On November 6-7, 2014, HSE 4th annual international academic conference ‘Foresight and STI Policy’ took place in Moscow.The conference was organised by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), which includes the International Research and Educational Foresight Centre, a Regional UNIDO centre for technology Foresight in Russia and the CIS.Conference participants discussed issues related to forming national S&T foresight systems, developing foresights for separate sectors of the economy, and creating new tools for science and technology policy.The Foresight and STI Policy conference featured a meeting of the International Advisory Board of HSE ISSEK Foresight Centre.A collection of materials will be released after the conference by International publishing house Springer.A more detailed information on the conference will be published in the NEWS section of the website.
From 28th to 30th of October in the course of “Advanced Social Psychology”, Jane Piliavin, emeritus professor of Wisconsin University (USA), gave a three-day series of lectures about prosocial behavior.
On October 13, there was held the second discussion of the series “Values scale” in club “March”. This debate was dedicated to free market and entrepreneurship in the value hierarchy of Russians.
On October 2, Nevet research group (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) took part in “Culture matters” research seminar. Members of the research group presented their ongoing studies.
On September 30 – October 1 Eugene Tartakovsky (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) have read a series of lectures on practical applications of Schwartz’s value theory.
On September 25, Alexander Zibenberg, PhD, participated in the “Culture matters” seminar. Alexander Zibenberg is a researcher at the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE.
