Why do we make rash decisions?
PhD Sofya Kulikova, senior research fellow of Scientific training laboratory for interdisciplinary empirical studies of NRU HSE-Perm, told in her interview to Properm.ru how our brain works, why hormone oxytocin makes us more trustful and that we like to drink expensive wine more even if it does not differ from cheap wine. Neuroeconomics studies all that.
Is Everything Explained by Weather?
At the GAMES research group seminar the participants discussed how weather influences electric power consumption. Evgeniya Popova, junior research fellow, told about her study where she was determining the dependence of power consumption on temperature with the help of non-parametric estimation.
HSE Perm Students Second Runners-up at International Case Championship
The team ‘Red Horses’ took the third place at Unilever Future Leaders’ League, the 4th international case competition that was held in London.
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listeners attended events during the Brain Awareness Week at HSE-Perm. On April 10, PhD Sofya Kulikova, Senior Research Fellow of the HSE-Perm's Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies, will give a lecture to young researchers (from 6 to 10 years).
US Delegation Visits HSE Perm
The representatives of the US education system from Washington, California, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pima County visited Perm in the framework of the Fulbright exchange programme. During the visit the delegation held a meeting at HSE Perm campus.
April International Academic Conference
On April 19-22, 2016, the National Research University Higher School of Economics with a support of the World Bank organizes the XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.
HSE Leads Russian Universities in Three QS Subject Rankings
HSE took first place among Russian universities in subject rankings for Sociology and Economics & Econometrics (101-150 globally). In Business & Management Studies, HSE ranked first and is currently the only Russian university in the ranking, placing in the 151-200 group.
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lectures on neuroeconomics during the International Brain Awareness Week will be read by PhD Sofya Kulikova, Senior Research Fellow of the HSE-Perm's Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies. Everybody is invited!
HSE Graduate on Marketing Goods in China
Director of Strategy at the Mildberry branding agency, Anna Kosheleva is an alumni of the Marketing programme at HSE Perm. The agency began to study the Chinese market in 2012 and opened offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The unusual econometrics
Agatha Lozinskaya and Yevgenia Popova, lecturers of the school of economics and finance, NRU HSE, for two years straight carry out the intellectual game called “Tenner” for 3rd year students of “Economics” educational programme. The Educational Innovation Fund of NRU HSE declared the game one of the best developments of teaching models in 2015.