Seminar by Vlada Mikhaleva and Georgy Sharov
On December 8, the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research held postgraduate seminars with Vlada Mikhaleva and Georgy Sharov.
Maria Malofeeva gave a lecture at GES-2
On December 10, Maria Malofeeva, a postgraduate student and research intern at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, spoke at the GES-2 Community Center as part of a series of lectures from the ongoing "Deaf and Voiced" program of the "Exploring the Deaf Community" and "Sign Language Lovers Club" projects.
Seminars by Maxim Gurin and Ekaterina Dolgova
On December 5, 2025, seminars were held by postgraduate students of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, Maxim Gurin and Ekaterina Dolgova.
Original: Practices for coping with gender stigma in IT education – project group members presented the results of their research at an international conference in Kazakhstan.
Olga Savinskaya, a leading research fellow at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, and Tamara Mkhitaryan, a research intern, presented a paper titled "Gender Regime in Educational Organizations: Action Space and Coping Practices of Female IT Students" at the international conference "Voices at the Margins: Rethinking Gender, Labor, and Belonging" in Astana, held by the Center for Entrepreneurship Research at Nazarbayev University with the support of the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan.
Seminar by Polina Guseva
On December 1, 2025, a seminar on "The Relationship between Values, Trust, and Civic Participation: A Moderation Analysis" was held at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research.
The staff of the ILSIR and the Department of Sociology took part in organizing a round table on the sociology of childhood at the VII All-Russian Sociological Congress
On November 13, 2025, a discussion on the sociology of childhood was held at the HSE University as part of the 7th All-Russian Sociological Congress. The event was organized by Olga Savinskaya and Maxim Gurin, staff members of the International Laboratory of Social Integration Research and the HSE Department of Sociology, and Svetlana Mayorova-Shcheglova, professor at Moscow State University of Psychology and Education.
ILSIR staff took part in organizing the XIII International Film Festival about the lives of people with disabilities, "Cinema Without Barriers."
From November 7 to 10, 2025, the 13th International Film Festival about the lives of people with disabilities, "Cinema Without Barriers," was held in Moscow. Organized by the Russian Society of Disabled People "Perspektiva" with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the event attracted a record number of applications—over 950 filmmakers from 70 countries. The event became an important platform for discussing contemporary issues of disability inclusion. The team of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research provided organizational support for the event: they drafted and widely distributed invitations to audiences, updated the feedback form, and, most importantly, moderated discussions with audiences after the film screenings. ILSIR research interns share their impressions of the festival.
Roman Karikh spoke at the II International Educational Forum (IEF)
From November 26–29, the 2nd International Educational Forum (IEF) was held at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) in Moscow with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Research intern Roman Karikh of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research gave a presentation at the Forum.
Natalia Bulchenko moderated a section at the III All-Russian Youth Scientific Conference "The Position of Women in Business in Russia and the World"
On November 24, 2025, at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), Natalia Vasilievna Bulchenko, a second-year postgraduate student at the Graduate School of Sociology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, a research intern at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, and a participant in the regular project group "Social Order in the Transforming Social Sphere: Macro- and Micro-Analysis," moderated a section at the III Youth All-Russian Scientific Conference "The Position of Women in Business in Russia and the World," which was organized by members of the MGIMO Student Club at the Department of World Economy "Women in Science."
Seminar by Bulat Gilfanov
On November 21, a seminar was held at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, National Reaserach University, HSE, dedicated to the discussion of Bulat Gilfanov's dissertation on the topic: "Involving People with Disabilities in Entrepreneurship: Barriers and Resources."