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”
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
S&T&I priorities for the Russian natural resources sector
The article “S&T&I priorities for the Russian natural resources sector” by the HSE ISSEK researchers Sergey Shashnov (Department for Strategic Foresight) and Anna Sokolova (Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies) is published in the «Foresight».
Cooperation with the University of North Carolina in the field of energy efficiency: development of roadmaps and educational courses.
In December 2012, Konstantin Vishnevskiy, the research fellow of the Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies ISSEK HSE had a working visit to the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, USA). Young scientist demonstrated some principles of the elaboration of roadmaps and the system of statistical indicators in the field of energy efficiency and he had a look at approaches to promote the ideas in the field and experience in the development of training courses.
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.
"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.
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».
Comparative Economic Studies: State-of-Art and Prospects
From 6 to 8 September 2012 the 12th European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES) Conference took place in Paisley (UK). The participants presented the results of the latest research and discussed the problems and prospects of this area.
Results and impact of national Foresight-studies
The article «Results and impact of national Foresight-studies» by Dirk Meissner (Deputy Head, Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, HSE ISSEK) is going to be published in the journal «Futures» soon
Regional balance of technology transfer and innovation in transitional economy: empirical evidence from Russia (journal article)
The article "Regional balance of technology transfer and innovation in transitional economy: empirical evidence from Russia" by Dirk Meissner (Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, HSE ISSEK) and Stanislav Zaichenko (Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, HSE ISSEK) is published in the "International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems".