
Students of the Master's program "Data Analytics and Social Statistics" defended their final qualification works
On June 16–17, students of the Data Analytics and Social Statistics master's program defended their final theses. The State Examination Committee heard 22 theses.

Lab members defended their final qualification papers
This season, three members of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research — research assistants Polina Ermolaeva, Mikhail Meshkov, and Anton Sizov — defended their final qualification theses. All received the grade "Excellent."

Anton Sizov spoke at the Faculty of Social Sciences scientific seminar
On November 27, the HSE Moscow campus hosted the Faculty of Social Science research seminar 'Between Scylla and Charybdis: What Determines Russians' Attitudes Toward Personal Data Collection?' The seminar presented the research findings of the initial project group 'Trust and Attitudes toward Government Electronic Services and Data Collection Technologies.' ANR-Lab research assistant Anton Sizov actively participated in the group's research and presentation.
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.

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).

Congratulations to our colleague on entering graduate school!
Research assistant of the laboratory Lika Kapustina was recommended for admission to the HSE Graduate School of Sociological Sciences during the first wave of application submissions. We congratulate Lika and wish her success and exciting work on her dissertation research!

Research assistant position at ANR-Lab
As part of the additional recruitment campaign for HSE students and postgraduates, the ANR-Lab has an open position for a research intern (1 place for a bachelor's or master's student and 2 places for postgraduate students). The application deadline is March 12.

Our colleagues are the winners of the Student research paper competition 2024
ANR-Lab research assistant Daria Osokina and intern Polina Ermolaeva became the winners of the competition for the best student research paper of 2024, taking 2nd and 3rd places, respectively, in the nomination 'Best research paper in sociology for master's students and graduates of 2024'.

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.
