Doctoral School of Sociology

On September 23, 2026, at a meeting of the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research at HSE University, a pre-defense of the candidate’s dissertation by Maxim Yuryevich Gurin, a PhD student at the Laboratory, took place. The dissertation is titled "Supported Living as a Space for the Coming of Age of Young People with Mental Disabilities: Practices and Meanings."

On December 3–5, 2026, HSE University in Moscow will host ‘Comorbid Field 3.0: Social Well-Being, Health, and Medicine in Multiple Contexts,’ an interdisciplinary scientific conference with international participation organised by the Centre for Comparative Research on Social Well-Being at the HSE University Faculty of Social Sciences together with the HSE University–St Petersburg School of Arts and Humanities, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Research at the European University at St Petersburg, and Sechenov University. Applications for participation are open until October 4.

Interdisciplinary conference "Comorbid Field 3.0: Social Well-being, Health and Medicine in Multiple Contexts" will be held on 3-5 December, 2026 in offline and online formats at the HSE University.

Bulat Gilfanov and Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova took part in the international conference "Gender, Work and Organization: Creating Future Together," held at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 8–10, 2026, where they presented findings from a study on the agency of women entrepreneurs with disabilities.

On May 22, 2026, a pre-defense seminar was held at ILSIR devoted to a substantive discussion of Ekaterina Dolgova's dissertation research on the topic "The Institutionalization of Inclusive Processes in the Contemporary Museum: The Case of People with Disabilities."

On May 18 at 5:00 PM, the HSE International Laboratory for Social Integration Research held the pre-defense of the PhD dissertation of the Laboratory's graduate student, Maxim Gurin.

Helen Selorm Wohoyie, a PhD candidate at the Center for Research on Inequality and Standards of Living, Doctoral School of Sociology, HSE University, presented her research, “Normal, but Unspeakable: Intergenerational Transmission of Menstrual Stigma and Structural Violence in Ghana,” at the 12th World Conference on Women's Studies in Chiang Mai, Thailand, held from May 28 to 30, 2026

Congratulations to Lika Kapustina, a research assistant at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research (ANR-Lab), on being awarded a Russian Presidential Scholarship.

Effective July 1, 2026, a new rule requires all visa-free foreign citizens to use the "Gosuslugi RuID" mobile app when entering Russia. Applications must be submitted at least 72 hours before arrival. Exemptions apply to Belarusian citizens, children under 6, diplomats, service passport holders, and official delegation members.

On April 23, the International Laboratory for Population and Health Research at HSE University held its regular scientific seminar. Pavel Kishenin, a Research Intern at the laboratory, presented a report titled "Evolution of Fertility in Russia by Mother’s Age and Birth Order: A Birth Cohort Lens."