School of Sociology

HSE Journal on Sociology is Read in 55 Countries

This year the Sociological Review journal celebrates its 10^th anniversary. Alexander Filippov, its Editor-in-Chief, Head of the Center of Fundamental Sociology, HSE Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities, told us about the mission, history and authors of the journal.

May 18, 2011

Strategic Partnership Development

On November 9^th the Russian Ministry of Education and Science officially announced that the HSE and the George Mason University, among others, were winners of a contest organized in 2010 as part of the joint Russian-American university programme. This autumn a delegation from the U.S. Department of Education visited the HSE to discuss the prospects for cooperation. Boris Zhelezov, Deputy Vice Rector of the HSE, told us about the results of the visit and new directions of interaction.

November 17, 2010

HSE attracts Leading Scientists

On October 29^th the results of the open public competition of the Ministry of Education and Science for financial support of research conducted under supervision of leading scientists in Russian universities were announced. Fedor Bogomolov, Professor of Mathematics at the New York University, and Ronald Inglehart, Professor at the University of Michigan Center for Political Studies, will both receive grants for research work at the HSE.

October 29, 2010

Strengthening the Reciprocity with American Sociologists

The Higher School of Economics has won a second grant in the programme of collaboration between U.S. and Russian universities.

August 12, 2010

‘Political Correctness Constrains Researchers’

From July 26th - 30th the VIII International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) Congress took place in Stockholm. The event takes place once every five years and brings together researchers from Russia and East Europe.

August 09, 2010

‘We Need to Overcome the Cultural Barrier’

On May 24th – 26th the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development took place at the HSE. It was organized by the Cultural Change Institute (the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA) and the Higher School of Economics. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with the Symposium participants.

May 26, 2010

Paris is Worth It

Alexander Chepurenko, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Sociology, told us about the new double degree programme – a joint programme between the Higher School of Economics and Paris West University Nanterre La Défense .

December 01, 2009

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