The second round of providing support to innovative territorial clusters
Russian Cluster Observatory’s experts Yevgeny Kutsenko and Sergei Artemov commented on major new features of the 2014 budget policy regarding providing support to innovative territorial clusters, announced on 9 June at the meeting held at the RF Ministry of Economic Development. From this year onwards, federal subsidies increase to 2.5 billion roubles, and all 25 pilot clusters are now eligible to this money.
SPIEF–2014: On Technology and Trust
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF–2014) was held on May 22—24 under the motto "Sustaining Confidence in a World Undergoing Transformation". Ozcan Saritas, the leading research fellow at HSE ISSEK Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, participated in its panel session “Will Technology Hollow out the Global Middle Class?”.
Information Society Indicators in the Russian Federation
This data book continues the series of publications by HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (HSE ISSEK) dedicated to information society statistics. It presents statistical data on ICT infrastructure, the content and media sector and the activities of ICT sector enterprises. In addition data collected in business tendency surveys is provided offering assessments of the activities by enterprises rendering ICT services. Special sections contain indicators of ICT usage in the business enterprise sector, public sector, by public authorities, households, and individuals.
82% of parents are convinced that these days it is vital to have a degree
The data was gathered during a survey of Russian families with children aged between 4 and 22 as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations by the HSE and the Public Opinion Foundation in autumn 2013. The project is coordinated by ISSEK Centre for Statistics and Monitoring of Education.
Using the Internet for Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is increasingly common in Russia. One can assume looking at the booming global business of online education with platforms such as Coursera, EdX, and Udacity, and various webinars and video lectures that the internet serves as the main channel of lifelong learning today. In Russia, however, the World Wide Web comes second to more traditional ways of learning. So Konstantin Fursov and Elena Chernovich, research fellows at the HSE's Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), found in their study Monitoring Innovative Behaviour in the Russian Population in 2013
9% of Russian Internet Users Involved in Self-Study Choose Online Methods of Education
The data was obtained as part of the next wave of the Monitoring of Innovative Behavior of the Population, carried out by the HSE ISSEK.
ISSEK moves house
At the beginning of the summer most of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge’s research centres and laboratories have moved over to the HSE’s new premises. Make a note of the address: 9-11 Myasnitskaya St.
HSE top management re-elected
On 28 May, the RF prime minister Dmitry Medvedev signed regulation appointing Yaroslav Kuzminov the NRU HSE rector for the next five-year period. On 30 May, at a meeting of the Academic Council, the rector confirmed appointment of the university’s top management. Yevgeny Yasin was re-elected as HSE academic supervisor, and Alexander Shokhin – as president. The ISSEK director Leonid Gokhberg was confirmed as first vice-rector.
11% of Russians who vacation abroad organise their trips themselves
The majority of vacationers, who travel abroad (excluding the CIS countries) rely on travel agencies (86% of respondents). This was shown by the results of the latest Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behavior of the Population, carried out by the HSE ISSEK.
15% — the average share of profit in the earnings of companies producing knowledge-based services in 2013
These calculations were made by researchers at ISSEK following a survey of 600 heads of Russian companies producing knowledge-based services in 2013. The survey was conducted by the Higher School of Economics as part of the Monitoring of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Russia, a project carried out under the HSE’s Basic Research Programme.