International Municipal Forum of the BRICS Countries
Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the HSE University, spoke at the session "World's Best Practices of interaction between municipal employees with citizens and business: implementing a human-centered approach in municipal management" within the framework of the International Municipal Forum of the BRICS Countries.
IV International Research Conference "Interaction. Integration. Inclusion: labyrinths of meanings and horizons of opportunities"
The organizer is the International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, HSE University, in partnership with The Journal of Social Policy Studies, conference dates are 5-7 August. On Monday, a plenary session and a section "Digitalization, Trends and Technologies in the context of social Inequalities" were held. Maria Yudina, Senior Researcher at International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the HSE University, Pavel Suvorkov, Associate Researcher at the Center for Arctic and Siberian Studies of the SI FNSC RAS, and Ilya Ermolin, Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology at HSE University – St. Petersburg, co-authored the report for the section.
Webinar «Artificial intelligence vs privacy»
Webinar «Artificial intelligence vs privacy» was held in Moscow, organized by the Department of Innovative Jurisprudence of the Public Law Department of the HSE University Faculty of Law together with the Scientific center «Information and Digital Law» of the Department of Legal Informatics, Information and digital law of the Michail Lomonosov Faculty of Law. Research Fellow of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of the HSE University Evgenii Diskin took part in the discussion on the issue of personal data protection.
IX BRICS CIVIL FORUM
The IX Civil Forum of the BRIC countries was held in Moscow, organized by the Expert Council of the BRICS, operating on the basis of the HSE University. BRICS Civil Forum is a discussion and presentation platform of the civil societies of BRICS countries, as well as invited world majority countries to discuss citizens' proposals on the priorities of the BRICS agenda, and to present civic initiatives under this agenda. The Forum was attended by more than 450 guests from more than 20 countries.
Interdisciplinary Summer School of Digital Transformation in Public Administration
From July 2 to July 3, 2024, the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration for the first time held a summer school for the training and development of specialists in the field of public administration in the context of digital transformation at the Training Center for Leadership Training (Kochubey Center) Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg. The summer school was devoted to interdisciplinary aspects of studying the problems of digital transformation in public administration. The selected students successfully completed the classes and received certificates.
Round Table “New directions in the study of digital transformation in governance”
The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration organized round table “New directions in the study of digital transformation in governance” in 26 June 2024. The Academic Supervisor of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Professor Eran Vigoda-Gadot and the Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Associate Professor, PhD Evgeny Styrin acted as moderators. The round table brought together 20 experts from Russia, Israel, Brazil and the USA.
International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG) 2024
Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, became a member of the Technical Program Committee of the International Conference on Democracy and E-Government (ICEDEG) 2024.
A student conference “Protection of the rights of the users in the Metaverse”
HSE University hosted a student conference “Protection of the rights of the users in the Metaverse”. Research fellow of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Diskin took part in the conference as a moderator of the first section.
The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Artificial Intelligence and Law: The Experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Foreign Countries"
The Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the international scientific and practical conference "Artificial Intelligence and Law: The Experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign countries". Research fellow of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Diskin took part in the conference as a speaker.
The seminar of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration
Yuri Kabanov, Research Fellow of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg, spoke at the next online seminar of the laboratory. The report was devoted to the role of international indices in the policy of the "digital state" using the example of the UN E-Government Index, which remains a key source of information on the development of digital public services in a cross-national perspective.