About the Department

Department of Business Informatics

The Department of Business Informatics was established in 2020 on the basis of the School of Business Informatics upon the creation of the Graduate School of Business through the reorganization of the Faculty of Business and Management and a number of additional professional education units of HSE University.

Business informatics is a modern field of professional activity, research and education concerned with managing business performance through information and digital technologies while creating value for consumers. It is an interdisciplinary area of knowledge based on the integration of various fields: information technology, mathematics, economics, management, programming, etc. 

The Department offers courses in these areas at the bachelor’s, master’s, MBA, and other professional education programs of the GSB, as well as in programs of other HSE University units, and also in the format of minors and Magolego for all university students.

Human Resources

As of the beginning of 2026, the Department of Business Informatics employs 28 full-time teaching staff and 75 invited lecturers. Among the full-time staff, there are 4 Doctor of Sciences degree holders, 5 holders of a PhD degree, and 12 Candidate of Sciences degree holders. The Department has 1 Distinguished Professor of HSE University.

Research and Teaching-Methodology Outcomes

In 2024–2026, the department's teaching staff published the results of their research in 78 articles in such scientific journals as "Business Strategy and the Environment", "Journal of Business Research", "Expert Systems with Applications", "International Journal of Production Research", "Food Quality and Preference", "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America", "Technological Forecasting and Social Change", "Scientometrics", "Technovation", "Technology Analysis & Strategic Management", "Journal of Brand Management", "International Journal of Emerging Markets", "European Business Review", "Journal of Macromarketing".

Eighteen books, monographs, and textbooks were published, and department staff also prepared 25 individual book chapters.

The published textbooks focused on information system architectures, information systems for business, decision support systems, etc. Among the published books are, for example, "IT Crisisology Patterns and Practices" (in English), "The Paradox of Artificial Intelligence" (in Russian), and "Co-creation in Russia: How Russian Companies Innovate Together with External Partners" (in Russian).

The Department of Business Informatics publishes the scientific journal Business Informatics, which is included in the bibliographic and abstract database Scopus, the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (WoS ESCI) and the Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform (RSCI). The journal is included in the VAK list (List of the High Attestation Commission of Russia).

The following Russian professional standards are now associated with the field of business informatics: 

• 06.014 Information Technology Manager
• 06.012 IT Product Manager
• 06.016 Information Technology Project Manager
• 06.022 System Analyst
• 06.013 Information Resources Specialist
• 06.015 Information Systems Specialist
• 08.001 Payment Systems Specialist
• 08.037 Business Analyst

Industry Expertise

The development of disciplines and educational programmes is driven by regular interaction with the business community through joint programmes, company base departments and new concepts of academic programme boards headed by business leaders. 

The Department collaborates with such companies as 1C, Alfa-Bank, Avito, Gazprombank, Axenix, Kaspersky Lab, and others.