The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was held from September 28 to October 1, 2026 under the theme ‘Responsibility for the Future: Limits of the Possible, or Limitless Possibilities?’ The forum brought together 120 experts from 40 countries, including representatives of China, the United States, India, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt, Iran, and Japan.
The HSE International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis studies a wide range of methods for analysing decision-making and possible scenarios for the development of natural, socio-economic, and political phenomena using various mathematical models. The application of advanced mathematical methods to forecasting helps to prevent negative outcomes and avoid erroneous decisions. The HSE News Service spoke to the centre’s director, Prof. Fuad Aleskerov, about its work.
The International N5 Symposium ‘Neural Networks and Nonlinearity in Nizhny Novgorod’ was held at the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists from September 23 to 26. The event was organised by HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists, with the participation of Sberbank and the Institute of Physics Belgrade. The symposium was held for the second time: the first conference took place in 2025 and attracted considerable interest from the academic community.
Kuznetsov S., Лукичев А. Н., Shomina E., М.: Буки Веди, 2021.
В книге обосновывается необходимость формирования новой специальности - «Менеджер местного сообщества». Впервые рассматриваются теоретические основы развития местных сообществ и раскрываются вопросы практической и повседневной работы по поддержке локальных организаций жителей, в том числе деятельности территориального общественного самоуправления и различных других соседских организаций. Представлен большой спектр социальных технологий работы в доме и во дворе со своим ...
Shomina E., Kuznetsov S., Градостроительное право 2021 № 1 С. 36–39
The article continues the topic of good neighborliness as an important direction for the development of neighboring and local communities. It is devoted to practical issues and social technologies of good-neighborliness, primarily the use of good-neighborly technologies in the modern housing sector,
and, especially, in the housing and utility sector, given the important changes that have occurred ...
Shomina E., Kuznetsov S., Градостроительное право, Россия, Москва 2020 № 2 С. 44–48
The article has been prepared to develop good neighborliness in Russia, its methods and technologies. The authors show the link between the issues of community, neighborhood and good neighborliness and its practical interpretation in the social environment of cities and measurable economic effects. Good neighborliness is viewed as the most important trait and condition of ...
