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50% (figure of the day)

Half of Russians believe that academics have less exciting lives than other people do. These data were obtained during a representative sampling survey of Russians aged 16 years and older that was conducted in November 2014 as part of a Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behaviour of the Population by HSE ISSEK.

New Year in IDLab

On December 26 IDLab staff celebrated the upcoming year in anticafe. Students and professors, as well as Santa Claus sums up the year, exchanged gifts and wishes, played the game "Island" and spent a good time together.

Victory of the employee of IIMS in the category «Best master’s/alumni’s paper 2014 in social science»

Research assistant of the International Center for Study Institutions and Development Anton Kazun won in the category «Best master’s/alumni’s paper 2014 in social science». The title of the paper: «Raider seizure in a Russian regions: indicators and factors”.

59% (figure of the day)

of people holding doctoral and candidate of science degrees are theoretically willing to change jobs if offered the opportunity to take part in a large-scale project that is important for the country. These data were obtained during a nationwide survey of researchers holding doctoral and candidate degrees as part of a Monitoring of the Labour Market for Highly Qualified R&D Personnel study, the most recent wave of which was carried out in 2014 by HSE ISSEK.

28% (figure of the day)

of Russians would be delighted at their daughters’ desire to become software developers. 40% would be happy if their sons pursued a similar career. These data were obtained in November, 2014 during a representative sampling survey of Russians aged 16 years and older that was conducted as part of the HSE ISSEK Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behaviour of the Population.

9,7% (figure of the day)

of companies in Russian industry are innovative. These data are presented in a new HSE Data Book ‘Indicators of Innovation: 2015’, which is prepared for publication by HSE ISSEK and will be released early next year. 

37,5% (figure of the day)

of Russian research organisations that transferred the results of their work to companies for implementation helped to create entirely new products, manufacturing processes and services for the global market. These data were obtained as part of a study on Innovation Activities of the Innovation Process Actors Monitoring Project carried out by HSE ISSEK in 2011 and 2013.

New Book!

New Book!
Associate researcher of the LCSR Anna Shirokanova has contributed a chapter to a book titled “Dynamic of the Value-Normative System and Life Chances: Post-Soviet Transformation Experience in the Borderland”.

Scientific report on the International Conference

Director of the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies Andrei Yakovlev and research assistant of the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development Anton Kazun took part in the 10th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics that was held at the University of Verona on December 18 -20, 2014.

Congratulations!

Recently Daria Salnikova (LCSR research assistant) took the 3rd place in a research competition among students of Higher School of Economics.