
"‘While leaving, I'm still waiting at the door, because I'm worried’. Vibrating Boundaries in the Relations between Social Workers and Clients in Caring Practices"
On April 15, 2022, Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova took part at the conference "An anxious society and the (im)possibilities of solidarity", organized by the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the St. Petersburg Association of Sociologists SPAS, panel "Feelings, emotions and boundaries: a psychotherapeutic turn in modern Russia" with a report on the topic "'While leaving, I'm still waiting at the door, because I'm worried’. Vibrating Boundaries in the Relations between Social Workers and Clients in Caring Practices" together with Valentina Yarskaya-Smirnova.

International Cooperation
Research Assistant Daniel Lebedev has joined the Organazing Committee of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA).

Barriers and Prospects for Employment of People with Disabilities in Russia and Abroad
On December 2, an international online seminar "Barriers and Prospects for Employment of People with Disabilities in Russia and Abroad" was held. The seminar was organized by the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center, the World Bank and the International NRU HSE Laboratory for Social Integration Research with the support of the ROOI "Perspektiva" and the All-Russian Society of People with Disabilities. Within the framework of the seminar, the results of the analysis of the opportunities and barriers to integrating people with disabilities into the Russian labor market were presented.

The Meanings of Inclusion in Science and Practice
On December 1, Elena Yarskaya-Smirnova made a presentation “The meanings of Inclusion in Science and Practice” at the interdisciplinary scientific and practical conference “Inclusive Education - an Inclusive Society: Evidence-Based Approaches to the Inclusion of Children with Mental Disabilities in General Education".

Family education: models, strategies or regimes?
The International Laboratory for Social Integration Research concluded September with another seminar. Maria Pridatchenko presented her report "Models of institutionalization of family education".

An Integrative Model of Physical Activity of a Disabled Child as a Resource of Social Well-being of His Family
А regular seminar of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research was held On September 25. Maria Kournikova spoke on the topic "An Integrative Model of Physical Activity of a Disabled Child as a Resource of Social Well-being of His Family."

Discovering Russia Anew
On July 6, a student research expedition to Komi-Permyak Okrug of Perm Krai, realized within the framework of NRU HSE program “Discovering Russia Anew”, came to an end.

The Movement of Election Observers in Russia: Social Composition, Factors and Dynamics of Development
Pre-defense of Yulia Skokova's Ph.D. thesis 'The movement of election observers in Russia: social composition, factors and dynamics of development' was successfully held within the framework of the meeting of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research on April 29.

Modernizing Welfare in Russia and Other Post-Soviet States: Deinstitutionalization, Inclusion, and Agency
A panel session on “Modernizing Welfare in Russia and Other Post-Soviet States: Deinstitutionalization, Inclusion, and Agency” was successfully organized and held by the International Laboratory of Social Integration Studies (ILSIS) at the XXII April International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development to be held on 21 April, 2021 via Microsoft Team Platform in order to interact with presenters and participants from different parts of the world.

Congratulations to Daria Salnikova on the successful defense of her PhD thesis
On April 7, 2021, Daria Salnikova successfully defended her PhD thesis on the topic: "The relationship between objective and subjective economic well-being of the population in post-Soviet Russia", submitted for the degree of candidate of sociological sciences


