
Natalia Bulchenko participated in the interdisciplinary conference "Comorbidity Field 2.0: Sociocultural Dimensions of Health, Illness, and Medicine"
On October 31, 2025, Natalia Vasilievna Bulchenko, a research intern at the Moscow Literary Institute for Social Studies and a second-year postgraduate student at the HSE Graduate School of Sociological Sciences, presented a paper at the interdisciplinary conference "Comorbidity Field 2.0: Sociocultural Dimensions of Health, Illness, and Medicine," organized by the HSE St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Arts, the HSE Faculty of Humanities, the HSE Ronald Franklin Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, the Student Research Society of the Department of History of the HSE St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Arts, and the HSE Research and Study Group "History of Russian Psychiatry: New Approaches to Study."

Konstantin Obukhov took part in the scientific and practical conference "Philanthropy: Science and Practice"
On October 20-21, the Smirnov House in Moscow hosted the scientific and practical conference "Philanthropy: Science and Practice ," organized by the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation. Konstantin Obukhov, a senior research fellow at the ILSIR, delivered a presentation.
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Congratulations to Tatyana Larkina on the successful defense of her PhD dissertation!
On October 9, 2025, Tatyana Yuryevna Larkina, a junior research fellow at the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research (ILSIR) at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics, defended her PhD dissertation on "Discretion in the Work of School Teachers in Russia."

A scientific and practical discussion "Are outsiders allowed to enter? Definitions and challenges of an inclusive society" was held at the ILSIR
On March 6, 2025, the ILSIR hosted a scientific and practical discussion entitled "Are Outsiders Allowed to Enter? Definitions and Challenges of an Inclusive Society". The meeting featured speeches by invited experts from the Donor Forum and MTS. The event was attended by students, postgraduates, researchers and teachers from the National Research University Higher School of Economics and Moscow State Pedagogical University.

Egor Novgorodov spoke at the international conference "Game Design and Game Studies: The Ontology of Video Games"
On February 27-28, 2025, the international conference "Game Design and Game Studies: Ontology of Video Games" was held, organized by the School of Design and the Graduate School of Art and Design of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, at which Egor Novgorodov, a research intern at the ILSIR, spoke.

Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova took part in the International Conference and International Research Seminar
Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova, the head of MLISI, attended the International Research Seminar on "Global Welfare Research" and the International Conference on "Social Welfare Policies and Services in the Post-Pandemic Era" in Taipei, Taiwan. The events were organized by the Department of Social Work of the National Taiwan University on the initiative of Professor Julia Wong on October 24-26, 2024.
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Victoria Antonova and Arseniy Buchatsky spoke at the Samara University conference on sociology and social work with international participation
Leading SIR IL researcher Victoria Konstantinovna Antonova and SIR IL research intern Arseniy Buchatsky spoke at the 35th anniversary of Samara University's sociological faculty on Friday, November 15, 2024, at the All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation, "Sociology and social work: modern educational and research practices."

Life is a marathon without preparation
The "Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Human Potential" at NCMU, the MP Sociology of the Public Sphere and Digital Analytics, and the ML Social Integration Research hosted guests on November 8. The interested audience was shown the short documentary film "4:30" (directed by V. Ovchinnikov) as part of the International Film Festival about the lives of people with disabilities "Cinema without Barriers" organized by the "Perspektiva." The film touched on topics of inclusive culture of Russian society and the lives of people of the "silver age".

The preliminary defense of Md. Reza Habib’s PhD dissertation took place
On September 25, 2024, at a joint meeting of the School of Sociology and the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research of the HSE, the pre-defense of Md. Reza Habib’s PhD dissertation took place

IL SIR staff took part in the 16th conference of the European Sociological Association
On August 27 to 30, the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association was held in Porto, Portugal, in which our Laboratory staff took part.


