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International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development

Publications
Book
Historical Legacies of Communism: Modern Politics, Society, and Economic Development

Libman A., Anastassia V. Obydenkova.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Book chapter
MOOCS as a Tool for International Student Recruitment: A Cross-Country Analysis

Minaeva E., Zakharova U., Zhuchkova S.

In bk.: Digital Education: Shaping Sustainable Lifelong Learning for All in the Era of AI. 9th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, EMOOCs 2025, Paris, France, June 30 – July 2, 2025, Proceedings. Springer, 2026. P. 130-143.

Working paper
Factors of Online Self-Censorship during Critical Political Junctures: The Case of Russian Telegram
In press

Romanov D., Kiryukhov G., Artivua A. et al.

SSRN Working Paper Series. SSRN Working Paper Series. Social Science Research Network, 2025

The International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) brings together Russian and foreign experts in economics and political science from the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies (IIMS) of the National Research University Higher School of Economics as well as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and The George Washington University. The Center focuses on the study of collective actions, public goods, political elites, social capital and economic history.

News

On June 19, graduates of the Bachelor's in Computational Social Sciences, launched in 2022, received their at the HSE University's Cultural Centre. All the graduates have completed in-depth training in a social science discipline while developing advanced competencies in data analysis and mathematical modelling.
June 24
On June 18, Valeria Koncha, a researcher at the International Centre for the Study of Institutions and Development, successfully defended her PhD dissertation on the topic: "The Transformation of Protesters’ Collective Identities in Interaction with Counter‑Protest: The Cases of "Black Lives Matter" and "All Lives Matter" (2013–2014)".
June 19
Anastasia Torgud, a research intern at the ICSID, has won first place in the Olympiad for applicants to HSE University’s PhD programmes.
June 15
Sergei Utkin, research assistant at ICSID, spoke at MPSA Conference 2026.
April 30
The conference programme covers five research topics: economics; human capital and society; instrumental methods and models; foresight research; and international research. Hundreds of scientists from around the world will take part in the conference.
April 14
Within the framework of the session "The rights of young scientists to their developments: how not to drown in bureaucracy?", organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and O.E. Kutafin University, the issue of barriers and incentives for applied research carried out by young scientists was discussed.
June 19, 2025
We invite you to take part in the competition for the vacancy of a research intern for the project ‘Institutions, Human Capital and Regional Development: Historical Analysis and Contemporary Challenges’, supervised by A. P. Kazun.
March 10, 2025
Denis Ivanov presented at the Dubai campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
January 30, 2025
The Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences held a preliminary discussion (pre-defence) of the PhD thesis of Shweta Sikhwal, ICSID Research Assistant 
January 16, 2025
Congratulations to colleagues and partners on the upcoming New Year and Christmas!Let the new year bring us new success, projects and publications! We wish you inspiration and good luck!
December 24, 2024
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