April conference 2014. Interview with Attila Havas
Each country’s “innovation landscape” very much depends on the level of research and development taking place there, but one shouldn’t overestimate the role of high technologies. Along with supporting the S&T sphere, promoting other areas of knowledge creation and dissemination is equally important, believes Dr Attila Havas, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Foresight is a Platform to Solve Development Issues
Immediately after the meeting of the Inter-Departmental Commission on Technology Foresight during the XV April International Academic Conference, most of the experts invited to the special HSE ISSEK workshop took part in the round table discussion on setting up the national S&T foresight system.
The Five 'C's: Essential Elements for Building Foresight
Attila Havas, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, shared his views with the HSE news service on the development of foresight practices in Russia and around the world, and talked about his impressions of the April Conference, where for the first time he is a participant and moderator of sections dedicated to foresight practices.
“Foresight-Russia” no 1, 2014
The first issue of "Foresight-Russia" for 2014 is out of print. All its articles are designed to integrate research in science, technology and innovation, and in futures studies.
Professor Jonathan Linton: 'An Opportunity to Learn a Great Deal in Moscow'
Professor Jonathan Linton, Power Corporation Professor for the Management of Technological Enterprise of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Editor-in-Chief of the Technovation journal has been appointed as the new Head of the HSE Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies at ISSEK the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. Professor Linton is no stranger to the HSE. He has given seminars and he spoke at the April Conference last year. In this interview for the HSE English Language News Service he talked about what he hopes to achieve in his new job.
HSE Pioneers Master's Education in Science, Technology and Innovation
The HSE is launching a new Master's Programme ‘Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation’. We spoke to the head of the programme Dirk Meissner, Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies at HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge about this opportunity.
Futures under the mAcroscope
HSE Annual Worshop “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.
Moscow Gathers International Experts on Futures Studies at HSE Research Workshop on Foresight and STI Policy
October 30-31, 2013 National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) hosts its Research Workshop 'Foresight and STI Policy', organised by ISSEK. Well known and highly reputed speakers from leading research centres, universities, international organisations and transnational companies will gather to explore new frontiers in Foresight — one of the most requested instruments to analyse the future.
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 Research Workshop 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 event.
Measuring Researchers’ Interest to Solving Major Problems of the Present Day
On 2 and 11 July, 2013 the Higher School of Economics hosted expert workshops “Promising S&T development areas: analysis of research fronts”, organised by the ISSEK’s International Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies. The debates’ results will be taken into account in the course of building the national system of technology foresight.