ERA-Net.Rus Workshops at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow
On 16—17 May, two thematic expert workshops were held in Moscow by the FP7 ERA-Net.RUS project, in the areas of Nanotechnologies and Environment/Climate Change, International Cooperation Directorate, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission informs in its monthly newsletter INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH UPDATE, June, 2013 (issue 35).
A Series of HSE Working Papers "Science, Technology, Innovation" — Six Months
At the end of September, 2012 Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) launched "Science, Technology and Innovation" (STI) working paper series in the framework of the Higher School of Economics “Working Papers of the Basic Research Program” (HSE WP BRP). Currently it is one of the youngest among all HSE WP BRP series, nevertheless the most popular among them.
HSE Report 'Knowledge Intensive Business Services for Public Needs' presented at the University of Urbino
An international conference on 'Innovation in the Public Sector and the Development of e-services' was held on April 18 and 19 at the University of Urbino, Italy. Elena Shadrina, Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration and Municipal Management at HSE in Perm, shared her impressions of the conference.
Economics of Science
How to evaluate research performance and efficiency of S&T activities? An attempt to find response on these and related questions was undertaken by the participants of the roundtable "Monitoring Economics of Science: Main Results and Development Prospects" that was organized by the HSE ISSEK at the 2nd day of the XIV April Conference.
R&D: Placing the Accent on Centres of Excellence
How centres of excellence should be run? According to which principles they should be funded? How their performance should be assessed? These issues attracted the most attention at the concluding sessions of the ISSEK’s seminar “Global Trends in Public R&D Investments” which took place on 4 April as part of the HSE’s XIV April International Academic Conference
Research and Development: What Centres of Excellence Should be Like
On 4 April, as part of the HSE’s XIV April International Academic Conference, HSE ISSEK hosted a seminar “Global Trends in Public R&D Investments: Designing, Setting Up and Running Centres of Excellence”
Public Sector e-Innovations
A working paper published in the SSRN by Liliana Proskuryakova, Gulnara Abdrakhmanova and Hans Pitlik analyses the relationship between some aspects of e-government and corruption in the public sector. The working paper continuously appears among the top ten downloaded papers in relevant thematic topics and e-journals of SSRN data base.
Tools for Strategic Planning of Regional Innovation Development Discussed at the HSE
The Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge gathered experts on regional management and innovation development in Russian regions for a workshop held on 25 April, 2013 at the Higher School of Economics.
Tula Region: Launch of Cluster Policy
On 23 April, at a coordination meeting chaired by the region’s governor Vladimir Gruzdev, was presented draft Strategy of Socio-Economic Development of the Tula Region until 2030, prepared by the HSE with overall coordination bythe Institute of Public Administration and Municipal Management. The two most important elements of the strategy – “Strategy for Innovation Development of the Region” and “Concept of the Regional Cluster Policy” – were developed by the ISSEK experts.
XIV April International Academic Conference: Interview with Jean Guinet
The head of the HSE ISSEK International Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies Jean Guinet commented on the key points of his paper “Increasing Efficiency of National Innovation System: Centres of Excellence’s Role”