Students Invited to Plenary Session of the April Conference
For the first time, students and post-grads are invited to listen in on plenary sessions of the International April Conference. They will be able to find out ‘from the horse’s mouth’ what the world’s top academics, economists, government and public figures think about the current state of Russia’s economy and society.
Students and post-graduates are invited to four plenary sessions on the 7th April at the International Trade Centre on Krasnaya Presnya and to the session at HSE, 11 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa on the 8th April — Growth Opportunities during the Crisis: Business View.
The former Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, Academician Victor Polterovich, Chairman of vtb24 Bank Mikhail Zadornov, economist Mikhail Dmitriev and the Polish economic reformer Marek Dombrovsky will all take part in the session Reasons for Reforms’ Success and Failure.
HSE Director of Social Research Lilia Ovcharova will give a lecture at the plenary session on Social Policy Priorities. Further speeches are anticipated from the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Olga Golodets, Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Leonid Pechatnikov, and the well known specialists on social policy Natalia Zubarevich and Tatyana Malevaya.
Finally, the last session will be called Demand for Law: Factors and Driving Forces. It will be led by Anton Ivanov until recently, chairman of the Higher Court of Arbitration and now, Academic Supervisor at the HSE Faculty of Law. The Vice-Principal of the European University in St Petersburg, Academic Supervisor at the Institute for the Rule of Law Vadim Volkov and Director of the HSE Institute for Industrial and Market Studies Andrei Yakovlev, President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Yuri Pilipenko, the Bulgarian academic Ivan Krastev, HSE professor Sergey Pashin, Chairman of the Committee for the State Duma on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov and Director of the working group on making an international financial centre, Alexander Voloshin will all be taking part.
The plenary session and roundtable on Growth Opportunities during the Crisis: Business View will take place on 8th April. Students are welcome. There are plans to discuss the kind of interaction between business and government happening during the crisis, the role of business associations in overcoming negative consequences of the crisis and the influence of global politics and economic factors on the crisis in Russia.
Directors of federal, public and professional organisations, Russian and international business associations, representatives of Russian government departments, human rights ombudsmen, chairs of boards of directors and CEOs of the major Russian businesses have all been invited to take part.
President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, HSE President and Head of the HSE Department of Theory and Practice of Business-Government Interaction, Alexander Shokhin will moderate the session and the roundtable.
If you want to attend the plenary sessions, please register in advance before 12.00 on the 6th April (in the registration form please enter your email, last name and first name) and bring your HSE pass with you.
- Social Policy Priorities
- Reasons for Reforms’ Success and Failure
- Demand for Law
- Growth Opportunities during the Crisis: Business View
As usual, all students are welcome at any of the section sessions of the conference from 8-10th April.
See also:
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Fragmentation and Bloc Formation: How the Global Economy is Changing
Sergey Dubinin, former head of the Bank of Russia and Professor of Finance and Credit at the Faculty of Economics at Moscow State University, has delivered an honorary address at the XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference. He spoke about the transformation of the global monetary and financial system, as well as the Russian economy.
More Children, More Happiness: HSE Experts Study Impact of Number of Children on Russians' Assessment of Happiness
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HSE Expands Cooperation with Gulf Countries
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‘We Grow Old before We Become Rich’: How BRICS Countries Can Achieve Economic Growth
Due to population aging, many countries aiming for economic prosperity have limited time left to undergo economic transformation, according to the honorary report Narratives Versus Reality on Employment and Demography: How Undermining Institutions Can Push Countries Out of the ‘Narrow Corridor’ by Santosh Mehrotra of the University of Bath. The report was presented at the XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference.
XXV Yasin (April) Academic Conference Kicks Off at HSE University
The anniversary 25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development will take place from April 15 to 18. This year, over a thousand applications were submitted to present at the conference, of which the Programme Committee selected 381 of the best research papers in their respective fields.
HSE University Announces Call for Proposals to Attend Anniversary Yasin Conference
HSE University invites submissions of proposals with academic reports for participation in the 25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference (YIAC). The conference programme, centred on five research themes addressing issues of economic and social development, will retain its interdisciplinary focus and welcome participation from leading scientists in Russia and around the globe. The key events of the 25th Yasin Conference will be taking place in Moscow from April 15 to 18, 2025.
25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference Now Accepting Proposals
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Academic Council: HSE University’s Contribution to Achieving National Goals and Development Priorities to Increase
HSE University’s Development Programme until 2030 will be improved in order to increase the university’s contribution to achieving national goals and implementing the priorities of the country’s scientific and technological development. This decision was made by the university’s Academic Council on April 26. The meeting also addressed the principles for the development of HSE University’s external communications, one of which is the creation of a high-quality information field around the university.
Keeping Up with the Neighbours: Envy as a Driver of Economic Growth
Classical economic theory assumes that economic agents are entirely self-interested and rational in their pursuit of material well-being, and that they are not affected by external factors. As a result, externalities are not considered in any way when constructing economic models. Nevertheless, some sociologists argue for a revision of modern economic theory to incorporate the ethical dimensions of economic agents' behaviour. Kirill Borissov, Professor of the Faculty of Economics at the European University in St Petersburg, spoke at the XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference and shared his observations from creating his own economic model incorporating the factor of envy.