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.
Welcome to ICSID
The ICSID welcomes a new Research Assistant Shweta Sikhwal.

Holiday Greetings to our Colleagues and Partners
In warm appreciation of our association during the past year, we wish you a very happy Christmas, joy, prosperity and every success throughout the coming year. We look forward to working with you in 2023!
3rd Ariel Political Economy Conference 2022
Denis Ivanov, a Senior Research Fellow at ICSID, spoke at the annual Ariel Political Economy Conference at Ariel University (Israel). He presented the report “Public Reaction on Trade Sanctions in a Democratic Context: Evidence from Moldovan Wine Embargo”.
8th The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism (SVOC) Conference
The Institute of World Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (in collaboration with the Democracy Institute of Central European University) is organizing the 8th The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism (SVOC) Annual International Conference in Budapest, on 24-25 November 2022.
The research assistants of the Center
Yağmur Kalayci, an ICSID research assistant, discusses her experience as an international student at HSE.

ICSID workshop for young scholars
The two-day interdisciplinary ICSID seminar "Political Economy of Development: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World" for young scholars ended on June 8.
Institute of World Economics Conference
Andrei Yakovlev presented his paper "Evolution of State-Business Relations in Post-Soviet Russia" at the international conference organized by Institute of World Economics (Hungary) on March 24th. This year's conference theme was "Contemporary Varieties of Capitalism: cutting-edge debates and recent tendencies in the East-Central and Eastern European region".
Summer School in Social Research Methods
The global Methods Excellence Network (MethodsNET) is holding the first edition of the Summer School in Social Research Methods (SSSRM) from 20 June to 1 July, 2022.
A Talk at IOS Regensburg
Denis Ivanov (ICSID) spoke at an online seminar held by the IOS Economics Department (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg).
New Working Paper
A working paper "Public Trust in Internet Voting Systems: Evidence from Russian Public Opinion" by Valeria Babayan, Israel Marques II, Mikhail Mironyuk and Aleksei Turobov was published in the Political Science series of the Basic Research Program Working Papers.