers Lecture on ‘History of the Senses’

On January 23, 2018, Roger Smith – Emeritus Reader in the History of Science at Lancaster University (UK) and Honorary Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy in Moscow – delivered a lecture entitled ‘The History of the Senses’. The lecture contributed to the history course taught by Professor Irina Savelieva, Director of the Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities, for second year Master's students.

How Does Living in a Big City Increase Life Expectancy?

Inhabitants of Moscow and St Petersburg live significantly longer than people living in other regions of Russia, according to a recent study carried out by researchers at the Higher School of Economics.

New Paper by Irina Lagutina Published in International Journal

Zeitschrift für Slawistik (vol. 62, issue 4, pp. 558-583) published a paper by Irina Lagutina, Professor at the HSE School of Cultural Studies, entitled ‘Klingers “Faust” und der russische Leviathan: Der Roman und die Machtverhältnisse in Russland unter Katharina II’.

How to Adjust a Smaller Size Neural Network without Quality Loss

Staff members of the HSE Faculty of Computer Science recently presented their papers at the biggest international conference on machine learning, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)’.