Congratulations to Oleg Itskhoki, NES graduate and member of the School's International Advisory Board (MAE '2004), on obtaining a position of tenured professor of Economics at Harvard University! After completing his master's degree at NES, Oleg received his PhD in Economics from Harvard. (Over the years, more than 30 NES alumni have been accepted to Harvard University).
On May 20, a delegation from the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE, China) visited NES for the first time. The cooperation agreement between NES and SWUFE was signed in January 2023, since then, 17 students from NES Masters’ and Undergraduate programs participated in the SWUFE summer school in June-July 2023, and about 20 students will attend the school this year; one student of the HSE and…
On May 14-15, NES Professor Sultan Mehmood, in collaboration with Shaoda Wang, Professor at the University of Chicago, hosted a workshop on Law and Political Economy at the University of Chicago.
The workshop brought together leading…
In 2024, 13 NES students and graduates entered PhD programs in Economics, Finance, Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy of leading international universities.
11 students and graduates of MA programs entered Yale University, University of Chicago, Brown University, University Pompeu Fabra, London School of Economics, Caltech, University of Maryland,…
NES is happy to present a new project by the GURU portal – a collection titled "Economic Horizons," featuring brief overviews of the research papers published recently by NES professors, graduates, and friends who have participated in the School's popular science projects. This compilation covers studies on a wide range of topics, including macro…
At the beginning of the academic year 2024/2025, three new professors will join NES: Alexey Kolokolov, Kiryl Khalmetski and Timur Sobolev.
Alexey Kolokolov received PhD from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" in 2013, before that he had graduated from Plekhanov Russian Economic University. Prior to NES, he worked at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University…