of Russian companies offered training for their employees in 2014. In 2013, the number of such companies was significantly higher at 72%. These data were obtained in a survey of business leaders carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations study conducted by HSE in collaboration the Levada Centre in 2014.
Accepting the importance of S&T development for Russia, most of the country’s residents believe a career in science wouldn’t be the best choice for their children. Only a third of the Russians would support their child’s decision to become a researcher. This was discovered by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge through the opinion poll covering 1 670 respondents, conducted in November, 2014 as part of the Monitoring innovation behaviour of the population project.
An interview with Marharita Fabrikant, associate researcher of LCSR, was published on the website of Russian newspaper "Kommersant”. An article is titled "How education prevents the formation of national pride."
On 10 April, 2015 participants of the XVI HSE Annual Conference’s Science and Innovation section hosted by ISSEK discussed various tools facilitating international cooperation in the scope of the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. The experts considered the options available for joint funding of international research and innovation projects.
On 10 April, 2015 participants of the XVI HSE Annual Conference’s Science and Innovation section hosted by ISSEK discussed various tools facilitating international cooperation in the scope of the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. The experts considered the options available for joint funding of international research and innovation projects.
The lecture by Eric Uslaner (University of Maryland) titled "The Historical Roots of Corruption" gained attention in Russian mass media. "Gazeta.ru" conducted an interview with the professor regarding his opinion about different aspects of corruption issue.
On 10 April, 2015 participants of the XVI HSE Annual Conference’s Science and Innovation section hosted by ISSEK discussed various tools facilitating international cooperation in the scope of the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. The experts considered the options available for joint funding of international research and innovation projects.
A week-long training methodological workshop "Economic and Social Changes: values effects across Eurasia” on advanced quantitative methods in comparative studies came to a close on April 6, we have prepared a brief overview of it. The workshop included presentations by the members of LCSR and EBES, series of practical workshops, and reports of the participants. The presentations are available online.
