of Russian researchers recognise that to be effective they need to work with peers as part of a scientific school. 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.
This data book is a digest of the larger publication ‘Education in the Russian Federation:2014’. It contains data on the educational attainment of the population and key trends in education in Russia.
is the average number of litres of water a person living in Russia uses each day. Ten years ago, average daily water consumption was 300-380 litres. These data were presented at a roundtable on ‘Global Trends in the Area of Water Resources’ that took place as part of the Foresight and STI Policy conference held at Higher School of Economics.
On December 18, Mahama Tawat (Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Policy, Higher School of Economics) took part in the “Culture matters” seminar.Mahama Tawat gave a talk entitled “Culture matters… for policy scholars too”, in which he described new developments in policy scholarship.
Agriculture and manufacturing industry are seen by Russians as the country’s priority growth areas, followed by medicine, according the public opinion survey (1,670 respondents aged 16+) aimed at measuring social impacts of innovation. It was conducted on September 26–29, 2014 under the HSE ISSEK project “Forming the research programme in the sphere of social and human sciences and economics and evaluating social effects of innovation activities” carried out for the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Scientific fellow of the International Center of Study Institutions and Development Denis Ivanov has taken part with a report “Human Capital and Culture: How Did It Matter for Development?” in workshop in Philippines on 7-13 December.
of entrepreneurs in the retail sector reported that they had reduced headcount in their organisations in 4Q 2014. Compared with the beginning of the year, the trend with respect to headcount reductions has doubled. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in the Retail Trade study that was conducted by HSE ISSEK Centre for Business Tendency Studies.
Drinking water is a strategic resource, and it’s getting more expensive all the time. Quality and availability of water depend on many factors and challenges, both global (e.g. climate change) and national ones (such as poor management of water resources). Ways to make water systems sustainable, use water more efficiently, and develop innovative products and services for the sector were discussed at HSE ISSEK conference “Foresight and STI Policy”.
of Russians age 25–64 who have a vocational education believe that their current activities partially or fully coincide with the education they received. These data were collected during a nationwide representative survey of participation by adults in continuing education. The survey was carried out as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations study conducted by HSE in collaboration the Levada Centre in the autumn of 2014.
On December 8-9, 2014 the students and academic staff of ISSEK attended the HSE-hosted lectures by a guest speaker Jonathan Calof, Professor at the University of Ottawa (Canada).
