A Study on the Factors of Revolutionary Destabilization in Asian and African Countries Using Machine Learning Methods Has Been Published
A team of researchers from the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Revolutionary Processes — Ivan Chernomorchenko, Ilya Medvedev, and Andrey Korotayev — has published an article in the journal Cross-Cultural Research (ranked at the List A) titled Towards the Ranking of the Importance of Revolutionary Destabilization Factors in Asian and African Countries Using Machine Learning Methods. The study focuses on identifying the key structural drivers of armed and unarmed revolutionary destabilization in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia over the period from 1950 to 2022.
The Demographic Bomb is a Myth: Andrey Korotaev Reveals Real Threats for Russia and Asia
A demographic crisis linked to an excessive influx of people is not a global threat to the planet. On the contrary, most countries face the opposite problem — a rapid decline in population, explained demographer and Director of the Center for Stability and Risk Studies at HSE University, Andrey Korotaev. In an interview with NewsInfo, he analyzed current forecasts suggesting that humanity has allegedly exceeded the permissible limits of survivability.
Professor Andrey Korotaev on Gen Z protests, demography, technological challenges, and social transformations in Africa in an interview for the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
In an interview for the "Sandbox" project, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Center for Stability and Risk Analysis at the Faculty of Social Sciences of HSE University Andrey Korotaev discusses Gen Z protests, manifestations of singularity, Middle Eastern and African challenges, artificial intelligence challenges, and the "infinite" population of the Earth. The interview was conducted by HSE student Denis Sadov.
Vadim Ustyuzhanin on New Alcohol Trade Restrictions
The researcher at the Center for Stability and Risks Analysis (CSRA) commented to radio station "Govorit Moskva" on the ban on alcohol sales on Sundays and public holidays, which will come into force on March 1, 2026, in the Altai Republic.
Vadim Ustyuzhanin is the laureate of the Student Research Paper Competition held by HSE University!
A researcher at the CSRA is the laureate the Student Research Paper Competition on economics. Vadim Ustyuzhanin's paper Parenthood Penalty in Russia: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size, assesses the causal effect of childbirth on maternal employment in Russia, often referred to as the ‘motherhood penalty’.
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CSRA and Ethiopia's The Policy Studies Institute signed a memorandum of understanding
The Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis at the National Research University Higher School of Economics and The Policy Studies Institute have signed a memorandum establishing cooperation in the field of social sciences. This agreement formalised the willingness of both parties to establish a strategic partnership aimed at developing joint initiatives in areas such as federations and federalism, comparative analysis of public policy practices, and the socio-economic policies of states.
Vadim Ustyuzhanin presented his research Illuminating the Impact of Resistance: Nonviolent Political Movements and Economic Activity at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science in Seoul.
HSE Expands Cooperation with Gulf Countries
HSE University and the Centre for International Policy Research (Qatar) have agreed to collaborate in the field of social sciences, with plans for joint research, academic exchanges, and regular expert engagement. The agreement was signed during the roundtable ‘State Capacity and State Resilience in the Global South,’ held as part of the 25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference at HSE University.
Yevgeny Ivanov took part in the international scientific seminar ‘The Syrian conflict and its impact on the post-Soviet area’
On 27 January 2025, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted an international scientific seminar ‘The Situation in Syria and its Impact on the Post-Soviet Area. The event was organised by the Laboratory of Contemporary Central Asia and Caucasus Studies. The seminar was attended by academic researchers and experts from Russia and abroad.
Prospects for Russian-Indian co-operation
Ashish Singh, the graduate of the Doctoral School of Political Science (HSE University), published a column in the Garhwal Post (India) about the prospects of Russian-Idian relations after Modi's vitis to Moscow. Yevgeny Ivanov, the reserch fellow of the CSRA, contributed to this covering the issue of education.