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Teams of young people and students from eight countries—China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia—successfully completed the main mission of the International Space Games (ISG): ensuring the sustainable functioning of an autonomous settlement on another planet. The Games’ unique format, which dispenses with traditional competition aimed at securing victory for a single country, has proved its effectiveness. HSE University is the project operator.

On October 12, 2026, a delegation from the China National Academy of Educational Sciences (CNAES), led by its President, Li Yongzhi, visited HSE University. At a meeting with HSE President Nikita Anisimov, the two sides reviewed the results of their long-standing partnership and discussed prospects for joint research.

What led a researcher with a background in industrial engineering and human-computer interaction to pursue a PhD in education? How can an understanding of cognitive load help to make online learning more accessible? To find out more, we spoke to Hussein Al-Safi, a Research Intern at the International Laboratory of Research and Design in eLearning and a first-year PhD student at HSE University.