Uneasy Questions for Russian Sociology
This year, Russian sociology is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It seems like a good time to reflect on its current situation. On the eve of the Third All-Russia Sociological Congress, the HSE First Deputy Rector, the Department of Economic Sociology Chief Vadim Radaev spoke to us about this event.
Top Level Coverage
As the “RatOR” ` ratings showed, the Higher School of Economics is the leader among Russian universities in information coverage for applicants (considering Web-communications level during 2008 entrance exams).
Moscow "Patterns of transition"
On the 28-30th of August, 2008 the 10th bi-annual European Association for Comparative Economic Studies conference “Patterns of Transition and New Approaches to Comparative Economics” had been held at the SU-HSE, Moscow.
In the land of France
The Center for Cooperation with France and French – speaking countries (i.e. the HSE French Center) is one of the most successful departments for cooperation with foreign universities. About 50 students visit France and Luxemburg for studies every year. Irina Maltseva, the chief of the Center, spoke to us about last year’s activities and the Centre's plans for the future.
Mukharlamov's trilemma
In 2008 before graduating from the HSE International College of Economics and Finance Vladimir Mukharlamov faced a serious dilemma. Well, honestly speaking, a, trilemma. Nothing awful, just day-to-day troubles. Vladimir overcame it successfully despite some obstacles. Let’s start with the background…
Risky Plagiarism
HSE has implemented a new antiplagiarism system. The HSE first deputy-rector Vadim Radaev spoke to us about this and answered a few queries about the system.
Home convenient as an office
Recently, access to digital data subscribed by the HSE library has become available for home users. Today it is possible to access resources not only at home, but on business trip, at a cafe with Wi-Fi, in a public garden or on a train through GPRS. Vladimir Pisliakov, the deputy — chief of digital library, talks to us about this revolution.