AWC Welcome Day 2025 (online)

A research presentation is not just a sequence of slides, but it is a cognitive interface that shapes how audiences perceive, process, and retain information. When overloaded, attention drops and the message is lost. This seminar explores the principles of cognitive load in educational and academic materials and offers practical tools to reduce unnecessary complexity. The seminar will be relevant for researchers, teachers, and students who design lectures, posters, public talks, and other visual materials. What types of load exist? How do we distinguish cognitive overload from conceptual difficulty? What makes a presentation both effective and cognitively friendly? Grounded in cognitive psychology, the session translates key research findings into applicable techniques. Participants will leave with a set of actionable strategies to simplify structure, improve flow, and support understanding.

Speaker: Tatiana Ledneva is a researcher at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University (Cognitive Health & Intelligence Center). Tatiana specializes in empirical aesthetics, neuroaesthetics, and embodied cognition and leads seminars on visual perception and human interaction with the material environment.

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People often change their career paths, facing new challenges and gaining new experiences. We invite those who have come to the scientific community from industry to attend our workshop. 

The speaker will share his experience and tips on how to generalize field research data and turn it into meaningful research papers. Having actively explored artificial intelligence tools in his research writing endeavors, the speaker will also share strategies of using AI tools to improve research skills and streamline the writing process. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss the difficulties they encounter when preparing their first international publication and the ways to overcome these challenges.

Speaker: Ilya Denisenko, Ph.D. in Education, is a leading expert at the HSE Institute of Education. Ilya has worked his way up from a teacher to coordinator of international studies on the quality of education. His main research interests include education management and prevention of school failure. Ilya is the author of the podcast Education Without Myths and the Telegram channel Project 500+.

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The path to publishing in international English-speaking journals can be complex, obscure, and frustrating, particularly for Russian speaking researchers. In this workshop, we will explore the expectations and perspectives of foreign editors, focusing on the specific requirements they prioritize and the aspects of submissions that draw their attention most. I will share insights from my own experience of publishing articles in English-language journals and in selection of papers. Together, we will discuss and examine the differences in the Russian and English-speaking academic writing styles.

Speaker: Marina Tsatrian, MA in Educational Leadership (the University of Manchester, UK) is an expert at the Laboratory for School Leadership and a lecturer at MA Educational Leadership program at the Institute of Education, HSE University. Marina’s professional interests involve data-informed decision-making of school leadership teams and leadership practices of school principals.

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For many early-career researchers, writing a research article can be a source of significant psychological and technical difficulties. At the workshop, we will discuss some psychological barriers that may arise while writing and explore the importance of overcoming the fear of a blank page to find the motivation to start and finish the work.

We will talk about selecting an appropriate journal for publication, as this is not always an obvious choice, particularly for those working in an interdisciplinary field. Particular attention will be given to structuring an article. We will also discuss the language aspects one should focus on when publishing articles in English.  

Speaker: Valeria Koncha is a junior research fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, a research fellow at the Laboratory for Linguistic, Intercultural and Creative Competencies, a lecturer at the Department of Politics and Governance, and a Ph.D. student at the Doctoral School of Political Science. Her interdisciplinary research interests are digital political mobilization, protests and social movements, digital technologies, quantitative methodology, polylingual creativity, multilingualism, and intercultural competencies. Valeria has had publications in Q1-Q2 peer-reviewed international and Russian journals. She conducts research within the framework of grants from the Russian Science Foundation and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Potential.

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