What does social entrepreneurship look like in practice? Find out at a roundtable with social entrepreneurs.

The team introduced HSE University students in St. Petersburg to its research, projects, and academic publications, and presented opportunities to get involved in the laboratories’ work.

The first mentor seminar of the Master's programme "Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation" has taken place. Students met representatives of partner organisations and learned about their professional experience and the real challenges they face in social entrepreneurship.

Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City hosted a presentation of the book "The Social Mission of the University: Service-Learning, the Third Mission, and the Fifth-Generation University". The book was co-authored by Magdalena Alejandra Gaete Sepulveda, Olga Dymarskaya, and Guillermo Sosa Gómez, all affiliated with the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education at HSE University — St Petersburg.

The September issue of the International Social Entrepreneurship Digest has been released — a quarterly review of key events, research, and best practices in social entrepreneurship in Russia and worldwide.

The Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education has released a new educational resource, the Workbook for the Development and Acceleration of Social Entrepreneurship Projects . Designed for aspiring social entrepreneurs, participants in acceleration programmes, educators, and mentors, the workbook serves as a practical guide to developing and launching social entrepreneurship initiatives.

The Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education at HSE University in St. Petersburg strengthened its international academic cooperation through the visit of Magdalena A. Gaete-Sepúlveda, PhD, Head of RepLab, to Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins (UBO) in Chile.

Varvara Kulkova, Leading Expert at the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education, participated in the HSE Summer School "Social Impact Projects: Monitoring, Control, and Evaluation of Social Outcomes." She delivered the workshop "Designing Social Impact Projects" and contributed expert insights during a panel discussion on the development and implementation of social impact projects.

Olga Dymarskaya, Leading Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Education Reputation Management and the Satellite Laboratory for Social Entrepreneurship at HSE University – Saint Petersburg, presented a research perspective on the transformation of universities in the age of artificial intelligence during a plenary session of the international conference AHIBS-ACT 2026. Together with representatives of academia and industry, she discussed the role of universities in preparing future talents, developing partnerships, and maintaining a human-centered approach amid digital transformation.

Olga Dymarskaya presented the Satellite Laboratories Consortium model as an example of a new approach to international university collaboration, combining research, educational initiatives, and practice-oriented solutions in the field of social entrepreneurship.