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The latest issue of Foresight and STI Governance (2015, Vol. 9, No. 3) covers the effect of the external environment on entrepreneurial orientation, trends in mobile banking, nanotechnology patent analysis in Russia and the consequences of underestimating emerging technologies based on the South African experience.

Three lectures on “Advances in Decision Making Theory and Applications” given on the Volkswagen Summer School organized by Frei Universitat of Berlin and National Research University Higher School of Economics, Berlin, September 28 – October 3, 2015.

Researchers from The International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) took part at joint Workshop on Comparative Studies of Regional Governance in China and Russia with the Institute of Emerging Market at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

of full-time university teachers have several jobs. These data were collected during a survey of teachers at institutions of higher education that was carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations study conducted by HSE in collaboration the Levada Centre in 2014 and coordinated by HSE ISSEK.

 “The Brain and Gliomas: when the connections are crucial” - is the biggest international conference devoted to gliomas in the brain

The new academic year has experienced a significant increase in students’ interest for the English-language Master’s programme "Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation": While 30 students were enrolled in 2014, this year 44 applicants showed outstanding performance in the tough application competition. Among them, there are 10 international students who arrived from Ghana, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, the USA, Uzbekistan, South Korea and France.

HSE ISSEK researchers Valentina Polyakova and Elena Chernovich are discussing the interesting issue: to what extent does installation of meters encourage Russian citizens to adopt a “green” way of life? This is based on the results of a survey of “green” practices in Russia conducted in the framework of HSE monitoring of innovative behaviour of the population.

LCSR director Eduard Ponarin and LCSR deputy director Tatiana Karabchuk gave a talk about scientific projects of the Laboratory, current scientific and applied projects, educational aims, and the forthcoming November event, the Fifth international LCSR Conference.

Prof. Aleskerov, the Head of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis gave a talk at Erich-Schneider-Seminar at the University of Kiel (CAU, Germany)

The Cluster Map of Russia designed by HSE ISSEK’s Russian Cluster Observatory was launched during the IX Samara Interregional Economic Forum “Cluster Policy — the Basis for Innovative Development of National Economy”.