Sociologists from the Center for Youth Studies, together with the Center for Youth Project Support of the Department of Youth Policy, at the initiative of the HSE — Saint-Petersburg Student Council are ready to present the first analytical results of the project 'The Talent Factory'.

The article by the junior research fellow of CYS Anastasiia Andreeva has been published in 'International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy'. The paper examines the processes of transformation of academic activity and the pursuit for a work-life balance for modern young scientists.

On October 29–30, the International Conference of the Centre for Youth Studies 'Youth Lifeworlds: Identities. Pathways. Future' will be held. We share the details of the event and useful links.

The field stage of a major project by the Centre for Youth Studies has begun. In programme: generations, St. Petersburg, interviews!

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.