The Centre for International Projects

     Director of the Centre

     Anna Pikalova

     Candidate of Science (Hist.)

The mission of the Centre for International Projects (CIP) ISSEK HSE is strengthening of science and technology (S&T) cooperation between Russia and foreign countries. The Centre provides analytical, methodical, organisational, informational and consulting support to the international cooperation in S&T sphere.

The Centre’s team members provide management of ISSEK international agreements and projects, organise international events. CIP’s analytical activity is focused on identifying good practices and barriers to fruitful mutually-beneficial international S&T co-operation between Russia and foreign countries. 

Special attention is given to identifying areas of mutual interest for co-operation. For this purpose, the CIP is engaged in the following activities:

•  quantitative research capacity’s analysis (bibliometric analysis of joint publications);
• qualitative research capacity’s analysis (personal interviews with representatives of key research organizations - participants of S&T cooperation);
• organisation of discussions with participation of international experts;
• development of scenarios and recommendations to promote S&T cooperation.