Leading Research Fellow of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the HSE University Evgeny Diskin took part in the III International Forum «Mass Media and Digital Technologies before the challenges of information and historical falsification» during which a wide range of issues related to the opposition of unreliable information in the field of historical memory was discussed.

Organizers were Department of Digital Law and Biolaw of the Faculty of Law of the HSE University, together with the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the HSE University. Leading Russian scholars and experts participated and noted a number of serious problems and unresolved issues, facing legislators and industry players.

On 12-13 October, the digital forum "Digital Bridge 2023" was held in Astana (Republic of Kazakhstan), within the framework of which the Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Styrin and Research Fellow Pavel Suvorkov held a meeting with the head of the "Digital Government Support Center" of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rustem Bigari.

Leading Research Fellow Evgeniy Diskin made a presentation at the II International Scientific and Practical Conference «Digital Technologies and Law» at the International Forum Kazan Digital Week 2023.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration examines the human-centric barriers of digital transformation in local communities in the Arctic and North-Western areas of the Russian Federation. Leading Research Fellow Anna Sanina and Research Fellow Pavel Suvorkov are reporting the actual updates about the fieldworks carried out on the Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The development of document flow in the departments is heterogeneous. Evgeny Styrin commented on the research on digitalization of data conducted by the Polylog agency for the Kommersant.

Special issues of the journal “Public Administration Issues” traditionally include articles prepared by researchers from different countries and regions. Nevertheless, there is a steady trend of representation: first of all, the journal is attractive to researchers from Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, South America and Africa. The presence of authors from the BRICS countries in the issues of the journal is increasing, which indicates the established international affi liation of the journal. The journal is interesting because it highlights current problems of public administration in these vast regions, problems that often remain on the periphery of the leading Anglo-Saxon journals, or  are considered by them from the standpoint of established governance practices in North America and Western Europe.

On 20-21 October 2022 School of Politics and Governance at HSE University hosted the Fifth International Symposium on Development and Governance in the BRICS.It gathered the speakers from ten countries, who discussed the public administration reforms in general, and such their aspects as tackling the consequences of COVID-19 pandemics, international project management, risk management and digitalization.

The tourism industry has been recognized as one of the hardest hit sectors of the economy due to the introduction of restrictive measures to counter the spread of the pandemic. Thus, experts estimated that the income of domestic hoteliers would fall 2.7 times by the end of 2020. But the pandemic also provides opportunities for Russia’s domestic tourism market, according to a recent report by HSE University experts. The researchers estimate that the market could potentially generate up to 1.5 trillion rubles.  

Alisher Usmanov will be involved in the creation of a Competence Centre for the Digital Transformation of Public Administration and Sectoral Regulation at HSE University.