About the Department

The Department of Business Informatics (DBI) was established in 2020 on the basis of the School of Business Informatics during the creation of the Graduate School of Business (GSB), through the reorganization of the Faculty of Business and Management (FBM) and a number of units of HSE Continuing Professional Education (CPE). Between 2002 and 2015, educational programs in the field of Business Informatics were delivered at the HSE Faculty of Business Informatics. The subject matter foundation of the DBI was formed both by the topics of corporate information systems and business analytics, which had been key for the two eponymous departments of the School of Business Informatics, and by the topics of business process modeling and optimization, enterprise architecture, and e-business, which received new development. The Department provides teaching of disciplines in these subject areas in bachelor's, master's, MBA and other CPE programs of the GSB, in programs of a number of other HSE units, as well as in the format of minors and Magolego for all university students.

As of September 2026, the Department of Business Informatics employs 26 full-time faculty members and 105 visiting faculty members. Among the full-time faculty members there are 3 Doctors of Science, 2 holders of a PhD degree, and 13 Candidates of Science. The DBI employs 1 HSE Distinguished Professor.

In 2024–2026, the Department's faculty published the results of their research in 92 articles in such academic 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, and Journal of Macromarketing.

Eighteen books, monographs, and textbooks were published, and the Department's staff also prepared 25 individual chapters in books.

The published textbooks were devoted to information system architectures, information systems for business, decision support systems, etc. Among the published books, for example, are "IT Crisisology Patterns and Practices," "The Artificial Intelligence Paradox," and "Co-creation in Russia: How Russian Companies Create Innovations Together with External Partners."

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

The Department of Business Informatics publishes the academic journal "Business Informatics," which is included in the Scopus bibliographic and abstract database and is part of 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 list of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK).