The Center for Institutional Studies (CInSt) was established in 2010 on the basis of the first research laboratory of HSE University—now International Research Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms—with the goal of creation of a scientific center in the field of institutional economics as a part of an international cooperation network, and promoting international standards of research. We provide conditions and incentives for young and talented university graduates to participate in both scientific and teaching activities at the HSE. Our professional interests are focused on institutional analysis of different markets and sectors of the economy, among them are education, procurement, banking, non-profit organizations.

Scientifc collaboration of post‑Soviet countries: the efects of diferent network normalizations
the new article by CInSt junior research fellow Nataliya Matveeva

How region determines educational strategies of schoolchildren?
In their new research, CInSt senior research fellow Ilya Prakhov and research assistant Polina Bugakova develop this question.

Universities vs. research institutes? Overcoming the Soviet legacy of higher education and research
The new article has been published by former CInSt semior research fellow Andrey Lovakov and CInSt senior research fellow Anna Panova in coauthorship with Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford)
Congratulations to Timur Natkhov and Natalia Vasilenok on receiving the prize for the best article of the year in the journal Explorations in Economic History!
The article "Skilled immigrants and technology adoption: Evidence from the German settlements in the Russian empire", published by CInSt senior research fellow Timur Natkhov and former CInSt research assistant, currently PhD student at Stanford Natalia Vasilenok, received the Larry Neal Prize

"Revealed in Transition: The Political Effect of Planning's Legacy"
is the new working paper by CInSt Senior Research Fellow Timur Natkhov and his co-author William Pyle (Middlebury College)