Foresight and STI Governance no 3, 2015
The latest issue of Foresight and STI Governance (2015, Vol. 9, No. 3) covers the effect of the external environment on entrepreneurial orientation, trends in mobile banking, nanotechnology patent analysis in Russia and the consequences of underestimating emerging technologies based on the South African experience.
Figure of the day: 53%
of full-time university teachers have several jobs. These data were collected during a survey of teachers at institutions of higher education that was carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations study conducted by HSE in collaboration the Levada Centre in 2014 and coordinated by HSE ISSEK.
Is “meter effect” important for promoting green practices?
HSE ISSEK researchers Valentina Polyakova and Elena Chernovich are discussing the interesting issue: to what extent does installation of meters encourage Russian citizens to adopt a “green” way of life? This is based on the results of a survey of “green” practices in Russia conducted in the framework of HSE monitoring of innovative behaviour of the population.
ISSEK Master's programme becoming more popular
The new academic year has experienced a significant increase in students’ interest for the English-language Master’s programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation": While 30 students were enrolled in 2014, this year 44 applicants showed outstanding performance in the tough application competition. Among them, there are 10 international students who arrived from Ghana, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, the USA, Uzbekistan, South Korea and France.
First interactive cluster platform launched in Russia
The Cluster Map of Russia designed by HSE ISSEK’s Russian Cluster Observatory was launched during the IX Samara Interregional Economic Forum “Cluster Policy — the Basis for Innovative Development of National Economy”.
Nicholas Vonortas — welcome aboard!
In September, a new research fellow started working at ISSEK’s Foresight Centre Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies. Together with the institute’s team, he will advance foresight research, contribute to the publication activities, and more.
Figure of the day: 81%
of teachers at Russian universities last year produced at least one publication and presented at least once at a conference. These data were obtained in a survey of teachers of institutions of higher education that was carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations study conducted by HSE in collaboration with the Levada Centre in 2014.
Figure of the day: 1.5
is the number of times by which the salary of teachers in Moscow professional and technical schools must be raised to recruit an ‘ideal teacher’ according to the heads of these institutions. To accomplish the same task in the regions, salaries should be doubled.
Russians are becoming more scientifically literate, but still only a third of them remember plants have genes
New educational media are emerging in Russia one after another, scientists deliver public lectures to full houses, science festivals are being organised — but does all this effort bear fruit? HSE ISSEK experts have found out that in the five years they’ve been measuring Russians’ scientific literacy in the scope of “Monitoring innovative behaviour of the population” project, the share of people who had problems answering “secondary school” questions such as whether the Earth core was hot or continents were drifting, was steadily decreasing. However, slightly more specific questions still tend to baffle a lot of them.
Figure of the day: 65%
of full-time students at Russian universities studied free of charge in 2014. This figure grew in comparison with 2006, when free education was received by only 57% of students. These data were obtained in a survey of students of institutions of higher education that was carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations study conducted by HSE in collaboration with the Levada Centre in 2014.