
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 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 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.

Topics of the final qualifying works of MASNA (DASS) students of 2025
On June 16-17, students of the master's program "Applied Statistics with Network Analysis" (now "Data Analytics and Social Statistics") defended their final qualifying theses; all of them received "good" and "excellent" grades.

ANR-Lab research assistants successfully defend their thesis
Three ANR-Lab research assistants successfully defended their final qualification theses in the master's degree programs "Sociology of the Public Sphere and Digital Analytics" (Olga Molotkova, Daniil Kovalev) and "Applied Political Science" (Lika Kapustina).

The Spring Open Days results: how it was on the DASS program
The spring on the master's program in Data Analytics and Applied Statistics (DASS) turned out to be eventful: we held a series of Open Days where we talked about learning opportunities, met with employees, teachers, students and graduate students, and shared the secrets of a successful start in the world of Data Analysis. We are sharing a brief overview of past events.

DASS at the Open Day of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the HSE University
On November 30, the Faculty of Social Sciences held an Open Day of educational programmes at the HSE University, where the master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' was presented.

Meetup 'Local Meetings and Global Connections'
On November 9, a hybrid meetup was held by the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research (ANR-Lab) and the Master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' (DASS). The event brought together students and graduates of the DASS (ex-MASNA) master's programme, team and friends of the laboratory to discuss how the programme is doing and what opportunities for collaboration exist.

Best DASS Courses
Eight courses in the Master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' were recognized as the best by students of the 2023-2025 cohort.