‘Philosophy Is a Form of Rational Activity’
Viktor Gorbatov, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy Department of Ontology, Logics and Theory of Knowledge, is, according to the students of the Faculties of Economics and Psychology, one of the best teachers who conducts seminars. In an interview he gave to the HSE News Service he spoke about the role of philosophy in modern life.
'Forget Reform, We Need to Examine the Life We Have'
The Head of the Department for Local Administration at the HSE Faculty of Public Administration, Simon Kordonsky, Candidate of Philosophy, is one of the most original researchers studying Russian society. Students and graduates of “Vyshka” have voted him onto the list of Outstanding Teacher at the HSE for the second year in a row.
Always in Dialogue
Professor of the Department of Higher Mathematics at the HSE Faculty of Economics, Alexander Belenky was acknowledged in 2012 to be one of the best teachers at the university.
Math in Moscow
For the second year running Igor Artamkin, tenured professor, deputy head of the Faculty of Mathematics at HSE, has been named 'Best Teacher of the University'.
Carsten Sprenger: ‘For Us, the Conference on Financial Economics is the Event of the Year’
The Second International Moscow Finance Conference took place recently at the HSE International College of Economics and Finance. Carsten Sprenger, Head of the HSE Laboratory of Financial Economics and one of the conference’s organizers, told us about the event.
‘A Politician Is Someone to Study, Not a Client’
Alexey Zakharov, Associate Professor in the department of Advanced Mathematics in the HSE Faculty of Economics, is a member of the Committee of the European Political Science Association - a professional community of specialists who apply a variety of different methods in their analysis of the field as it is understood today.
Academic of the United Europe
Oleg Budnitsky, Professor at the HSE Department of Political History, became a member of the Academia Europaea.
Crisis Has a Big Cleaning Impact, but This Cleaning Hasn’t Happened
Yaroslav Kuzminov, Rector of the HSE, spoke about the new wave of the crisis, Russia’s readiness for it, and the system of public pharisaism among the powerful.
Uncertainty in the Global Economy
On October 9th, a seminar on the state of the global and monetary economy took place at the Higher School of Economics. Evgeniy Yasin shared his thoughts on this topic.
Marx Was Right, but Not Completely
On October 10th, 2012, Professor Ronald Inglehart, Academic Supervisor of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, spoke at the Open Seminar meeting at the HSE Saint Petersburg Faculty of Sociology. In his lecture he spoke about why Karl Marx’s forecasts will never come true and how culture alters the modernization process.
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