Participants of GSEM Project InterLectures discussed trends in international trade and the coronavirus global challenge

20:04, May 20, 2020

The number of international participants is growing, the interest in the project does not fall

Previous week, there were two InterLectures: «Trends in international trade and models explaining them» by Prof. Natalia Davidson, BA International Economics and Business, International Economics and Management Ac.Dep; and «Fighting corona virus as the test for government efficiency» by Prof. Evgeniya Kuznetsova, Head of the Legal Support of National Security programme, Theory, Methodology and Legal Support of Public Administration Department.

Prof. Davidson told the participants about current trends in international trade and about models  explaining these trends, answered the questions why countries tend to be open to international trade, and what it means to be part of international economic integration.

Prof. Kuznetsova gave a lecture on the challenging topic of coronavirus and used various examples to show how the pandemic changed the world, what actions are taken by countries on the state level to overcome it, how society is responding to these measures and what they can lead to from economic and social perspective.

Participants are always interested in the issues related to the involvement of Russia in global processes. In particular, they asked questions about the peculiarities of price formation in Russia, how Russia is included in the process of international economic integration, what is the real situation with coronavirus, is it different from the one described in the news. The discussion turned out to be lively and truly international.

At the moment, more than 76 participants from different countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Thailand, France, Pakistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, already took part in the project. Everyone notes the high level of lecturers, the relevance of the topics discussed and the practical focus of the lectures.

We thank Prof. Natalia Davidson and Prof. Evgeniya Kuznetsova for their contribution!

At the end of May, you can join the final lectures of the GSEM UrFU Online Learning Project InterLectures: May 21st, 14.00 - 15.00 «Supply Chain Management: production planning with multiple recourse constraints using Excel Solver tool» by Prof. Irina Burlakova, International Management master programme, International Economics and Management Ac.Dep. May 25th, 16.00 - 17.30 «Trade shows and Business events in international B2B marketing» by Prof.Ekaterina Demchenko , BA International Economics and Business, International Economics and Management Ac.Dep., head of GSEM International Affairs Office. The full lecture schedule you can find here. 

To participate, please fill a short registration form , link to the zoom conference will be sent to you after registration.