St Petersburg International Research Student Forum will be hosted by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) St Petersburg on 4 -5 February 2016. The Forum will consist of plenary sessions and workshops in the fields of "Economics and Management" and "Social Studies and Humanities". The workshops will examine the following topics:
"Economics and Management"
· Sustainable Tourism Development in the Changing World (STEP)
· Modern Finance: Risks, Challenges, Values
· Logistics: Contemporary Paths of Development
· Young Scientist Symposium on Applied Data Analysis
· Economic Growth in Difficult Times
"Social Studies and Humanities"
· Usable Pasts
· Does Politics Matter? Political Research on Public Policy
· Sociology in Action
· Synergy in Public Sector Reforms: Lessons, Best Practices and New Horizons
Speakers will include leading international academics and researchers from HSE St Petersburg and beyond. Forum participants will receive a certificate of attendance, and the best papers will be individually highlighted.
The main working language of the Forum will be English.
Submission of applications: Applications to participate in the workshop will be received until 20 December 2015. International applications will be reviewedwithin 1 week.
Registration forms and application deadlines can be found on the webpages of the individual mini-conferences.
Participation in the Forum is free of charge.
Contact information can be found on the Forum website: http://spb.hse.ru/en/
Venue: HSE St Petersburg, Building 1A, 3 Kantemirovskaya Street, St Petersburg, Russia