Research & Expertise

The Human Capital Interdisciplinary Research Centre (HCIRC) is a world-class research centre comprising a consortium of HSE University, RANEPA, MGIMO University, and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Its work was highly rated by the RAS in 2021. Lilia Ovcharova, HSE University Vice Rector and initiator of the centre’s creation, talked to the HSE News Service about integration in international studies on active ageing, creating a database on development trends in human potential, studying the effects of digitalisation, and the centre’s priority activities for the future.

To successfully defend a doctoral dissertation, PhD candidates need not only the support of their academic supervisor and close friends and relatives, but also system-wide assistance from the university department or faculty where they study. However, HSE University researchers have found that such support can take different forms and that each has a different effect on how confident a student feels in their ability to successfully defend their dissertation. The results of their study were published in the journal Higher Education Quarterly.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 24, 13:00 Moscow time so you do not miss to join us on Zoom for Session 11 as part of the IOE Fast-track Seminar Series in Education 2022. Dr. Rayna Sadia (Riphah International University Islamabad, Pakistan) will be giving a talk titled, “School Connectedness: An Important Aspect of Mental Wellbeing in Peer-victimized Adolescents.”