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On September 1st, a new season of the open Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) started. This competition is aimed at developing the potential of university students who are interested in academic activities. Students, as well as 2023 graduates of Russian and foreign universities, can submit their papers for the competition until October 15^th, 2023. This year SRPC turns 20 years old, throughout the competition’s history, Vadim Radaev, HSE University’s First Vice Rector, has been the chair of the organising committee. In today’s interview, he talks about the history of the competition and the key stages in its development.

An offline final of the IT solutions competition for the development of the Arctic, named Arktek Data, was held on August 11. The GeoHSE team, consisting of two laboratory employees - Anna Derkacheva and Natalia Shartova, and faculty student Inna Panafidina, took second prize in the Urbanization track with a system prototype for analyzing the accessibility of health care in regions.

February 11, starting from 2016, is observed as the Day of Women and Girls in Science. Employees of the International Laboratory of Landscape Ecology, Natalia Shartova and Anna Derkacheva, shared their research, discussed the challenges in their work, and answered the question of whether anyone can pursue a career in science.

A group of UN experts has announced that the Earth's ozone layer will recover by the year 2060. Dr. Dmitry Zamolodchikov, a biologist and academic mentor of the "Low-Carbon Development Management" program, discussed the impact of the Montreal Protocol on mitigating the consequences of climate change and explained the concept of stratospheric aerosol injection.

The bachelor’s programme ‘Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technology’ is offered by the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology, one of the newest at HSE University. One year ago, Yulia Kuznetsova came on as the programme’s academic supervisor. In this interview for the HSE News Service, Yulia Kuznetsova explains her job duties, where HSE geography students do their field work, and why geography itself can make you happy.

The Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center has published the 15^th issue of theresearch digest. It presents the results of the vulnerability assessment of the Russian populationto climate change, carried out by employees and partners of the Faculty of Geography andGeoinformation Technology (HSE University).

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.