Tag "Reporting an event"

AI, digital learning, and educational innovation were at the centre of discussions during a visit by colleagues from Beijing Normal University (BNU) and UNESCO's Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) to the HSE Institute of Education. The meeting highlighted the complementary research priorities of the two institutions and opened new opportunities for collaboration spanning research, educational programmes, and support for educational innovators.

Natalia Rozenfeld, a Junior Research Fellow and Doctoral Student at the HSE Institute of Education's Centre for Vocational Education and Skills Development, presented her research at the 2026 Annual Conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR), which was held at Trinity College Dublin. Taking place on 15–17 June, the conference focused on how social institutions shape inequality in education, employment, and other areas of life, bringing together researchers who study the ways societies respond to growing uncertainty and structural change.

On 9 June, as part of the HSE Open Seminar on Education, Professor Futao Huang from Hiroshima University delivered a keynote talk  entitled ‘Rethinking the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Context of Geopolitical Shifts: Comparative Perspectives from Asia and the West’. The seminar explored how major higher education systems in Asia and the West are redefining internationalisation in response to evolving geopolitical, technological and demographic changes.

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.

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.

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.

The XXVI April International Academic Conference hosted a roundtable titled ‘Structural Transformation of Post-Secondary Education in the Context of Labour Market Change,’ organised by the HSE Centre for Skills Development and Vocational Education. The discussion brought together leading international experts to examine how the relationship between vocational and higher education is being reshaped, what hybrid institutional forms are emerging and the effect of these processes on educational trajectories, social mobility and labour market outcomes.