Highlanders and guests: intercultural interaction and development of the hospitality industry in the North Caucasus
On January 29, 2024, as a part of the regular seminars of the Center for Sociocultural Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics "Culture Matters", Daniil Anreevich Sitkevich, Ph.D. in Economics, researcher at the Center for Regional Studies and Urbanism of the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, researcher at the Laboratory of Institutional Analysis of the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State University presented with a report on the topic “Highlanders and guests: intercultural interaction and development of the hospitality industry in the North Caucasus”.

The project of the Laboratory of Sociobiology and Human Behavioral Ecology received support in the competition for the creation of research and study groups at the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Employees of the Center for Sociocultural Research, together with colleagues from other scientific departments of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, were among the winners in the competition to create research and study groups. The research initiative of the proposed NUG is aimed at deciphering the adaptive foundations of culture from the point of view of human behavioral ecology.
X International Scientific Conference "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations".
On November 8, 2023, the X International Scientific Conference "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations" was held, annually organized by the Center for Sociocultural Research at HSE University. The event also featured a roundtable discussion on "What is happening to the identity of Russians amidst the special military operation?"