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Lecturer and Graduate Student of the Finance Department of the St. Petersburg Higher School of Economics Spoke at the International Conference on Sustainable Finance
Olga Alekseeva, a lecturer and graduate student at the HSE Department of Finance in Saint Petersburg, spoke at the 2025 Massey Sustainable Finance Conference (MSFC2025), which took place on October 31 — November 1, 2025 in Nanjing (China). The conference was organized by Massey University (New Zealand) in collaboration with Nanjing University of Finance & Economics (China) and brought together leading researchers of sustainable finance, regulators and practitioners.
Finance Without Borders: St. Petersburg — São Paulo. How 10 international teams built future-ready projects in two months
With warm thanks to our Brazilian partners at São Paulo State University (UNESP): Prof. Dr. Cleginaldo Pereira de Carvalho, his coordination team, and the UNESP students for their openness, discipline, and high standards throughout the project.
Two months moved in a steady rhythm: short weekly sprints, evening calls across three–four time zones, shared folders for working documents, and clear roadmaps with check-points. Teams aligned data into a common format, agreed on terminology, and recorded decisions — step by step building a single picture everyone could work from.
Business Game “The Chocolate Factory”: Students Stepped into the Role of Real-World Consultants
On October 24, 2025, students at HSE University – Saint Petersburg found themselves at the heart of a high-stakes corporate decision-making process — albeit in game format. The Department of Finance hosted the business game “The Chocolate Factory”, developed and facilitated by Technologies of Trust (TeDo), a consulting and audit firm and partner of the master's programme.