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Research at HSE: the Power of Collaboration

The HSE Look has begun a series of articles on research life at HSE. The new issue that came out today focuses on cooperative efforts in research and gives several detailed examples of joint work at our university. We will start with the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research who share their experience of starting up a research unit and successfully collaborating with colleagues and students.

Understanding Our Own History by Learning about Another’s

Social Historian, Franziska Exeler has focussed much of her research on the Soviet Union and the Second World War but at HSE she is asking students to find out what happened in other countries to try to understand the Soviet experience in a global context. She talked to the HSE English News website about teaching and researching at the HSE International Centre for History and Sociology, about discovering Moscow’s architecture and about her life as an academic in Russia.

Understanding Our Own History by Learning about Another’s

Social Historian, Franziska Exeler has focussed much of her research on the Soviet Union and the Second World War but at HSE she is asking students to find out what happened in other countries to try to understand the Soviet experience in a global context. She talked to the HSE English News website about teaching and researching at the HSE International Centre for History and Sociology, about discovering Moscow’s architecture and about her life as an academic in Russia.

'It’s Good to See that Society Is Starting to Listen to Scholars’ Opinion'

Last Friday, the day before Russian Science Day, we published stories by several HSE scientists on how they got into science. We received a lot of responses, so we decided to continue the project. Today, another four HSE scholars, including one Nobel laureate, discuss their journeys into science.

'My Nickname at School Was 'Professor'. I Had to Live up to It'

Why do people become researchers and pursue careers in science? What is more important for them – self-fulfillment or financial incentives? On the day before Russia celebrated Science Day on Feb 8, HSE’s news service talked to researchers working at HSE about what motivated them to become scientists.

'It Is Amazing How Enthusiastic and Serious about Mathematics My Students Are'

In September 2014, new international professors and postdocs joined the Faculty of Mathematics. January issue of 'The HSE LooK' welcomes aboard Assistant Professor Satoshi Kondo.

Getting to Know Moscow, Making Friends, and Pointing at Things

Marie Arsalidou joined HSE’s Faculty of Social Sciences as Assistant Professor in September 2014. She is getting ready to launch a wide-ranging developmental study examining cognitive capacities in school children. Here she talks about what working at HSE and living in Moscow is like for an international professor.

"In mathematics you either get some result or you don’t and there is nothing in between"

The HSE Look welcomes aboard Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Mathematics, Alexandra Skripchenko!

"It is amazing how enthusiastic and serious about mathematics my students are"

In September 2014, new international professors and postdocs joined the Faculty of Mathematics. In our January 2015 issue of The HSE Look we are pleased to welcome aboard Assistant Professor Satoshi Kondo!

January Issue of the HSE LooK

The latest issue of the HSE LooK brings the Faculty of Mathematics  into the spotlight. The Dean of the Faculty, Professor  Sergei Lando, speaks about mathematical education in Russia then and now and gives his insights into the academic life of the mathematical collective. The editors also welcome aboard new colleagues with international backgrounds and give a short overview of changes that have occurred on HSE website, including new design of faculty profile pages.