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Long-Term Foresight: Trends and Best Practices

The theory-and-practice seminar hosted by the HSE’s ISSEK on 20 June, 2013 was devoted to the main trends of long-term Foresight studies in Russia and other countries. Speakers included leading experts of the Higher School of Economics’ Foresight Centre Jean Guinet, Sergei Shashnov, and Alexander Chulok.

In Contact with the International Research Community

The 4th INCO Conference, “Strengthening international cooperation in Research & Innovation Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean, and Mediterranean Partner Countries”, and the annual NCP meeting took place on 17—19 June 2013 in Marseille, France. The event focused on the future of international cooperation in Research and Innovation in Horizon 2020. It was held as a part of “INCONTACT—One World” project which is the official network of the FP7 INCO NCPs.  The Russian INCO NCP, organised within the HSE ISSEK, was represented by Liliana Proskuryakova.

Lectures by Professor at Institute of Mathematical Economics at Bielefeld University Walter Trockel were held.

The lectures were held from June 10 to June 18.

Are Innovation Companies’ Leaders Ready to Start a Dialogue About the Future?

On 17 June, 2013 the Association of Russian Managers hosted a round table discussion which continued the series of public debates on the Russian long-term S&T Foresight until 2030, commissioned to the HSE by the RF Ministry of Education and Science. The vision of global challenges and windows of opportunity opening for the national innovation system based on this large-scale project, was presented in the paper by Alexander Chulok.

Science and Technology. Innovation. Information Society. Pocket Data Book

"Science. Innovations. Information Society. Pocket data book" has been published. The statistical digest contains main indicators characterizing S&T and innovation potential of the Russian Federation.

On Monday, June 17 a Scientific Seminar of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis was held

Speaker: Walter Trockel (Institute of Mathematical Economics at Bielefeld University)
Topic: "An exact non-cooperative support for the sequential Raiffa solution"

A Big Brother in the brain: neuroeconomics of social influence on our decision-making

On 19th of June has been held seminar from series "Culture Matters" with new Dean of Psychology department Vasily Klucharev. He presented a report on following topic: "A Big Brother in the brain: neuroeconomics of social influence on our decision-making". Neuroeconomics  is a new field that combines economics, psychology and neuroscience.

The Loneliness of Many?: Investigating the Roots of Urban Russian Loneliness through WVS Data

A report by Christopher Swader at the regular LCSR seminar

Lessons of Evaluation

29th April — 3rd May, 2013 Stanislav Zaichenko and Sergey Bredikhin, researchers at the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), took part in the Executive Education Course “Evaluation of Science and Innovation Policies” organised by the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), University of Manchester, Great Britain.

Giulio Perani: ‘I am always very happy to meet students and researchers from the HSE’

On June 14, 2013 a visiting expert Giulio Perani delivered a lecture on 'Measuring Innovation beyond Enterprises: Options and Challenges' at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE). The event was organised by the HSE ISSEK Research Laboratory for Economics of Innovation.