Russians Prefer to Donate Directly
In the past year, 57% of adult Russians have donated money to charity or to strangers in need. Health, religion, disaster relief, and orphanages were the most popular causes, according to Irina Mersiyanova, Director of the Centre for Studies of Civil Society and Non-Profit Sector, and rina Korneyeva, researcher with the same Centre.
37%
of customers, when choosing an online store, first and foremost pay attention to the fact that the price of goods there is lower than that charged by competitors.
HSE and EMC Corporation Will Study the Market of Bioinformatics in Russia
Higher School of Economics and EMC Cloud and Big Data R&D Center in Moscow (Skolkovo) have signed a cooperation agreement, which includes the creation of a Project and Study Group in Bioinformatics. HSE students and lecturers are a key part of the group.
Humanities at HSE: One Faculty, Different Programmes, More Opportunities
The united Faculty of Humanities has been launched and recently held an open day at HSE. For those who missed the event we share the most important information about the faculty.
1/3
of Russian researchers recognize that to be effective they need to work with peers as part of a scientific school.
Manage Stress through Using Psycho-Dramas, Photo Collages and the 'Life Balance Wheel'
December 21 saw HSE hold its first psychology festival 'Offload FEST', in which specialists from the HSE's Psychological Consultation Center talked about the various different ways of achieving understanding, fighting stress and coping with problems. Below we list some of their very useful advice.
HSE’s Development Will Continue in 2015, despite the Challenging Environment
HSE Academic Council has approved a draft financial and economic plan for the University in 2015.
Host Country Affects Migrants’ Values
The values of migrants in Europe are more affected by their host country than by the country where the migrants were born and raised. In other words, the sociocultural environment migrants live in changes their value systems, Maksim Rudnev, a Senior Research Fellow in HSE’s Laboratory for Comparative Studies in Mass Consciousness, said in the study ‘Value Adaptation among Intra-European Migrants. The Role of Country of Birth and Country of Residence’.
190
is the average number of litres of water a person living in Russia uses each day. Ten years ago, average daily water consumption was 300-380 liters.
Working Class More Vulnerable to Poverty
Poverty in Russia is particularly difficult to overcome since it is very heterogeneous. The Russian poor include groups as diverse as villagers who do not seem to fit into the post-industrial environment, low-skilled workers, university professors, and parents of young children. Each category of the poor requires a separate approach and a different type of state support, according to HSE Professor Nataliya Tikhonova and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Vasiliy Anikin.
Deadline for applications to present academic reports - January 20, 2025