Preparations of an international conference, the launch of new comparative studies in social entrepreneurship in more than 10 rapidly developing countries, and the formation of the Academic Council for the new Master's program "Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation" at HSE St. Petersburg were key topics at the consortium's expert meeting.

The Second All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Service Learning: Managing Social Projects in the Educational Environment for the Implementation of Socially Significant Tasks in the Region" was held at I.S. Turgenev Oryol State University. The event was organized with the participation of the HSE University in St. Petersburg. Magdalena Gaete and Varvara Kulkova served on the conference organizing committee.

Discussions on expanding scientific cooperation with the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in St. Petersburg were held at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Key topics included joint research in the field of social impact and the development of international academic initiatives.

We are pleased to announce that the new Master's program "Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation" at HSE St. Petersburg has been officially approved!

Magdalena Gaete, Head of the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education at HSE St. Petersburg, participated in the first webinar of the new season of the AHIBS Global Research Exchange (AGRE) program on social entrepreneurship.

On December 26 in Kazan, at the Public Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan, the traditional Winter Workshop “Service Learning — 2025” was held, bringing together representatives of public authorities, the academic community, the non-profit sector, and student teams.

HSE University–St Petersburg has hosted the third expert meeting devoted to social entrepreneurship. The event featured presentations of two books that explore the roles of universities and business in creating conditions for developing a socially responsible society.

In the international scholarly volume The Entrepreneurial Narratives of Women Driving Economic and Social Transformation in Latin America, published by IGI Global, the chapter “Women Empowering Women: Solidarity Economy and Feminine Autonomy in Araraquara, Brazil” has been released. The chapter was developed within the framework of the International Consortium of Satellitaboratories on Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development.

On the island of Langkawi, the Fourth Meeting of the Russia–Malaysia Intergovernmental Commission was held, within the framework of which HSE University Saint Petersburg and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) extended their cooperation within the Mirror Laboratory for Social Entrepreneurship through 2028. The Laboratory operates as an international initiative of the Project-Based Learning Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education at HSE University Saint Petersburg, under the leadership of Magdalena Gaete.