Figure of the day: +4%
was the index of business confidence in retail trade. The indicator’s value increased after six months of being in a critical zone near zero. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in Retail Organisations study that was conducted in the second quarter of 2015 by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at the HSE ISSEK.
Foresight-Russia journal, no 2, 2015
In the latest issue of Foresight-Russia journal consideration is given to the long-term prospects of the market of hybrid cars and nuclear energy, development of entrepreneurship, and the factors behind people's willingness to engage in continuing education; new tools to assess the quality of research are also proposed.
Figure of the day: 5%
of industrial managers view the current economic situation at their enterprises as ‘favourable’. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate at Russian Industrial Enterprises study that was conducted in June 2015 by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at HSE ISSEK.
HSE Student Speaks about Editorial Internship Experiences
Joshua Levy, a first-year student in the Master’s in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation programme, has taken the initiative to complete an internship at Russia Beyond The Headlines, a multilingual news and information resource published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. He recently spoke with the HSE news service and told us a little more about his experiences at the newspaper.
Figure of the day: –14%
was the level to which the business confidence index in building materials production fell in May of this year. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in the Construction Sector study that was conducted in the second quarter of 2015 by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge.
Search system for R&D equipment
Improving the R&D sector’s access to facilities and equipment is a key objective of the RF national programme “Development of Science and Technology in 2013–2020”. To regulate statistical measurement in this area, ISSEK developed R&D equipment classifier commissioned by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science — a unique product with no analogues anywhere in the world. Anton Suslov of the Centre for Statistics and Monitoring of S&T and Innovation presented this project at the conference on developing shared centres (SCs) of R&D equipment and unique research facilities (URF).
HSE ISSEK book is among top Springer books in “Technology Management”
The Springer publishing company shared the statistics on the book “Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for the Future. Potentials and Limits of Foresight Studies” edited by Dirk Meissner, Leonid Gokhberg and Alexander Sokolov. Since its release in 2013, it has passed the threshold of 9500 downloads at the Springer website.
European focus
Two HSE events in STI policy were featured in the May 2015 issue of the 'International Research Update' — the monthly newsletter from the European Commission providing an overview of news related to the international dimension of EU research and innovation policy and projects.
‘In 20 years time, people who cope in an atmosphere of uncertainty will be the most successful’
We cannot predict the future, but we can simulate it. At the University Open to the City: HSE in Gorky Park project, Deputy Director of the Foresight Centre at the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) at HSE, Alexander Chulok talked about what we can expect in the next 20 years and how to prepare for it.
Protecting taiga forests through sensible management
The World Wildlife Fund Russia (WWF Russia) initiated establishment of the Boreal Wood Platform which is supposed to smooth transition to a sustainable management model for boreal (taiga) forests. The new discussion platform may also contribute to development of technological foresight and strategic planning in the forest sector. At the inaugural meeting of the platform on 19 May, HSE was represented by Ilya Kuzminov, leading expert at the ISSEK Foresight Centre.