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The workshop will be held on 3 March, 2016 at Higher School of Economics. The discussion is organised under Horizon 2020 project “Enhanced bi-regional science, technology and innovation cooperation between the European Union and the Black Sea Region”.

Carol S. Leonard, one of the lecturers within the Master's Programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation", has been at the HSE since 2011. She talked to HSE News Service about the things she likes about her job, the cultured and energetic environment at HSE, and about the changes she sees across Russia since her undergraduate days when she first became interested in the country, its language and people.

On November 24, 2015, Prof. Nicholas Vonortas from the George Washington University (USA) and HSE ISSEK gave the lecture on an important phenomenon in modern business world — business partnership networks — to the second year master’s students of “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” programme. He considered many issues, such as short history, advantages, disadvantages of business partnerships, and knowledge hubs, etc.

On November 17, 2015, Professor Jeong-Dong Lee (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea), gave a lecture to the 2^nd year students of the Master’s Programme “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” about the evolution of industry, technology and innovation policies and their impact on the development of Korea’s economy.

On November 10^th, 2015 Richard Scott, the policy analyst at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (OECD), gave a lecture about the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in “the knowledge triangle” to the 2^nd year students of the Master’s Programme “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation”, HSE.

The new academic year has experienced a significant increase in students’ interest for the English-language Master’s programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation": While 30 students were enrolled in 2014, this year 44 applicants showed outstanding performance in the tough application competition. Among them, there are 10 international students who arrived from Ghana, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, the USA, Uzbekistan, South Korea and France.

While studying for an MA in the Governance of Science, Technology, and Innovation at the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, students can put themselves forward for internships in leading innovative companies, state agencies, or international organizations.  This year, five candidates were shortlisted in preliminary selection rounds and Anastasia Trunina was the one chosen to do an internship at OECD. She has spoken to HSE News about the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology, and Innovation projects she was involved in this summer.

In 2014, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) successfully launched the English-language Master’s Programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation". On the basis of the first enrolment rate the Programme was listed among Top-7 HSE Master’s programmes with the highest competitive selection.