V International School of Leadership in the Digital Industry
From October 10 to 14, 2026, the V International School of Leadership in the Digital Industry was held at the Senezh Management Workshop
The International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration won the Research Grand of the Russian Science Foundation
The study of the emotional mechanisms of digital public administration by the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the HSE University has received support from the Russian Science Foundation. The project “Emotional Legitimacy of Digital Public Administration: An Experimental Study of Citizens’ Interaction with Digital Public Services” led by Evgeny M. Styrin won the competition of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) for conducting fundamental and exploratory scientific research by small research groups. The study will be implemented during 2027–2028
International research and BRICS
The laboratory welcomes Raquel Rachid as a postdoctoral researcher at HSE University in Moscow
Research Fellow Yuri Kabanov Took Part in the “Digital Solutions” Forum
Research Fellow Yuri Kabanov from MLCT presented the results of a study on the implementation of AI in the public sector and also took part in evaluating the finalists of the accelerator
The results of the MLCT formed the basis of the course on public administration in the BRICS+ countries
The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the Higher School of Economics has prepared analytical and presentation materials on the digital transformation of Russian public administration for the English‑language course “Public Administration in the BRICS+ Countries: Challenges of Joint Governance”
Congratulations to Ivan Alekseyevich Makarov on the successful defense of his Candidate of Sciences dissertation!
October 5, 2026 Research Assistantat I.A. Makarov defended his thesis titled "Basic Socio-Economic Indices and Their Relationship with the Quality of Public Administration."
A Digital Environmental Shield: How Moscow Is Transforming State Control and Oversight
July 8, 2026, as part of the Summer School, a seminar was held with Mikhail Ushakov, Deputy Head of the Department of Environmental Management and Protection of the City of Moscow. The seminar topics were digital state control in Russia and the digitalization of environmental inspections.
The Security—Development Dilemma in The Public Governance of Digital Platforms
The Journal of Political Theory, Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics Politeia published an article by Evgeny Diskin, a leading researcher at the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, devoted to an analysis of the contradiction between security and development in public administration through digital platforms (2026, No. 3, pp. 23–45).
Roundtable with Professor Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Leading Scientist of the Laboratory
On July 6 and 7, 2026, as part of the Summer School, a roundtable discussion was held featuring Professor Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Leading Scientist of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration. The meeting served as a platform for an in-depth dialogue on the future of the digital state and the professional insights of academic writing