Campus news at HSE University

HSE Nizhny Novgorod held a meeting with one of the most important figures on the Austrian literary scene of the last third of the C20th, winner of the Austrian Prize for Literature 1991, and the Franz Kafka prize 1993 —- Peter Rosei.

The club Space Moscow will become a spaceship for one night to whisk HSE graduates away into the film fantasy world of Star Wars. Guests will greet one another with, ‘May the HSE be with you!’ assured that this is just the beginning and HSE is the launch pad for their journey into a new life.

Teachers from the HSE Faculty of Communications, Media and Design spoke at the annual International Association of Communications Conference, Communication Across the Life Span.

On May 31 at the Muzeon Park of Arts, the Mayovka Youth Festival will be held by the Russian Union of Youth. Activities awaiting visitors include sports, cooking classes, design lessons and a number of other events. HSE will have two venues at the festival – one for dancing and the other for intellectual games.

Belgian economist Jacques-Francois Thisse is Academic Supervisor at the Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics at HSE in Saint Petersburg. In an interview with HSE News Service he talked about why he likes Saint Petersburg, what fascinates him about Russia and how disillusion in Marxist ideas led him to studying market economies.

According to RePec’s April rankings, HSE is ranked first in Russia and 151st globally. It is also in the 5% of best institutions in the world in the field of Economics. Other HSE divisions recognized by the ranking include HSE St Petersburg, which is third on the list of the best Economics Institutions in Russia and is in the top 10% of Economics institutions worldwide, and HSE Centre for Market Studies and Spatial Economics and the Faculty of Economics (HSE Moscow), which are in  the top 10% globally.

of HSE teachers feel that their work is important for the university’s operation.

HSE Professor Konstantin Sonin has accepted an invitation from Chicago University to serve as a Professor in its Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies. Chicago University is one of the world’s top 10 academic institutions, and the Harris School is one of the United States’ top 5 analytical centers on public policy.