Science, Technology and Innovation Management and Policy

Open Doors Day of the English-language Master's Programme (MP) 'Science, Technology and Innovation Management and Policy’ was held online on January 18. The MP has been implemented by the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge HSE University since 2014. Academic Supervisor – Distinguished Professor Dr. Dirk Meissner, Associate Professor Valeria Vlasova and Manager Liana Sarkisyan introduced the programme’s benefits, alumni career trajectories and admission process.

In 2022, 35 students successfully passed the competitive selection were enrolled at the programme. The background of students is the most diverse - they are graduates of HSE University, MGIMO, MSU, MIREA, SUSU, UrFU, Financial University, Northeastern University of Boston (USA); specialists in advertising and PR, international relations, managers, software engineers, economists, ecologists, political scientists, physicists, chemists, marketers, psychologists. The geography of first-year students covers both Russian cities (Moscow, Khanty-Mansiysk, Chelyabinsk, Penza, Yekaterinburg) and foreign countries (China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan). Many of them already have work experience in government agencies (Administration of the President of the Russian Federation), large companies (SberTech, Raiffeisen Bank, Rosatom, Kaspersky Lab JSC), private and public universities (Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, SUSU), research (Research Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University) and foreign organizations (Massachusetts General Hospital, PepsiCo), as well as their own startups.

The HSE ISSEK English-language Master’s programme in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation is accepting applications. Studies in English, practical skills, extensive networking—former and current students shared their impressions with the HSE News Service, while Academic Supervisor Dirk Meissner talked about what to expect in the new academic year.

Professor Dirk Meissner has been working at the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge since 2011. He is the head of International Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, academic supervisor of Master’s Programme ‘Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation’, coordinator of book series ‘Science, Technology and Innovation Studies’ published jointly with Springer and a number of HSE pre-prints in the field of STI. During the ten years of his work at the University, Professor Meissner made a considerable contribution to developing scientific and educational potential of the HSE University in raising its international reputation in these areas. We have the greatest respect for our esteemed colleague and congratulate him on this anniversary!