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In Schola’s latest instalment showcasing the winners of the International Academic Cooperation of HSE University competition, Aleksei Sorbale speaks about the project ‘Regional and Inter-Regional Associations in Norm-Building and Norm-Control in the Area of Environmental Regulation in Russia and India,’ carried out jointly with a research team from India’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES).

Anna Tyshetskaya, Director of HSE University–St Petersburg, held a working meeting with Claudio Ruff Escobar, Rector of Bernardo O'Higgins University (Chile). The head of the Chilean university got to know the new Rope Shop educational space and discussed the prospects of academic cooperation with HSE University–St Petersburg.

Galina Shirokova, Director of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Centre at HSE University–St Petersburg and Doctor of Economic Sciences, held a series of seminars for students of the Indian Institute of Management in Indore (IIM—Indore). Plans are also underway to launch a joint educational project.

Expert sessions, an introduction to Russian culture, and international networking—on September 17–22, Nizhny Novgorod hosted the World Youth Festival Assembly. It united more than two thousand people from 120 countries and various Russian regions and universities, including HSE University–St Petersburg.

Mitya Kharshak, Dean of the School of Art and Design, took part in the conference 'How to Live Together? Everyday Life in Philosophical Concepts' and held a workshop for master's students of the Metropolitan University (METU).

On September 23, the HSE University–St Petersburg Rope Shop Building hosted the Second Russian–Chinese Forum 'Culture of Education' and the annual meeting of the Russian–Chinese Association of Applied Research Institutes. More than 100 participants from leading non-government Chinese universities and representatives of 15 Russian universities discussed the integration of artificial intelligence in education and industry.

This August, Syed Muhammad Salman Haider Shamsi, second-year student of the Master’s programme ‘International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region,’ participated in the Baikal Forum on the shore of Lake Baikal. In this article, Salman shares his experience of travelling, experiencing the nature of the Irkutsk region, and sharing knowledge with people from all over the world.

The Department of Media at HSE University-St Petersburg and the Department of Journalism at São Paulo State University (UNESP, Brazil) jointly hosted a research seminar covering the role of mass media in shaping the image of BRICS countries. The participants discussed problems that journalists have to face in Russia and Brazil when covering the activities of the organisation.