ESRA 15 Conference in Iceland
The 6th conference of the European Survey Research Association titled “Reykjavik is the Capital of Parsimony” took place in Reykjavik, Iceland. Among the LCSR members who presented at ESRA 15, there were four staff members and three associate researchers.
Exploratory Data Analysis with R
We are happy to recommend you a useful book on R-programming titled "Exploratory Data Analysis with R".
The Dark Side of Chinese Growth
New article by Stefano Bartolini (University of Siena, Italy) and Francesco Sarracino (LCSR Senior Associate Researcher) titled "The Dark Side of Chinese Growth: Declining Social Capital and Well-Being in Times of Economic Boom" was published in World Development.
What does the Pride in ones Country mean?
An interview with Marharyta Fabrykant, LCSR Associate Researcher, was published in the latest edition of Russkiy Reporter Magazine. The article is titled "The Pride of refuge: why people tend to love their country".
Announcement for the CSR Master Programme`s applicants!
LCSR staff kindly remind you that the application process for the International Master Programme in Comparative Social Research is open until 15th of July.
Social intolerance and protest behavior
New article by Carolin Rapp (LCSR Associate Researcher) and her colleague titled “The consequences of social intolerance on non-violent protest” was published in European Political Science Review.
News for ESS users
The European Social Survey (ESS) team has several announcements for the users of the web-site.
Happiness in the major cities
An article titled "Loneliness in concrete jungles: why people living in the major cities suffer from the lack of communication" was published in the latest issue of the Russian newspaper "Vechernyaya Moscva". Ekaterina Lytkina, Junior Research Fellow of LCSR HSE, was invited by the correspondents as an expert on the issue of social isolation in urban space.
Announcement for the participants of LCSR Summer School-2015!
As the LCSR Summer School "Introduction to Factorial Design and Data Visualisation with R” will be held in a month, the organizers prepared an announcement for the participants, especially for the listeners of the course "Data vizualization in R".
New article in the journal "Democratization"
New article written by Veronica Kostenko (LCSR Research Fellow) together with Eduard Ponarin and Pavel Kuzmuchev titled "Attitudes towards gender equality and perception of democracy in the Arab world" was published in "Democratization".