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This data book continues the series of publications on various aspects of S&T and innovation development in the Russian Federation. It presents statistical data reflecting the current state and trends in R&D and innovation. A specific chapter is devoted to international comparisons.

On February 26-28, 2014, the HSE will host a conference on ‘The Role of the Humboldt Foundation in Consolidating and Developing Russian Science during the Transition’.  Former Russian grant holders of the Humboldt Foundation and current research award winners are expected to be there. The Interdisciplinary conference is timed to coincide with the Foundation's 60th anniversary and the recent Germany-Russia Year. The event is to celebrate successful cooperation between Russian and German scientists. Andrei Yakovlev, Director of the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies and the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, Professor of the Faculty of Public Administration, agreed to give an interview to the HSE News Service about the influence of the Humboldt Foundation on his own life and on Russian scientific life in general.

At the moment, the HSE offers twelve courses on its page with Coursera. Courses taught in Russian include Financial Markets and Institutions, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, History of Economic Thought, Microeconomics Principles, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Introduction to LaTeX.  Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions, Public Economics, Core Concepts in Data Analysis, and Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication are among the courses taught in English.

A report by Eduard Ponarin at the regular LCSR seminar

A new preprint by Kirill Zhirkov

Olga Verbilovitch is a member of the Socio-Cultural Research Laboratory and a graduate student at the Department of Sociology. Olga presented her qualitative study of mutual perceptions of Russians and North-Caucasians. 

A new preprint by Maria Kravtsova and Christian Welzel

Routledge has published a series of five books bringing together the results of intensive research on the national systems of innovation in the BRICS countries. The first volume presents experience and knowledge that may impact how we understand the theory of innovation systems, and implement policies and strategies for their development. Dr. Tatiana Kuznetsova, director at ISSEK Centre for S&T, Innovation and Information Policy, made an overview of Russian S&T and innovation sphere, emphasising the most recent trends and policies.

A report by Kirill Zhirkov at the regular LCSR seminar

ISSEK executives Leonid Gokhberg and Alexander Sokolov took part in the 5^th International Conference on foresight: Foresight Activities for Solving Societal Issues, which took place in mid-February in Tokyo. Memorandum on cooperation was signed with the conference’s host, the Japanese National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) — a prominent global Foresight centre.