Government Approves Russia's Science and Technology Foresight 2030
A foresight document, developed by the Ministry of Education and Science with the HSE ISSEK experts’ participation, defines the key science and technology (S&T) areas Russia needs to develop in order to boost the competitiveness of its economy.
Foresight-Russia, no 4, 2013
This introduces a new issue of "Foresight-Russia". It is not intended as a special issue, but its articles are linked by two reference topics: "Human capital in the knowledge-based economy" and "Embedding Foresight in decision-making".
The Best Report in London
Ekaterina Streltsova, Junior Research Fellow of the Department for Statistics of Science at the Institute for Statistical Studies and the Economics of Knowledge, took part the third International Conference on History and Society Development. Her report was recognized as the best at the conference.
Search of Common Solutions
Gunnar Prause On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, visiting expert Gunnar Prause will deliver the lecture “Green Corridors, Innovation, and SME Development” at the HSE. The event has been organized by the HSE Research Laboratory for Economics of Innovation.
The Past, The Present and The Future
Dr Juha Kaskinen, Director of the Finland Futures Research Center (FFRC), University of Turku is visiting the HSE Moscow in the framework of the ‘International Foresight Academy’ project developed by EU, the first organization to bind together foresight activities around the globe by supporting researcher mobility between leading Foresight Centers of Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
International media cover Moscow's Cluster Summit
Taking a cue from international trends, the government is looking to boost growth and diversification through fostering economic clusters. International media “The Moscow News” and “Voice of Russia” discuss the topic basing on the results of the recent Cluster Summit in Moscow and presents HSE First Vice Rector, ISSEK Director Dr. Leonid Gokhberg’s comments.
From Russia with Foresight — ISSEK expert on Hawaiian TV
Can we do without genetically modified organisms in the future? Will smart drugs and 3D bioprinting provide immortality for humans? How are Russian and American (USA) Foresight models different? These are only few topics of those discussed at the TV feature show called “From Russia with Foresight” — a programme that the Hawaii non-profit organisation “ThinkTech Hawaii” shot specifically to acquaint the audience with the Russian Foresight, presented by Head of the HSE ISSEK department of S&T Foresight Alexander Chulok.
Foresight for Internal Use
On November 1, after the conference "Foresight and STI policy", the majority of its speakers gathered at the meeting of the International Advisory Board for HSE ISSEK Foresight Centre to assess the results of its recent work and discuss the development strategy for the next year.
Futures under the mAcroscope
HSE Annual Conference “Foresight and STI Policy” organised by the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge has come to a close. For two days (October 30-31) at the HSE premises – just at the foot of the Shukhov Radio Tower – signals were analysed that will sooner or later show up in contemporary socio-economic policy and in future news stories.
Luke Georghiou: “To Stay at the Forefront of Research”
Luke Georghiou, Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Manchester, UK is one of the key speakers at the HSE Annual Conference on "Foresight and STI Policy" which takes place in Moscow on October 30-31st, 2013. He gave a special interview for the HSE news service before the conference.