January 23, 2026 The HSE University International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration (the Laboratory) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) presented the results of a comparative study of human-centered barriers to the introduction of AI in public administration in Russia and China.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration staff members Elizaveta Dyakova and Anna Sanina compiled the Index of AI assistants for Public Administration.

V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with HSE University’s International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis hosted the All-Moscow Seminar “Expert opinion and data analysis”. Ivan Makarov, a Research Assistant at the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, made a report on the topic “The Problem of Multicollinearity in Public Administration Indicators and Tools for Overcoming It”, within which he presented a part of his PhD dissertation study to specialists in the field of data analysis.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration at HSE University, in cooperation with colleagues from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China), is carrying out an international research project focused on analyzing human-centered barriers to the implementation of artificial intelligence  in the public sectors of Russia and China