The middle class in St. Petersburg is disappearing
Eduard Ponarin (LCSR director) gave an interview to one of the largest Russian business media holdings "RBC" and explained why the middle class in St. Petersburg is disappearing now.
Inequality and Modernization
New article by Ronald Inglehart (Scientific Supervisor of LCSR) titled "Inequality and Modernization. Why Equality Is Likely to Make a Comeback" was published in the recent issue of "Foreign Affairs".
The results of 2015!
NRU HSE has summarized the academic results of 2015. We congratulate the LCSR colleagues whose articles were announced in the list of the best researches.
New fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences
Professor Christian Welzel has been appointed as a fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina). Congratulations!
Nationalism in the USSR
New article by Andrey Shcherbak (LCSR Senior Research Fellow) titled "Nationalism in the USSR: a historical and comparative perspective" was published in the recent issue of "Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity".
Alejandro Moreno`s lectures at the Faculty of Social Sciences
From 19 to 26 of November Alejandro Moreno gave a series of lectures on the election polling, voting behavior, campaign effects and political attitudes in Latin American countries. The presentation and video are available online!
How ethnic structure affects civil conflict
New article by Alexander Kustov (LCSR Associate Researcher) titled "How ethnic structure affects civil conflict: A model of endogenous grievance" was published in Conflict Management and Peace Science.
Work Ethic among Muslims and Protestants
New article by Anna Shirokanova (LCSR Senior Research Fellow) titled "A comparative study of work ethic among Muslims and Protestants: Multilevel evidence" was published in Social Compass, December issue.
Presentations and video are available online!
Fifth LCSR International Annual Research Conference came to a close. We are glad to announce that the majority of presentations and the video of key lectures are available online !
Impression on the Fifth LCSR International Conference!
5th International Annual Research Conference “Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective” successfully ended on Friday, November 20th. We were happy to see many old friends, colleagues and new participants in our LCSR network.