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A Round Table on SDG financing in countries of the global South was held under the IV International Conference on Financing for Development. International experts, including Liliana Proskuryakova, Head of the ISSEK Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, discussed the main challenges that developing countries face on the path to SDGs and ways to overcome them.

Experts from HSE University took part in the BRICS Academic Forum (FABRICS) held in the capital of Brazil this year. The main theme of the event was to discuss cooperation among countries in the Global South amid geopolitical turbulence and rapid technological change. Academics and experts from BRICS member states and partner nations explored topics such as global healthcare, AI technologies, trade, climate change, and reform of the multilateral global security and governance architecture.

Expert Seminar on comprehensive study outcomes of AI development promising areas conducted in 2024 took place at HSE University Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK). Attendees discussed methodological approaches to determining AI development priorities in research planned for 2025.

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and HSE ISSEK experts have discussed the role of technology foresight in promoting a circular economy. 

At a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Statistical Committee, HSE ISSEK researchers Gulnara Abdrakhmanova and Anna Demyanova presented a system for measuring the full life cycle of AI technologies, which allows not only to track the development and implementation of AI, but also to assess its impact on the social sphere.

The articles in latest issue of the Foresight journal (V. 19, № 2) analyze factors that determine the effectiveness of innovative entrepreneurship ecosystems, new tools for assessing their prospects and developing a competence base.

Prof. Alexander Sokolov, Deputy Director of HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), Director of International Research and Educational Foresight Centre, Head of UNESCO Chair on Future Studies attended the V Congress of UNESCO Chairs hosted by Plekhanov Russian University of Economics on May 20, 2025 under support of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

Experts from different countries discussed how strategic thinking is changing in the face of global challenges at a session “Futures Studies: a New Agenda” took place in the framework of the XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference.

Session “The Future of Artificial Intelligence” took place in the framework of XXV Yasin (April) Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Leading experts from different countries discussed the possibilities and limitations of AI — from work tasks to global challenges.

Experts discussed how to ''feed'' AI, what the domestic IT market awaits, and how cities are changing in the era of digitalization at the Session "The Future of IT: Scenarios and Sectoral Applications" took place under the XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference.