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On September 1st, a new season of the open Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) started. This competition is aimed at developing the potential of university students who are interested in academic activities. Students, as well as 2023 graduates of Russian and foreign universities, can submit their papers for the competition until October 15^th, 2023. This year SRPC turns 20 years old, throughout the competition’s history, Vadim Radaev, HSE University’s First Vice Rector, has been the chair of the organising committee. In today’s interview, he talks about the history of the competition and the key stages in its development.

On March 15, Judas Everett defended his doctoral dissertation ‘The Effect of the Patterns in the Dissolution of Communism on the Transition to New Systems in Eastern Europe’, which investigates the relationship between the demise of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the quality of democracy in the post-communist regime. The defence took place remotely. His academic supervisor was Professor Andrey Akhremenko of the HSE University School of Politics and Governance at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In his interview, Judas talks about the topic of his research and explains why political science is more important than ever.

The HSE Working Group “Russia Strategic Studies” in partnership with the IMEMO’s Center for International Security has conducted a joint seminar “The Role of Strategic Stability in Russian Foreign Policy”.

On 20-21 October 2022 School of Politics and Governance at HSE University hosted the Fifth International Symposium on Development and Governance in the BRICS.It gathered the speakers from ten countries, who discussed the public administration reforms in general, and such their aspects as tackling the consequences of COVID-19 pandemics, international project management, risk management and digitalization.

The start of a new academic year is an excellent time to plan the next steps in your academic career. On September 1, HSE University announced the start of its annual Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC-2022). Participation is open to students of Russian and international universities and to 2022 graduates. Last year, a total of 2,196 papers were submitted to the SRPC, of which 435 were from external participants.

Last Tuesday, November 16, 2021, a regular HSE research seminar "Modernisation of Public Finance" took place in the Department of Policy and Governance. Prof., Dr. Juraj Nemec, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, and at the Faculty of Economics at Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

The annual HSE Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) helps young researchers try their hand in a real academic competition, where leading experts and professionals from HSE University assess their research papers. This year, participation will be open from September 1 to October 15.

In accordance with the working plan, on June 28, 2021, a regular HSE research seminar "Modernisation of public finances" was held with a report on the topic: "A new procedure for managing budget programs: advantages and risks" made by a team of authors consisting of A. Belenchuk, State Councillor of the Russian Federation of the 3rd class (Accounts Chamber of Russia); Prof., Doctor of Economics N. Shash (Plekhanov Economic University of the Russian Federation) and Prof., Doctor of Economics M. Afanasiev (HSE University and Institute for economic forecasting of Russian Academy of Sciences).

On May 20, 2021, the next session of HSE academic research seminar "Public Finance Modernisation" take part with a new economic report. Dr. Renaud Bouchard, associate researcher (CEMI, Paris, France), made a presentation on the topic: “Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Long-Term Strategy in the Post Covid-19 Period”. This seminar held as an on-line MS Teams conference.

As part XXII of the April international conference of the HSE University the next discussion on the academic research seminar "Modernization of public finances" practically aligned with the "round table" 0-16-4 "Environmental and social responsibility management and the state".