Sergey Korotkov and Maria Bocharova receive the laureates award of the Student Research Paper Competition 2021

Two research papers, prepared by the junior scholars Sergei Korotkov and Maria Bocharova under Professor Vera Rusinova’s supervision, received the laureate award of the Student Research Paper Competition 2021.

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Student Research Paper Competition 2021 is held annually to promote research activities among students and recent graduates.

The competition’s objectives are to develop and stimulate students’ interest in science.

Recent master graduate and current PhD student of the School of International Law Sergei Korotkov was awarded the laureate diploma in the nomination “Best Research Paper in Law for Graduate Students in 2021.” The paper’s title is “Law and Economics of International Investment Agreements: Methodology, Lawmaking and Efficiency.”

Sergey Korotkov: “I am rather pleased with the competition’s results. Student Research Paper Competition is an excellent opportunity to assess the general attitude of the specialists’ community to the topic and research itself. I am doubly glad that they’ve decided to mark it with a laureate diploma. Such lagniappe encourages future research activities, giving reason and will to deepen the research and raise its overall quality.”

Maria Bocharova, a 3rd-year undergraduate student, was awarded a laureate diploma in the nomination “Best Research Paper in Law for Undergraduate Students in 2021” for her work “Russian Federation’s Implementation of UN Human Rights Committee’s decisions on communications.”

Special thanks to all experts of the Student Research Paper Competition 2021 and its curator from the HSE School of International Law - Associate Professor Elena Postnikova.

Congratulations to our laureates, and we wish them further success in their research activities!