ICSID academic supervisor Timothy Frye received an HSE award
Timothy Frye was awarded a Medal of Honor from HSE for his active involvement in the work of the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID). The award was presented personally by HSE Academic Supervisor Professor Evgeny Yasin during one of the sessions of the 7th ICSID Conference "Political Economy of Development: Historical and Contemporary Factors" on June 8.
BOFIT seminar
ICSID deputy director Ekaterina Borisova took part in the seminar of the Bank of Finland that was held in Helsinki on May 15, 2018.

Stakeholder trust as a proxy for measures of ethical culture
A scientific seminar on the topic of stakeholder trust was held at Higher School of Economics on May 15, 2018.

New ICSID team members
In fall 2018 two post-doc fellows Amanda Zadorian and Fabian Burkhardt will join the ICSID team for one year.
Research Seminar on Diversity and Development
HSE International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) and NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions held another session of their joint Research Seminar on Diversity and Development on April 17, 2018. The event was held jointly with the seminar “Political Economy” and Economic Development and Growth Research Group.

XIX April HSE conference presentations
XIX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by Higher School of Economics took place in Moscow on April 10-13, 2018.

Decentralization and competitiveness
Institute for Market and Industrial Studies held another session of the research seminar "Institutional problems of the Russian economy" on March 22, 2018.
Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
HSE International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) and NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions held another session of their joint Research Seminar on Diversity and Development.

Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship
ICSID Research Fellow Denis Ivanov took part in the Second conference “Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship” which was held in the Westphalian Wilhelm University Muenster (Germany) on March 15-17, 2018.
A new article on public-private partnerships in VET
A paper by ICSID leading research fellow Thomas Remington entitled «Public-Private Partnerships in TVET: Adapting the Dual System in the United States» was accepted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Q2).
