Elena Omelchenko, Director of the Center for Youth Studies, spoke at the Grushinskaya Conference in Moscow at the end of March. This year's theme is the image of the future. Elena Leonidovna's report presents the ideas, expectations and plans for the future of young scientists at the Higher School of Economics.

The articles of the CYS researchers were published in the March issue of the journal “Interaction. Interview. Interpretation". The issue is dedicated to reflection and rethinking the experience of working in hard-to-reach and “loaded” fields.

In the recent issue of Sociological Research in 2026, two articles by CYS researchers based on the materials of expeditions to the North Caucasus were published at once. Elena Omelchenko and Irina Lisovskaya look at how young people in the cities of the region explain their migration intentions. In their article, Evgenia Kuziner and Natalia Solovyova analyze the practices of youth creativity by comparing two cases (Nalchik and Pyatigorsk).

The  CYS team is working on the creation of a monograph based on the materials of projects supported by the Russian Science Foundation. The first step is a creative writing course from the HSE teachers, for vivid style and creative inspiration. We will tell you how the preparation is going and share our colleagues' impressions of the first stages of work.

In February, a new CYS project was launched on the study of diverse extracurricular activities on the St. Petersburg campus, their potential and importance for students. This is the first time such a study has been conducted at the Higher School of Economics.

In the latest issues of the Young magazine for 2025-2026, two articles by laboratory staff were published. Elena Omelchenko and Anastasia Andreeva co-authored a study of grassroots youth initiatives in an era of multiple changes and general uncertainty. At the same time, Nadezhda Nartova was looking for an answer to what it means to be a “younger generation" at a time like this.

A researcher at the Center for Youth Studies shared with colleagues her impressions of a three-week internship at the University of Delhi, spoke about the differences in scientific activity in the practice of the two countries and presented the personal results of the trip.

On January 28, at 16:00, a seminar of the Centre for Youth Studies will be held in a hybrid format, where researcher Evgenia Kuziner will present the main results of an academic internship at the University of Delhi (Delhi School of Economics, Department of Sociology), which took place from November 17 to December 8, 2025.

The field stage of the project "At the start of academic careers: student participation in scientific communities and initiatives as a vector for the development of national science", supported by a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, continues. The research team delves into the world of student science through interviews and observations.

The CYS team has completed the field stage of the study of environmental initiatives within the framework of the project “Genius of the Place". During the expeditions to Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Cherepovets, Pskov and Petrozavodsk, the researchers studied how local communities develop eco-friendly practices, interact with business and government, respond to challenges and create environmental innovations.