'Atlas of Future Technologies' Nominated for the Enlightener 2018 Award
The Organising Committee of the Enlightener 2018 Award has published a long list of 24 books, each of which has a chance to become the best popular science book of the new season. Among other titles, the long list includes 'Atlas of Future Technologies' which presents results of the Global Technology Trends Monitoring study. This ongoing project is being implemented by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) for more than five years. The award winners will be announced in the early October.
Pi Indicators
On the 14th of March, the world celebrates the 30th anniversary of Pi (π) Day. On this occasion, we examined how frequently this mathematical constant appeared in our publications. And there were a lot of such π-indicators.
ISSEK Students in the Search of the Responds to the Administration Requests
Master’s Programme Students of HSE ISSEK “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” for 10 weeks from January to March were doing their internships at Moscow Agency of Innovations. During the internship four students found several best technological solutions for optimizing the city transport, power grids, healthcare and other systems.
Global Technology Trends
The publication presents results of the project “Global Technology Trends Monitoring” being implemented by the HSE ISSEK as a part of HSE Basic Research Programme. The objective of the project is to identify key trends in S&T with the potentials of significant impact on social and economic development across the globe and in Russia.
PhDs Within and Outside of the National Labour Market
PhD holders’ careers analysis shows that getting an academic degree is no longer enough for a career in research. The chances of getting a permanent job, of getting a good position at a university or research centre depend not only on one’s academic degree but also on one’s experience, competencies and portfolio.
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of students in continuing education programmes take part for general development, out of a thirst for knowledge and for interaction with others. This information came from a survey of 3,054 continuing education students from 57 of Russia’s territorial entities that was conducted in 2013 as part of the HSE’s Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations (MEMO)”, which is coordinated by ISSEK Centre for Statistics and Monitoring of Education.