Andrey Vorchik studies happiness, delivers popular science lectures, and believes that science should address social issues as well. In an interview for the Young Scientists of HSE University project, he spoke about how emotions influence decision-making, the Bermuda Triangle formed by the bathroom, refrigerator, and bed, and the ideal formula for education.
Physicist Nina Dzhanayeva, recipient of a Vladimir Potanin Foundation scholarship, focuses her research on nanophotonics. In this interview for the HSE Young Scientists project, she discusses nanowells, scientific intuition, and how physics can help in making frangipane cream puffs.
A team of Russian researchers, including scientists from HSE University–St Petersburg, has developed the first open multimodal dataset containing recordings of brain activity, heart function, and video observations to help researchers understand what happens in the human brain during deep concentration. In the future, the dataset could accelerate the development of neural interfaces, rehabilitation technologies, and AI systems. The article has been published in Scientific Data.
Baklanov A., Международная жизнь 2025 № 5 С. 100–109
This article, based on materials from the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, examines for the first time issues related to the Soviet leadership's approach to negotiations with the United States and other Western countries in the context of the formation of the Bretton ...
Podrugina A., Morozkina A., Вопросы экономики 2025 № 11 С. 21–44
The article examines approaches to the creation of an alternative international financial system, as well as the current downward trend in the role of the dollar in the international financial system. The changes are viewed through the lens of the micro-foundations of currency choice (settlements, reserves, contracts) and are supported by both quantitative data and ...
Bondarenko K., Санников О. А., Пространственная экономика 2025 Т. 21 № 1 С. 136–162
The paper discusses current development of the world financial system through the processes of transforming its architecture or stabilizing the existing model. The study is based on the data on international trade and international reserves of different countries of the world (both developing and developed), as well as on the structure of financial claims (assets) ...