From November 5 - 13 3^rd year Graduate School of Global Politics (GSGP) student Anastasia Vishnevskaya participated in the workshop of the University Consortium, which took place at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University. Together with students from MGIMO University in Moscow, St. Andrew's College of Oxford University and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies of Harvard University, Anastasia participated in multiple seminars and conferences and attended three lectures given by the invited professor from another participating university - Dmitri Suslov from the High School of Economic (Moscow).

The central event of the workshop was the participants' conference, during which the four participants presented their research work and answered questions from professors and students at the Harriman Institute and from other participating institutions. The event was broadcasted via video-conference and the questions were collected via Twitter.

More information on this video conference can be read here.

The next workshop of the University Consortium will take place at the Davis Center in February 2016.