
The 2018 Field Course Was Hosted By The UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
A group of laboratory staff headed by Professor Fuad Aleskerov returned from the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). The HSE scholars and students participated in the first field course which was held from September 24 to September 28, 2018 as part of a three-year project on international cooperation between NRU HSE and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT).

My Job is to Challenge Students to Think in Clear and Systematic Ways
Ashley Squires, Director of the NES Writing and Communication Center, Assistant Professor at the New Economic School, answers Joint program student Victoria Zimina's questions on teaching at the Joint program, research and other aspects of academic life of a professor of humanities in an economics environment
Economic History of Russia: Features of Economic Development
In summer 2018 the HSE International Summer University in cooperation with the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences offers a new course - Economic History of Russia: Features of Economic Development by Associate Professor Alexey Rakov
Online course Math for Economists
HSE and Coursera open a new course for students interested in economics and finance who did not have comprehensive instruction in Mathematics during their undergraduate studies.
LaTeX is Cool and Not So Hard to Learn
- says Danil Fedorovykh, HSE senior lecturer and promoter of LaTeX. After a few years of teaching LaTex in Russian both in person and on-line Danil started to deliver LaTeX in English
How Undergraduates Make Decisions on Their Future?
Sometimes it is a professor who teaches them. Maria Azanova, junior at the Joint HSE-NES Program in Economics speaks on why she chose to apply to PhD programs in cognitive neuroscience and psychology
Cemal Eren Arbatlı, assistant professor at the Department of Theoretical Economics, has won the Armen Alchian award!
His joint paper with Güneş Gökmen (NES) entitled "Minorities and Long-Run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey" has won the best general interest paper award at the Armenian Economic Association annual conference.
- You Need to Get Harder,
says Kevin Cancellaro to the students at the Joint HSE-NES program in economics.
Kevin Cancellaro, New Economic School, teaches College Writing courses at HSE-NES Joint Program. Here is what he has to say about the program and what students tell about his courses.
“I was fascinated by the fact that Russians read Dreiser far more than Americans do”
Laura Ashley Squires, Director, Writing and Communications Center at New Economic School speaks about her experience with the HSE - NES Joint program in economics