The Faculty of Economic Sciences is the largest faculty at HSE University and the very foundation from which the university's history began in 1992. Today, it is the premier educational and research division at HSE. The faculty combines the organisational and financial capacity of key educational and research centres, the intellectual capital and expertise of top-tier academic teams, and the unique, long-standing partnerships it has cultivated with leading global universities and market-leading employers both in Russia and abroad.
On November 2nd, HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences welcomed Professor Kumar Bijoy, the University of Delhi (India). The visit provided an opportunity to discuss plans for joint research projects, the professor's participation in research seminars at the School of Finance, and his involvement in the "Digital Professors" programme.
In mid-October 2026, HSE University held its first scientific conference on Stochastics, Artificial Intelligence, and Mathematical Finance (SAIMF 26). HSE researchers, leading mathematicians, and financial sector specialists discussed fundamental mathematical problems, modern artificial intelligence methods, and their applications in finance.
On 8–9 October 2026, the First Joint IIITD–HSE Workshop on Economics and Mathematics brought together the academic communities of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at HSE University and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIITD) in New Delhi, India. Held online in English, the event laid the groundwork for long-term academic collaboration between research schools in Russia and India.
In the Russian market, sustainable development increases business value primarily when it becomes part of a company’s corporate strategy. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from HSE University and their international colleagues after analysing the management practices of 152 publicly listed Russian companies. The study has been published in the journal Business Strategy and the Environment.
In Spring semester 2026, Anita Alimova, a graduate of the Master’s Programme "Strategic Corporate Finance", studied at Shanghai University within academic mobility programme. Anita shares her impressions of studying and campus life, how the Chinese approach to education differs from that at HSE University, and her travels and new friends. She also tells how the trip changed her outlook and career path.
An economist at HSE University used a microeconomic model to show that excessively strict restrictions on the collection and processing of personal data can do users more harm than good. The article has been published in Voprosy Ekonomiki.
