Study on Electricity Load Forecasting Using Large Language Models presented at the 56th EBES Conference
On July 4, at the 56th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference (56th EBES Conference), held in Istanbul in a hybrid format, Junior Research Fellow at the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy Evgeniya Shenkman presented the study "Medium-Term Electricity Load Forecasting Using Large Language Models", co-authored with Anastasiya Kireecheva. The research was conducted as part of the Russian Science Foundation project No. 25-18-00539, "Comparative Analysis of AI-Based Agents and Real Individuals in Economic Decision-Making."
Research on human and AI strategies presented at the "Game Theory and Management" conference
At Saint Petersburg State University, the traditional international scientific conference "Game Theory and Management" (GTM2026) was held. As part of the conference's Young Researchers Day, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Savvateev presented the findings of a study titled "Not Yet! Humans Outplayed LLMs in a Colonel Blotto Game Tournament," conducted within the framework of RSF project No. 25-18-00539 "Comparative Analysis of AI-Based Agents and Real Individuals in Economic Decision-Making."
Interim Meeting Held on the Project on the Role of Intellectual Resources in Company Internationalization
On July 3, 2026, an interim meeting was held to review the results of the first half of the second year of the project "Internationalization of Companies from Developing Countries: The Role of Intellectual Resources in Response to Exogenous Shocks". The project is carried out within the framework of the HSE University "International Academic cooperation" grant competition. The project leader is Maria Molodchik, Professor at HSE University – Perm.
Facial features, emotions, and the trust game: seminar discusses visual bias in language models
On July 2, the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy hosted a workshop within the framework of RSF project No. 25-18-00539, "Comparative Analysis of AI-Based Agents and Real Individuals in Economic Decision-Making." The seminar focused on research by Junior Research Fellow Egor Ivanov and Senior Research Fellow Marina Zavertiaeva titled "Beyond Demographic Labels: Facial Cues and LLM Bias in Trust-Game Decisions".
Reserachers of HSE University – Perm took part in the XII Euro-Asian Symposium on Economic Theory
Senior Researcher at the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (IDLab), HSE University – Perm, Professor Maria Molodchik, and Research Assistant and PhD student Dilmurod Rustam ugli Tillashaykhov participated in the XII Euro-Asian Symposium on Economic Theory (EASET-2026). The event was held from June 24 to 26, 2026, in Yekaterinburg at the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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IDLab Seminar: How Industry-Specific Factors Shape the Performance of ICT Portfolios
On June 19, 2026, a research seminar was held at the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy (IDLab), where Junior Research Fellow Egor Ivanov presented his study. The research explored how the joint implementation of BPM and CRM systems affects firm performance across various industries.
Petr Parshakov at the 3rd UMBC Sports Economics Conference
On June 9, 2026, Petr Parshakov, Head of the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy at HSE Campus in Perm presented at the 3rd UMBC Sports Economics Conference at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, which took place from June 9 to 11, 2026.
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IDLab Seminar: How Gender Context and the Work Environment Relate to Employee Job Burnout
On May 29, 2026, the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy hosted a research seminar where IDLab Research Fellow Sofya Paklina presented a paper on how job burnout develops taking into account gender factors at the individual, leadership, and team levels. The study - co-authored with Marina Zavertiaeva, Senior Research Fellow at IDLab, Evgeniya Shenkman, Junior Research Fellow at IDLab, and Ekaterina Akhmetgalina, member of the Research Study Group for the Analysis of Reputational Effects of Bank Top Management - was conducted under Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grant No. 25-18-01037, "Job Burnout Syndrome: AI-Based Diagnostics and Assessment of Economic Effects."
IDLAB Research Presented at the ITMO University Forum
On May 20–22, 2026, St. Petersburg hosted the SBAS Forum (Smart Business and Applied Science), organized by ITMO University. During the forum, Valeria Fedorova, a research assistant at IDLAB, presented a study on the impact of generative AI-generated texts on the financial outcomes of crowdfunding campaigns.
International Activity Between the Lines: How Text Data Helps Measure the Level of Company Internationalization
On May 15, 2026, a study dedicated to measuring the level of company internationalization based on open text data was presented at the research seminar of the "International Academic Cooperation" project. The report was presented by Nikita Matkin, Aleksei Smirnov, and Mikhail Usanin; the study was co-authored by Iuliia Naidenova, Sofia Paklina, and Mariya Molodchik.