
What happened to online social media?
At the recent XV International Grushin Sociological Conference, ANR-Lab analyst Sergey Gennadyevich Davydov moderated the section 'Media and Communications in Search of a Person' on the problem of human-centrism in the development of modern media and technologies. Sergey Gennadyevich also presented the report 'What Happened to Network Social Media? Dynamics of the Russian Audience in 2022-2024.'
ANR-Lab at the Big Data Consortium meeting in Penza
On February 6, the general meeting of the University Consortium of Big Data Researchers, which unites 78 universities from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, was held at Penza State University. Experts discussed the development of data analysis and artificial intelligence, and outlined new educational and research projects.

Sergei Davydov at the final meeting of the VCIOM scientific council
On December 26, 2024, Sergei Davydov, an analyst at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Analysis, took part as an invited expert in the final meeting of the VСIOM Scientific Council on the topic: 'Russian Society-2024: Results of the Year and Main Trends.'

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.

Anna Semenova at the conference 'Approximations, Graphs, Networks and Data Mining'
From October 7 to 11, Sirius hosted the conference 'Approximations, Graphs, Networks, and Intelligent Data Analysis' dedicated to the development of mathematical aspects of data mining methods related to approximation and network (graph-based) models. Our laboratory's junior research fellow Anna Semenova took part in the conference with a report 'Network Analysis of International Conflicts'.

ANR-Lab members at the conference for the 50th anniversary of the journal 'Socis'
ANR-Lab members Sergey Davydov and Daria Osokina took part in the Scientific Conference 'Sociology: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow' dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the journal 'Sociological Research'.

Daria Maltseva took part in the VII Media Forum
Head of the laboratory Daria Maltseva gave a presentation at the VII Media Forum 'Freedom of Journalism in the Context of Human Rights, New Technologies and International Information Security', which was held on October 17-18 in Vladikavkaz.

Should Russian companies invest in the development of children's education?
The MINDSMITH team found the answer to this question by conducting a study under the supervision of ANR-Lab research fellow Ivan Klimov, 'C&B Trends: Family Support in the Corporate Environment.'

ANR-Lab at the 8th Research Expo conference
On October 18, ANR-Lab Senior Research Fellow Ivan Klimov spoke at the Research Expo conference, where Russian research organizations have been exchanging experience and expertise for several years now.