Development of Creative Industries Through Regional Support Systems for Visiting Film Crews
On October 25, 2023, a scientific seminar was held at the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism. During the seminarAnton Kospolov, research intern of the Laboratory and a second-year student of the Master’s Programme in «Urban Development and Governance» at HSE University in St. Petersburg, shared the results of his study on the effectiveness of film rebate practices.
Fifth Russian Economic Congress: meeting of creative industries researchers
From September 11 to 15, 2023,researchers of the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism participated in the V Russian Economic Congress (REC-2023) in Yekaterinburg.

Irina Sizova on the Development of Virtual Museums in Russia
In terms of digitalisation, the rapid development of virtual museums is a major phenomenon. However, while some issues in this field are clear on paper, the reality is less straightforward. In a new research paper, Irina Sizova, Associate Professor at the Department of Management, and her colleagues explore the legislative regulation of virtual museums in Russia. Irina explains in her new interview.

HSE University Announces Results of Mirror Labs 2022 Competition
The Mirror Labs research project competition is aimed at HSE University departments that are planning to conduct joint studies with other Russian universities and research centres. The competition is now in its third year. A total of 19 academic organisations from 14 regions of Russia submitted applications as partners of HSE University, including 9 organisations participating for the first time.

Digitalisation of Museums: Challenges, Achievements, and Prospects
A study of the digitalisation process of Russian museums has been conducted by the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism at the HSE University–St. Petersburg, with the support of the Russian Committee of the International Union of Museums (ICOM Russia). The results of the study provide information on factors that contribute to failure or success in the museum digitalisation efforts and reveal its prospects, raise questions on tools that could be applied for attracting more visitors, as well as touch on possibilities for monetising museum online product range.

The Top 10 Scientific Achievements of HSE – St Petersburg
HSE University's St Petersburg campus is committed to developing research and science. It has 18 scientific departments and centres, including seven international laboratories led by world-renowned scientists whose studies are dedicated to solving challenges at the national and global levels. In this article, we present the Editor's Choice of the top 10 scientific achievements of the campus for the year.
Tourism and metropolises: a view from different continents
On January 21, 2022, the team of the Culture and Tourism Management Laboratory made a presentation at the seminar "Tourism and / in the metropolis" at the invitation of the international scientific community Sustainable Metropolitan Tourism Network (SMeT-Net), initiated by the University of Westminster and the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The Museum through the eyes of youth: discussion on the reputation
On November 12 this year, the State Hermitage Museum held a conference dedicated to the reputation of museums - Studying Museum Reputation (RUSSIA 2021). The main speakers were professors of various business schools from Spain and the Netherlands, mayor of Malaga, reputation researcher Van Riel and many others. The issues of reputation management of both individual museums and the cultural community as a whole were raised at the conference. More specifically, the factors affecting the reputation of the museum and the development of the brand in the field of art were discussed.
Youth as a Driver of Museum Development International Conference
HSE University’s Laboratory of Cultural Economics provides the “Youth as a Driver of Museum Development” International Conference.
Laboratory researchers took part in an international conference «Analytics for Management and Economics Conference»
In the period from December 2 to December 9, 2020, Sizova, I.A., Polomarchuk, A.K. and Bezhko, D.S., researchers of the Laboratory, took an active part in the conference, presenting the results of research in the field of organizing museum activities and branding of territories.