On June 10, 2021, as part of the GSOM Ambassadors project of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), the first online meeting of GSOM Family Germany took place. 20 alumni of the Business School programs and students planning to move to this country discussed potentially interesting forms of interaction within the community.

On June 10, 2021, the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) hosted a graduation ceremony for Executive MBA students.

n June 11, 2021, experts from the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) conducted a training for 35 middle and upper-secondary school students from all over Russia as part of the Sibur Summer School.

On the Mikhailovskaya Dacha campus of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), the 20th ceremony of the Drucker Awards was held. The event brought together 250 students, professors, staff and partners of GSOM SPbU.

The research was carried out as part of a grant from St. Petersburg University (ID: 60419345). The team of the Center for Entrepreneurship of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) analyzed factors that have influenced small and medium firms (SMEs) survival during crises.

Olga Dergunova, Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank, Director of the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), spoke at the session “New Elite. How accumulated knowledge is converted into capital ”at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

On June 23-25, 2021, the Fifteenth International Conference "Game Theory and Management" (GTM2021) will take place. By the decision of the organizing and program committees, it will be held virtually.

Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic and International Management and Academic Advisor of the Master in Management program in GSOM SPbU Yulia Aray made a speech at the OSIRIS international educational program and will be the expert at the Demo day, where the program participants will present the results of their work. The program is for the entrepreneurs of the “silver economy” sphere.

Over the past few years, L'Oréal and GSOM SPbU have been actively cooperating with each other, the company regularly takes part in the Business school's events, and students of Bachelor and Master programs have successfully participated in the case championships and internships of the company. Let's talk a little more about the career opportunities L'Oréal has already provided to students of our business school in recent years.

On June 4, 2021, Sergei Ivanov, the Chairman of the Graduate School of Management ST Petersburg Advisory Board, the special representative of the President of Russia for Environmental Protection, Ecology, and Transport, has visited the “Mikhailovskaya Dacha” campus, revised the dormitories (that are being prepared for the release) and met the students and young professors.

In the Graduate School of Management St Petersburg University (GSOM SPBU) the VII “Public-Private Partnership in Transport Sector: Models and Experience” Research Conference took place. Maxim Sokolov, Vice Governor, Head of the Department of Public Management of St. Petersburg University, made a keynote speech on the current practice of St. Petersburg development of public-private partnership projects in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the participants of the session "Everything you need to know about career development: corporate DNA vs your own project", organized with the support of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) and ANO "Business Russia", agreed in opinion: today there are more similarities between the mentioned career scenarios than contradictions.

On June 4, 2021, at the Graduate School of Management St Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) the “HR-manager as a business partner” corporate training program for Rosneft was completed. 30 HR-managers and 28 subsidiaries of the company took part in the program.

Yury Blagov, Associate Professor of the Department of Strategic and International Management, Director of the PwC Center for CSR of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) has become a guest of the project devoted to sustainable development business problems.

Yulia Aray, Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management, Academic Director of the Master in Management program at GSOM SPbU, held a series of consultations in the Mentor Lounge, opened as part of the youth program of the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The participants of the “Live and learn: educational trajectories of young professionals and future competencies” panel discussion which was a part of the Petersburg International Economic Forum XXIV answered the moderator`s questions. The moderator was Alexander Baizarov, Advisor of the Director of GSOM SPbU.

Anna Maeva, Advisor at VTB Bank, and member of the Project Office of the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), has participated in the round table “School — University — Enterprise: a new model”. The round table is organized in the Startup Village 2021 Skolkovo on the platform of Scientific and Technological Center PМС.

On June 9 (Wednesday) an online event for the applicants to SPbU will take place. The broadcasting starts at 19:00. You should be registered on the official website of the University to join the viewing.

An article of a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) Mariia Shagalkina, co-authored with her research advisor Marina Latukha, professor of Organizational behavior and Personnel Management Department, and other researchers, was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Human Resource Management.

The Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic and International Management of The Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), the Manager of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)  project in Russia Olga Verkhovskaya took part in the plenary discussion on the “Post-COVID world and Sharing Economy” during the “Woman-Leader 2021” as part of the PIEF business program. The speech was based on the results of the GEM study which in Russia is conducted by GSOM SPbU with the support of Sber.