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How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Ten: 'Number, Please?'
How telephone communication contributed to the emancipation of women, but automation eventually took their jobs away
February 01
History
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How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Nine: Big Connections
How Pupinisation and Triodes Helped Spread Telephone Networks across the Globe
January 26
History
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How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Eight: The Russian Field of Experiments
How the first telephone arrived in the Russian Empire—mistakenly delivered instead of a crate of wine
January 24
History
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How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Six: The Telephone's Misadventures in France
How left-wing populists in the Fifth Republic nationalised the telephone service, stalling its development for years
January 10
History
Op-ed
How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Seven: German Efficiency
How a public-private partnership helped create the telephone network in Germany
January 10
History
Op-ed
How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Five: From the US Free Market to Conservative Britain
How the British government tried to regulate and nationalise the telegraph and telephone, and the results of their efforts
November 22, 2023
History
Article
Peacocks, Pepper, and Petrol
‘Oriental’ goods imported into Russia during the 17th and 18th centuries: the early history of parallel imports
November 07, 2023
History
Op-ed
How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Four: David the Start-up Versus the Corporate Goliath
How the small Bell Telephone Company battled both patent trolls and the giant Western Union corporation over patent priority
October 16, 2023
History
Op-ed
How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Three: Connecting People
How the telephone gained subscribers
October 05, 2023
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Psychology
Research
Workaholism Helps Young Narcissists Boost New Venture Performance

HSE researchers have identified personality traits that contribute to business venture success

Demography
Article
Elderly People, Crisis, and Robots

HSE researchers peer into the future in an attempt to predict how the impending challenge of global population ageing could reshape the world as we know it

History
Op-ed
How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Ten: 'Number, Please?'

How telephone communication contributed to the emancipation of women, but automation eventually took their jobs away

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Culture
Long-read
'Canonisation' of Fanfiction

How fan creations are reshaping cultural canons

August 19, 2022
Sociology
Interview
'We construct a portrait of Russian society'

Sociologist Svetlana Mareeva describes 'typical Russians' and discusses some of the opportunities, risks and inequalities in Russian society

August 01
Psychology
Research
People Do Not See Spelling Mistakes as a Sign of Limited Intellect

Poor spelling and punctuation are not a major factor in the perception of intelligence

August 01