Germany And Russia: Innovation Development

On July 11-th, the three day Russian-German seminar ‘S&T and Innovation Development’ started at HSE. The organizers of the event are the Institute for Statistical studies and Economics of knowledge (ISSEK, HSE) and the Fraunhofer Institute for systems and innovation research (ISI, Germany).

Russian-German seminar ‘S&T and Innovation Development’

At the opening of the first session, Vice-rector Leonid Gokhberg presented detailed information on some of the most important ISSEKstudies in the sphere of science, technology and innovation development. ‘For many years the Higher School of Economics has been collaborating with Fraunhofer Institute on systems and innovation research. We hope for further fruitful cooperation and for fresh human resources in both institutions in order to enable us to continue international research projects’.

Talking about the structure, main goals and major projects of ISSEK, the Vice-rector stressed the role of two international labs recently opened at the HSE: the Research Lab for Science and Technology Studies and the Research Lab for Economics of Innovation. While the scholars of one lab analyze global science and technology development trends, measure the efficiency of S&T policies across leading industrial countries and forecast S&T development, the staff of the other lab study the tools, models and development patterns of innovation markets.

Talking about the structure, main goals and major projects of ISSEK, the Vice-rector stressed the role of two international labs recently opened at the HSE: the Research Lab for Science and Technology Studies and the Research Lab for Economics of Innovation. While the scholars of one lab analyze global science and technology development trends, measure the efficiency of S&T policies across leading industrial countries and forecast S&T development, the staff of the other lab study the tools, models and development patterns of innovation markets.

Anette Kubler

Dr. Anette Kubler, head of the German delegation, is also the head of the Competence Center for Innovation and Technology Management and Foresight at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe. Her presentation included impressive data on applied research in six ISI Competence Centers with a total of 20 Business Units at the Institute. ‘Our expertise in the area of innovation research is based on the synergy of the technical, economic and social science knowledge of our staff members. In our work we apply not only a broad spectrum of advanced scientific theories, models, methods and social-science measurement instruments, but continually develop them further, utilizing the empirical findings from the research projects conducted’.

The range of research at the Institute encompasses some of the most challenging problems in the world today - Energy policy and new energy efficiency systems; Climate policy and control; Industry and service innovations; Water resources management; Biotechnology and innovations in the Health systems, etc.

The seminar program is packed as the participants plan to discuss many priority issues: measuring and governing innovation methods and instruments; innovation strategies at a company level; knowledge and technology transfer; global challenges and Foresight research.

‘The main goal of the seminar, - Leonid Gohberg explained, - is a highly professional discussion that should lead not only to inter-institutional cooperation development, but also to friendly personal contacts between Russian and German colleagues. I believe this will be a great result of the seminar and at the same time – an indicator of its success’.

 

Valentina Gruzintseva, HSE News Service