On April 4, 2012 the Research Laboratory of Science and Technology Studies, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), organized the workshop "Science and Technology Foresight: Methods and Practice". Issues of the future development of science and technology, prospects of emerging and general purpose technologies, and evaluation of effectiveness of Foresight studies were considered at the workshop.
On April 4, 2012 the Research Laboratory of Science and Technology Studies, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), organized the workshop "Science and Technology Foresight: Methods and Practice". Issues of the future development of science and technology, prospects of emerging and general purpose technologies, and evaluation of effectiveness of Foresight studies were considered at the workshop.
XIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development of National Research University Higher School of Economics took place on 3-5 April in Moscow. Researchers of the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research took an active part in the section "Culture and Society”.
The report was published on a project carried out by the Education and Science Sociology Laboratory on demand of UNICEF and Red Cross. Among the authors of the report were scholars of LCSR.
30 March, HSE Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics conducts regular research seminar on the topic: "Spatial interaction Russian regions as a factor in their economic growth: an empirical analysis"
On March 29th at the Department of Psychology was held a regular scientific seminar of ILSCR. Peter Schmidt, the head of the lab, professor of University of Giessen and Higher School of Economics made a report on “An integrated theory of creativity and innovation”.
