On July 18, the Global Innovation Index 2014 was presented in Sidney. HSE’s First Vice Rector Leonid Gokhberg and Research Fellow Valentina Polyakova at the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) co-authored the research into levels of innovation development in different countries.
July 7, 2014 hosted the fourth Economic Congress Germany - Russia 2014 / Germany - Ukraine 2014. Economic Congress organized Wegweiser Media & Conferences GmbH Berlin, Embassy of Ukraine in Germany Trade Representation of the Russian Federation Embassy in Germany, Eastern Committee of German economy, and the Council of the Russian economy in Germany. In this Congress was presented a report of the Director of Institute for Industrial and Market Studies A. Yakovlev
The federal law ”On Strategic Planning in the RF” became effective in July, and technology foresight in the country is moving up to a new, more systemic level. Exactly how this work should be undertaken? The NRU HSE ISSEK’s Foresight Centre launches a series of training events for experts in this field, the first of which was devoted to “Organising and conducting expert discussions and expert polling for industry-specific technology foresight studies”.
The second in this year meeting of the Inter-Departmental Commission (IDC) on Technology Foresight took place on 11 July. The agenda included updating development priorities for the energy sector, objectives for the new cycle of the Russian S&T Foresight, and implementation of its previous stage results in the national strategic planning system.
The numbers of territorial clusters are growing: Moscow Composite Cluster was established. First vice-rector, director of the NRU HSE ISSEK Leonid Gokhberg took part in the meeting of the founding board comprising representatives of organisations which create innovative, advanced and durable materials, and was elected a member of the cluster’s executive board.
Olga Dragoy and Maria Ivanova will present their reports: "Neural circuitries underlying distinct types of verb naming errors in aphasia" and "Fishing is not wrestling: Neural correlates of the verb instrumentality effect"
of Russians expect the country’s economy to experience positive changes in the coming 12 months. At the same time, only 12% of respondents expect their own financial condition to improve. This information is presented in a new research report by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at the HSE ISSEK.
The government in Russia has been the main customer for research and development (R&D) since 2009, while the real sector of the economy finances only a third of the total R&D costs of innovation-focused research companies, according to findings from a monitoring of innovation activity carried out by the HSE's ISSEK
