Irina Pavlova became the new academic director of DASS
Since August 2025, Irina Pavlova has become the new academic director of the Master's program "Data Analytics and Social Statistics".
Congratulations to our colleague on being named the best teacher of 2025!
Irina Pavlova, a lecturer in the DASS Master's program and deputy head of the ANR-Lab, was awarded the title of the best teacher of the Higher School by students of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Supported 2 inter-campus projects involving ANR-Lab members
Two projects involving ANR-Lab team won the competition of the academic personnel reserve for the implementation of inter-campus initiatives aimed at developing the university environment – the projects “From Search to Analysis: A Complete Guide to Working with Scientific Literature” and “HSE R Meetup: Meetups in the R Programming Language”.

ANR-Lab team took part in the Sunbelt network analysis conference in Paris
The annual Sunbelt conference, the largest international conference on social network analysis, took place in Paris from June 23 to 29. ANR-Lab team participated online and offline, and in this material they share their reflections and impressions from the event.
MASNA Graduation 2025
On July 4, the graduation of the Master's program "Applied Statistics with Network Analysis", MASNA (now - "Data Analytics and Social Statistics", DASS) took place.
How the 16th ANR-Lab Summer School 2025 went
On July 11, the 16th Summer School of the International Laboratory of Applied Network Research (ANR-Lab) titled "Applied Network Analysis: From Idea to Project Implementation" concluded. The school took place on the campus at Pokrovsky Boulevard and simultaneously online. Over the course of five days, the instructors showcased the possibilities of applying applied network analysis, from the initial idea to the implementation of a project in scientific or practical fields.

From Regional Studies to Data Science: a student of the master's program spoke about her experience of studying at the program
At the Open Day, student Elizaveta Cherkashina spoke about her experience of studying at the program.

From Medicine to Data Science: a student of the master's program talked about his path to analytics
At the Open Day, student Mikhail Meshkov spoke about his experience of studying at the program.

From Psychology to Data Analysis: Graduate Maria Ermolaeva on the Master's Program in Data Analytics and Social Statistics (DASS)
Maria Ermolaeva graduated from the Data Analytics and Social Statistics (DASS) Master's program and now works as a behavioral analyst. She shared her impressions of studying in the program at the webinar.

How to Create a Portfolio for DASS Master's Program Admissions
On June 24, a webinar of the DASS Master's program was held, where the program's teacher and deputy head of the ANR-Lab, Irina Pavlova, spoke about how to create a portfolio for admission to the program.