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HSE Endowment to Back Student Participation in International Contests

The funding will be allocated on a competitive basis. The first round of applications has already started and will run until October 15, 2016.

“Relocating religion”: report from the Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions

This summer Helsinki hosted the large annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions. Iliyana Angelova (University of Oxford / University of Tuebingen) and Ksenia Medvedeva (HSE) share their impressions from the event and reflect on their experiences of having convened a session at an international conference of such a scale.

The Journal of Economic Sociology has been accepted for inclusion into Scopus

The Journal of Economic Sociology has been accepted for inclusion into Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. The Journal of Economic Sociology has successfully gone through a review process and evaluation governed by The Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB), with the participation of international experts. Integration of the Journal of Economic Sociology’s content into Scopus coverage is expected in the near future.

International Applications Open for HSE Doctoral Programmes with Funding

HSE is now accepting applications from international candidates who seek to enter doctoral programs fully funded by Russian government quota grants.

Doctoral Schools 2016: What Applicants Can Expect

What changes have been made to the application process for HSE’s doctoral schools? How does submitting a portfolio increase your chances of getting in? Below is a discussion of everything 2016 applicants to HSE’s doctoral programmes can expect. The application period is already open.

The on-site review of the proposal for the German-Russian PhD Programme “Informality and Institutions” took place in Berlin

The on-site review of the proposal for the German-Russian PhD Programme “Informality and Institutions” took place in Berlin
On February the 2nd, 2016 the on-site review of the proposal for the German-Russian PhD Programme «Informality and Institutions. A Russian-German Comparative Perspective» submitted to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) took place in Berlin. 

Sociological Tour: a Review of Sessions for Sociologists of Religion at International Conferences in 2015

Sociological Tour: a Review of Sessions for Sociologists of Religion at International Conferences in 2015
Several international conferences in sociology took place this summer. The European Sociological Association conference took place in Prague, the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Study Group conference was held in Great Britain, a conference on sociology of monasticism took place in Austria, and Russia hosted a conference on ‘Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity’. Ksenia Medvedeva, an HSE doctoral student, told us about her participation in these events.