Juha Kaskinen on the special skill of delivering foresight results to stakeholders
Being able to disseminate scientific knowledge and deliver foresight results to stakeholders is very important, noted Juha Kaskinen, director of the Finland Futures Research Centre (Turku School of Economics), at the at the IV Foresight and STI Policy conference.
31% (figure of the day)
of Russians believe that science is too complicated for people who are untrained. They also believe that reading news on the world of science is pointless, as people will not understand regardless. These data were obtained during a representative sampling survey of Russians aged 16 years and older that was conducted in November 2014 as part of a Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behaviour of the Population by HSE ISSEK.
50% (figure of the day)
Half of Russians believe that academics have less exciting lives than other people do. These data were obtained during a representative sampling survey of Russians aged 16 years and older that was conducted in November 2014 as part of a Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behaviour of the Population by HSE ISSEK.
59% (figure of the day)
of people holding doctoral and candidate of science degrees are theoretically willing to change jobs if offered the opportunity to take part in a large-scale project that is important for the country. These data were obtained during a nationwide survey of researchers holding doctoral and candidate degrees as part of a Monitoring of the Labour Market for Highly Qualified R&D Personnel study, the most recent wave of which was carried out in 2014 by HSE ISSEK.
28% (figure of the day)
of Russians would be delighted at their daughters’ desire to become software developers. 40% would be happy if their sons pursued a similar career. These data were obtained in November, 2014 during a representative sampling survey of Russians aged 16 years and older that was conducted as part of the HSE ISSEK Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behaviour of the Population.
9,7% (figure of the day)
of companies in Russian industry are innovative. These data are presented in a new HSE Data Book ‘Indicators of Innovation: 2015’, which is prepared for publication by HSE ISSEK and will be released early next year.
37,5% (figure of the day)
of Russian research organisations that transferred the results of their work to companies for implementation helped to create entirely new products, manufacturing processes and services for the global market. These data were obtained as part of a study on Innovation Activities of the Innovation Process Actors Monitoring Project carried out by HSE ISSEK in 2011 and 2013.
1/3 (figure of the day)
of Russian researchers recognise that to be effective they need to work with peers as part of a scientific school. These data were obtained during a nationwide survey of researchers holding doctoral and candidate degrees as part of a Monitoring of the Labour Market for Highly Qualified R&D Personnel study, the most recent wave of which was carried out in 2014 by HSE ISSEK.
Digest of Education Statistics in the Russian Federation: 2014
This data book is a digest of the larger publication ‘Education in the Russian Federation:2014’. It contains data on the educational attainment of the population and key trends in education in Russia.
190 (figure of the day)
is the average number of litres of water a person living in Russia uses each day. Ten years ago, average daily water consumption was 300-380 litres. These data were presented at a roundtable on ‘Global Trends in the Area of Water Resources’ that took place as part of the Foresight and STI Policy conference held at Higher School of Economics.