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In November - December 2022, the International Laboratory of Landscape Ecology will hold a series of seminars: “Actual approaches and methods in landscape-ecological research”. Seminars are held with the participation of a leading foreign specialist, scientific director of the laboratory Fedor Tatarinov.

The Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics accompanied the university's entry into the Russian Partnership for Climate Preservation.

Every summer, HSE University students from various programmes have the opportunity to gain experience in their subject under real conditions. Second-year students of the Bachelor’s in Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technology spent 24 days doing practical work in geoinformation technologies and spatial modelling, 17 of which were spent in the field.

Russian-Israeli scientist Fyodor Tatarinov joined the laboratory.

Research fellow of the International Laboratory of Landscape Ecology Vadim Mamkin participated in working conference to unite existing Russian eddy covariance flux stations into a network.

The scientific seminar of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies took place in May. This time, the topic of discussion was the socio-economic reactions of various regions of Russia to the shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mikhail Rogov, Research Fellow at the HSE Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology, and Celine Rosenblat, Professor at the University of Lausanne, published a study titled "Intercity economic networks under recession: Counterintuitive results on the evolution of Russian cities in multinational firm networks from 2010 to 2019" in the Journal of Urban affairs.

On March 12, the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics hosted an Open Day for the Master's Program in Low-Carbon Development. Academic supervisor of the program Evgeny Shvarts, supervisor of the track "Management of low-carbon development of companies and territories" Andrey Ptichnikov, supervisor of the track "Carbon cycle of companies and territories" Dmitry Zamolodchikov, Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies Nikolay Kurichev and Nazar Sotiriadi, Executive Director of the Integrated Risk Management Department, Sber Risks.

As part of the Oceanology course, 2nd year students of the bachelor's program "Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technologies" have participated in a practical trip. Yulia Levkovskaya, a 2nd year student, wrote a blog about the trip.

The laboratory will be led by Robert Sandlersky, a specialist in energy and mass transfer and the study of other properties of landscapes via satellite imagery and Senior Research Fellow at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The HSE News Service spoke to Robert about the laboratory’s future activities.