Viktoriya Boos

The importance of creative industries in driving economic development is undeniable today. Russian and foreign researchers came together at HSE University for the IIV International Academic Conference 'Creative Economy: Main Development Trends and State Policy' to discuss the factors and specific aspects shaping this field.

On February 7, the lecture hall of the Russian 'Znanie' ('Knowledge') Society hosted a series of talks by HSE researchers and faculty as part of the 'Russia' International Exhibition and Forum. The talks covered a diverse array of topics, such as the interplay between innovation and creativity, how values are passed down between generations, debunking myths about Russia, the principles of successful communication in various contexts, and the concepts of collectivism and individualism. The events were open to the public.

Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center has published a special issue of the research digest. It presents the results of a ranking that classified Russian regions into four groups with different patterns and conditions for the development of creative industries: “leaders” (21), “evolutionary” (19), “effective” (15) and “catching up” (30 regions of the Russian Federation).

Huge investments into high tech companies is a key innovation development tool in most countries — leaders of the global economy. Employees of the Russian Cluster Observatory of the HSE Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge made first estimates of the global high tech innovation activity and compared countries’ contribution into the global pool of leading institutions and people in fields of science, technology and creative industries.

This report presented by the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE ISSEK) is dedicated to the statistical measurement of the creative economy of Moscow.