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Tudor Rickards: about creativity, leadership and president Trump
On 7 and 14 November, 2016, the ISSEK second-year Master’s students had a chance to walk across a “creative bridge” between Moscow and the UK: to attend online lectures by one of the world’s creativity leaders – Tudor Rickards – Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the Alliance Manchester Business School, Alex Osborn Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the author of numerous books and articles on creativity, and the co-founder of the academic journal “Creativity and Innovation Management”. The online lectures took place within the course “Managing Creativity and Innovation” by Dr. Mikhail Gershman.
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Royal Foresight
This summer Alexander Sokolov, director of the HSE ISSEK Foresight Centre, took part in the International Panel of Futurists (IPF) in Morocco. The Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) invited a pool of experts to suggest long-term scenarios for the country’s development, taking into account emerging global technology and social trends and the quite strong role the traditional way of life plays in this Maghreb country.
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STI policies in OECD Countries and Transition Countries
On April 28, 2016, professor Giorgio Sirilli, Research Director at the Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of National Research Council (IRCrES), gave the lecture to the first year students of the Master’s Programme “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” on the role of science and technology in society, the impact of science and technology in crisis times and the issue of evaluation at universities.
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"We are learning that which will be talked about tomorrow"
On 18 April, Master's programme " Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation " for the third time opened its doors to potential students, giving them a chance to meet with programme directors, lecturers, and possible future employers – well-known representatives from public administration, state-owned and private companies – took part in this event.
Business Partnership Networks
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.
The evolution of STI policy in South Korea
On November 17, 2015, Professor Jeong-Dong Lee (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea), gave a lecture to the 2nd 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.
Insights and insides about the ISSEK Master's programme
“We have a motto to follow: ‘The programme is designed not for professors but for students’”, — Dr. Dirk Meissner, the academic director of the Master’s programme “Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation” said smiling broadly. On 14 April, within the framework of the Open Doors Day, there was a 2-hour conversation with the involvement of potential and current students, professors, representatives of state agencies, business and development companies devoted to programme objectives and reasons for choosing this particular programme.
A visit of Prof. Max von Zedtwitz with the lecture “Managing Global Innovation: the Global View”
On October 8th, 2014 Prof. Max von Zedtwitz lectured at HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) in the Master’s Programme “Governance in Science, Technology and Innovation” on “Managing Global Innovation: the Global View”.