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Sergei Filonovich, an ordinary professor and distinguished professor at the Higher School of Economics, and a professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the HSE University School of Business, has been appointed academic supervisor of the Laboratory for Human‑Centricity and Leadership Practices at the HSE University.

On September 3, Associate Professor of the Department, PhD in Social Psychology Konstantin Amiranovich Bagrationi, and Department Lecturer, doctoral student Olga Alexandrovna Tunkevichus presented the results of the study “Can Universities Forge Organizational Readiness for AI Adoption? Evidence from Meta-Analysis” at the international scientific conference on knowledge management ECKM 2026 in Rome. The study focused on universities’ readiness to adopt artificial intelligence.

Veronika I. Kabalina, Research Professor at the Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, gave an expert interview to  RBC+ magazine, “The Economics of Stability: How to Tame ‘Black Swans’.”

Veronika I. Kabalina, Research Professor at the Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, participated in the 6th International HR Division Conference (HRIC 2026), organised by the Academy of Management (AOM) and held biennially.

The results of the 2025 Student Research Competition (NIRS) have been announced (https://www.hse.ru/nirs/nirs2025_results). Among the award winners are students supervised by faculty members of the Department of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.

On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University), a meeting of the Academic Council was held, during which the Rector of HSE University, Nikita Anisimov, and the President of the University, Alexander Shokhin, solemnly presented state and ведомственные awards, HSE University honours, and teaching grants from Alfa-Bank to members of the academic staff.

On 6 November 2025, at the 2nd International Conference on Education Research (ICER-2025, Lisbon), the paper “Strategic Coherence and AI-Enabled Personalization: Drivers of Motivation in Corporate Learning” was presented virtually by Arseniy Kovalerchik, a graduate of the Bachelor’s programme “Business Management” at the Graduate School of Business, HSE University. He was joined by his academic supervisor, Konstantin Bagrationi (Associate Professor, Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, PhD in Social Psychology), and by Bagrationi’s doctoral student and department lecturer, Olga Tunkevichus.

Associate Professor of the Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the Graduate School of Business, HSE University, PhD in Psychology  Konstantin Amiranovich Bagrationi , together with his doctoral student and lecturer of the department  Olga Aleksandrovna Tunkevicius , delivered a paper entitled  “Rethinking Strategic Thinking Through the Lens of Strategic Coherence”  at the  26th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM)  in Lahti, Finland.

Research Professor of the department Veronika Kabalina took part on February 10, 2025, as a member of the jury in the public defense of projects and the award ceremony for the winners of the 4th Professional Award HR IMPACT 2025.

Over the course of its 20-year history, the European Conference on Management, Leadership, and Governance (ECMLG) has been held in France, Belgium, Italy, Northern Ireland, and Finland. Traditionally, representatives from more than 40 countries participate in the conference, including scholars, educators, and practitioners. In 2024 Portugal hosted this significant event. On November 14, at Lusófona University, Anastasia Diakova—a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Business Management at the HSE University Business School and a current Master's student in Strategic Management: Investments and Consulting—delivered a presentation. Together with her academic supervisor, Candidate of Psychological Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Konstantin Bagrationi and with Department's Lecturer Olga Gordienko, Anastasia presented research findings on the topic "Change-Oriented Leadership in the Context of Transition to Strategic Autonomy”