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.

The Satellite Laboratory for Social Entrepreneurship at HSE University – Saint Petersburg and the ACT Lab at the Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), has released the June issue of the International Digest on Social Entrepreneurship — a quarterly publication highlighting key developments, research, and best practices in social entrepreneurship from Russia and around the world.

The Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education took part in the More Than Business Forum, one of the leading professional platforms dedicated to social entrepreneurship. The laboratory's main contribution to the forum was the workshop "Partnerships for Social Impact: The Experience of the BRICS Countries and Russia," delivered by the Head of the Laboratory, Magdalena Gaete. Alexandra Temnova also presented the laboratory's recent monograph and participated in the forum's business programme.

On 25 June, the annual Summer Workshop “Service Learning – 2026” was held at the Civic Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was organized and moderated by Varvara Kulkova, Chief Expert of the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education at HSE University – St. Petersburg and Regional Coordinator of the federal Service Learning program in the Republic of Tatarstan.

In this interview, Guillermo Sosa-Gómez, Associate Researcher at Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education (RepLab) and a member of the Academic Council of the Master's programme "Social Entrepreneurship and Innovations", reflects on the social mission of universities, the role of social entrepreneurship in contemporary higher education, and the importance of international academic cooperation. The conversation also explores the challenges of measuring social impact and the development of joint research initiatives between Russia and Mexico.

As part of International Partnership Week, an international expert session, "Rethinking Higher Education: Fifth-Generation University, Service-Learning, and a Human-Centered Social Impact Agenda," was held.

The Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education at HSE University – St. Petersburg during the international conference "The Human-Centered University: Forging the Fifth-Generation University through Social Mission, Entrepreneurship, and the Solidarity Economy" has presented the Russian-language edition of the book "Bridging Horizons: Social Entrepreneurship in Malaysia and Russia". Originally published in English, the book is the result of a joint research project between HSE University – St. Petersburg and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and aims to make the findings accessible to a broader Russian-speaking audience.