Elena Kudriavtseva, Associate Professor of the Department of Media at HSE University-St Petersburg, spoke at the Intercontinental Psychological Congress HOMINIS-2026 in Cuba. Her report focused on the correlation between the difficulty of a user's text and their ability not to give in to the patterns imposed by the Internet.

HSE University-St Petersburg hosted the African Festival. The Rope Shop Educational Space welcomed guests from Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana and other countries. During a panel discussion, representatives of businesses and leading St Petersburg universities discussed ways to enhance relations between Russia and Africa, while international students shared stories of their career success.

HSE University–St Petersburg and UPES University (India) held a joint summer school for students and researchers on the influence of international organisations on environmental regulation policy in Russia and India. HSE University–St Petersburg was represented by Aleksei Sorbale, academic supervisor of the Bachelor's programmes 'Political Science and World Politics' and 'Data Analytics for Politics and Society.'

An internship in the country of the studied language is the most important part of training for experts in Arab Studies, as it allows students to complement their academic education with immersion in the living language environment and culture of the modern Arab world. Read on to find out about the experience of studying at the University of Nizwa shared by the fourth-year students of the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies.

Kseniya Turenko, 2nd-year student of the master's programme 'Finance' at HSE University-St Petersburg, spent a semester at the University of Malaya. Read on to find out how students live in Malaysia, how the programme in Economics is different and what studies in another country give you.

Where does the Mistress of the Copper Mountain live? How can the national cuisine of Tatarstan surprise you? What does the Stone Town near Perm look like? HSE University-St Petersburg hosted a fair which united the representatives of various nationalities of Russia. Komi-Permyaks and the Urals, the Pomors, Karachais and Balkarians, Buryats and the Tatars shared unique features of their cultures, presented their national dishes and took the international students on an interactive journey around Russian regions.