03.06.2025
From May 28 to 30, RSUH hosted an off-site coordination session titled “Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values of Russia: Educational, Research and Upbringing-Related Aspects”.
In his welcoming remarks, RSUH Rector Andrei Loginov outlined the priorities of higher education in the socio-humanitarian field and emphasized the role of RSUH’s socially significant state-mandated projects in transforming higher education.
Representatives of the academic community shared their developments aimed at improving the effectiveness of the educational process and presented their main areas of work for 2025–2026.
Alexander Dugin, Director of the Ivan Ilyin Higher Political School Center, spoke about the implementation of a set of activities aimed at fostering the spiritual and moral development of students within the framework of Russian civilizational identity. Vardan Bagdasaryan, an expert from the center, delivered a presentation titled "Codes of Russian Identity".
The Institute of Heritage and Contemporary Society is implementing a project to transform the human rights doctrine using a civilizational approach to counteract Western ideology. The Institute is also developing methodological support for conceptualizing the value-semantic and intellectual foundations of Russia’s strategic development. These initiatives were detailed by the Academic Director of the Institute Valery Fadeev and Director Albina Dudareva.
Vice-Rector for Academic and Project Work Olga Pavlenko presented the work aimed to support the Interactive Atlas of the Small-Numbered Peoples of the North and the organization of the international Summer Institute. Magomed Omarov, Director of the Center for Socio-Political Research and Information Technologies, discussed measures to prevent antisocial and destructive behavior among adolescents and youth, and to foster active civic engagement.
Alexander Levchenkov, Associate Professor at the Department of Post-Soviet Foreign Countries at the Faculty of Eurasian and Interregional Studies of the Institute of Eurasian and Eastern Studies, spoke about the development of a comprehensive program for studying CIS countries. As part of a government mandate, the University conducts educational events, competitions, and meetings aimed at helping students understand the main goals and directions of the CIS.
Other speakers included Kirill Kostin, Director of the Center for Consulting Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organizations "Diplomacy of Knowledge"; Aleksey Pishchulin, Director of the Federal Center for Humanitarian Practices; Danila Putiltsev, Director of the Center for Socio-Cultural Design "Portrait of a Generation"; Elena Barysheva, Dean of the Faculty of History at the Institute of History and Archives; Andrei Efremov, Director of the University Center for the Promotion of Value-Semantic Paradigms in Russian Humanities.
University-based resource centers represent one of the key mechanisms for implementing state policy in the development of civil society institutions. Aimed at the socio-economic development of the region and the country as a whole, these centers promote citizen involvement in public and socio-economic activities, integrate regional organizations’ efforts to address targeted issues, and help raise levels of education and culture. This model of activity is becoming increasingly relevant for universities, which serve as regional hubs for innovative transformation and the creation of educational environment.
