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How are universities, vocational education systems, and researcher training programmes evolving in response to new challenges? These questions were at the heart of the international forum ‘Reconfiguring Education in a Changing World: Russia–China Dialogues on Higher Education, Skills, and Research Training’, held in China in mid-June. The event was jointly organised by the HSE Institute of Education and the Graduate School of Education of Peking University, which hosted the forum on its campus.

Ksenia Tarasova and Daria Gracheva, from the Centre for Psychometrics and Measurement in Education, along with PhD student Nataliia Murashova, represented the HSE Institute of Education at the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education (ICAIE 2026), held from 13 to 15 May in Taicang, China.

What is it like to build a research career at the Institute of Education as an international scholar? What motivates ongoing engagement in research? And how easy is it to maintain a work–life balance while living in Moscow? To gain insight into the academic careers of our international colleagues and daily life in Russia, we spoke with Assistant Professor Nazir Jogezai.

How much do teachers matter for student well-being? As part of her doctoral research, Evgeniia Popovicheva, together with Tatjana Kanonire, Associate Professor at the HSE Institute of Education, and Andrey Zakharov investigated how perceptions of relationships between students and teachers are associated with student well-being across different countries and age groups.

From 13 to 21 May 2026, Alexey Obukhov, a Leading Expert at the Pinsky Centre of General and Extracurricular Education at the HSE Institute of Education, participated in a series of educational and professional events in Moulay Rachid youth complex in Bouznika, as part of the 2nd National Science Exhibition.

Researchers from the IOE Centre for Skills Development and Vocational Education published a new article titled “The Silent Frontier: Vocational Education and its Marginalization in the Sociology of Education”. In it, they explore why technical and vocational education and training (TVET) continues to occupy a marginal position within the sociology of education (SoE), despite its significant role in education systems and young people’s transitions into the labour market.

On 30 April, as part of its regular internal seminar series, the HSE Institute of Education featured a lecture by Professor Santosh Mehrotra on the transformation of qualifications and skills systems in India. The seminar brought colleagues together to discuss how changing approaches to qualifications and educational pathways might affect learner mobility and labour market opportunities.

On 5 May, the HSE Institute of Education hosted a delegation from the Faculty of Education at Kasetsart University in Thailand. This marked the first meeting between the two institutions and opened a new avenue for international academic cooperation. The visit provided an opportunity to introduce research priorities, exchange perspectives on current educational challenges, and explore potential areas of future collaboration.

From 15–17 April, Danila Pavliuk, a Research Assistant at the Centre of Higher Education of Sociology, presented his study at the Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) international conference in Adelaide, Australia. This is one of the longest-running and most influential international events dedicated to doctoral education and the development of early-career researchers.

How should doctoral education respond to shifting labour market demands and the growing diversity of doctoral students? These questions were at the centre of the roundtable “Doctoral Education as a Public Good: Developing Research Talent for Science, the Economy and Society,” organised by the HSE Centre of Sociology of Higher Education as part of the XXVI April International Academic Conference.