New book about global academic rankings is out
In collaboration with the Center for International Higher Education the Center for Institutional Studiesis delighted to announce the forthcoming (March 24, 2016) publication of The Global Academic Rankings Game (Routledge).
New issue of the journal ‘Higher Education in Russia and Beyond’
The new issue unfolds the already famous principle ‘publish or perish’, which is spreading fast across university systems all over the world. The message of it is straightforward: in order to prosper at university nowadays, faculty have to publish in addition to teaching. How does it impact on academics, their self-perception and their strategies? What other consequences of following this principle are there?
The pros and cons of Russia's Project 5-100
Maria Yudkevich discusses in Times Higher Education the effects of the Russian government's focus on university rankings
CInSt is a part of the new global initiative in international higher education
Center for Institutional Studies became part of the Group of ‘Global Centres for International Higher Education Studies’
New working paper "Does Biological Endowment Matter for Demand for Financial Services? Evidence from Russian Household Survey"
New working paper "Does Biological Endowment Matter for Demand for Financial Services? Evidence from Russian Household Survey" by Maria Semenova and Irina Andrievskaya.
New issue of the bulletin ‘Higher Education in Russia and Beyond’
The new issue unfolds the post-Soviet story of Russian mathematics — one of the most prominent academic fields. We invited the authors who could not only present the post-Soviet story of Russian math but also those who have made a contribution to its glory.
New working paper "Institutions and Visa Regimes"
New working paper "Institutions and Visa Regimes" by Camila Gracheva, Leonid Polishchuk, Koen Schoors, and Alexander Yarkin.
New article "Formation and Evolution Mechanisms in Online Network of Students: The Vkontakte Case"
New article "Formation and Evolution Mechanisms in Online Network of Students: The Vkontakte Case" by S. Dokuka, D. Valeeva, and M. Yudkevich
All You Need for Productive Research: Three Weeks at BOFIT
From October 12 to 30, 2015, Maria Semenova worked at Bank of Finland's Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) in Helsinki.
Social Networks Can Support Academic Success
Social networks have been found to influence academic performance: students tend to perform better with high-performers among their friends, as some people are capable of inspiring others to try harder, according to Maria Yudkevich, Sofia Dokuka and Dilara Valeyeva of the HSE Centre for Institutional Studies.