"Green" pathway for the EU. The workshop by Dimitrios Mavrakis
On November 6, 2012 a public workshop, dedicated to "green" energy, by Professor Dimitrios Mavrakis was held at the Higher School of Economics. According to the expert, "green" energy development is able to defeat the growing global threat of energy shortages and decreasing living standards caused by the deteriorating environment.
At Foresight frequency: broadcasting signals from the future
International scientific conference Foresight: Innovative Answers to Global Challenges, organised jointly with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was held at the Higher School of Economic on 18-19 October, 2012. For Russian long-term futures research experts, it was a major venue for discussing promising areas of future-oriented studies.
The second meeting of International Advisory Board of the HSE ISSEK’s Foresight Centre
A meeting of International Advisory Board of the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK’s) Foresight Centre was held at the Higher School of Economics on 17 October, 2012. The Board members — representatives of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, the Manchester University and other prominent international organisations active in futures research — suggested a wide range of recommendations to facilitate further development of the ISSEK’s Foresight Centre.
Quantitative and qualitative approaches in Future-oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): From combination to integration?
The article «Quantitative and qualitative approaches in Future-oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): From combination to integration?», written by the HSE ISSEK Deputy Director, the HSE International Research and Educational Foresight Centre Director Alexander Sokolov in collaboration with К. Haegeman, E. Marinelli, F. Scapolo and A. Ricci, will be published in the forthcoming issue of the «Technological Forecasting and Social Change».
The journal «Applied Mathematical Sciences» published an article by Natalya Shmatko
The article «Social Structure and Agency as Time-scaled Dynamical System. The Case of Scientific Capital» by Natalya Shmatko, head of the department for Human Capital Research, HSE ISSEK, and Yurij Katchanov, chief research fellow of the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is published in a new issue of the journal «Applied Mathematical Sciences»(vol. 6, 2012, no. 133).
Аrticle «Territory of financial leases: clusters of post-crisis growth»
The article published in the journal "Statistical Issues" (No 10, 2012). The authors, L. Kitrar and G. Ostapkovich (HSE ISSEK), analyze the situation in the leasing market in 2011.
Regional innovation development rating
Rating of innovation development of the Russian Federation regions complements collected statistical information about the parameters of educational, research and innovation activities in Russia to the direction of detailed consideration of regional differences in distribution of innovation activity.
Working paper «Exploring innovation modes of Russian companies: what does the diversity of actors mean for policymaking?»
Working paper by Leonid Gokhberg, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Vitaly Roud, (HSE ISSEK) is published in series: Science, Technology and InnovationWP BRP 01/STI/2012. It explores the role of diversity of actors for policymaking aimed at increasing innovation performance of enterprises.
Newsletter "Business Climate in Industry in September 2012"
А new analytical report prepared by the HSE ISSEK Centre for Business Tendency Studies basing on the results of business surveys of industrial enterprises is published.
Publications program of the Higher School of Economics on statistics of science, innovation, education and the information society
The article published in the journal "Statistical Issues" (No 9. 2012) describes the main and new Russian and English publications of the HSE Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) in statistical science, innovation, education and the information society. The work is prepared by a team of authors — ISSEK staff members.