Research Policy & Innovations: Ensuring Leadership & Developing New Research Areas

Success Story: Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

Founded in 2002, the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISEEK) has become Russia’s leading research centre and think tank in scientific, technological and innovative foresight, with more than 200 researchers at 20 research centres, two international labs led by outstanding scientists, and the UNESCO Chair on Future Studies.

The ISEEK carries out research projects and provides expert services in wide range of spheres for the knowledge-based economy, including education, science and innovation, information and communication technologies, accumulating portfolio of over 500 projects. With the iFORA Big Data Mining System – unique system, developed by institute’s staff using AI technologies and featuring over 700 million sources – ISSEK can identify new frontiers in global science. ISSEK has also formed the editorial board for the journal Foresight and STI Governance (Web of Science Core Collection, Q1 Scopus), as well as compiled the Springer Nature-ISSEK series ‘Science, Technology and Innovation Studies,’ including 15 volumes, with over 165,000 paid downloads.

Furthermore, ISEEK plays considerable role in organizing R&D activities at HSE University, coordinating such prestigious projects as ‘Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations’, along with two strategic projects: ‘National Centre for Science, Technology and Socio-Economic Foresight’ and ‘Digital Transformation: Technologies, Effects and Efficiency’.

HSE Voices

For the first time in Russian academic practice, we are systemically combining these two forecasting schools — macroeconomic forecasting and foresight research, although this task is far from being complete in terms of global practice. This project is unique in its multidisciplinarity. Almost two dozen academic divisions are involved in research work, demographers, specialists in international affairs, social policy, educational research science, culture, climate, urban and regional development, and, of course, economics and mathematics

Leonid Gokhberg
First Vice Rector, Director of ISEEK

We cover a broad spectrum of research topics. This can be seen at most conferences, when people start asking us how we came up with such a wonderful (or crazy) idea, something that still is not quite common or widespread. From our perspective, we are trying to do something, which delivers value on time. We don’t start measuring the impact of something on society in the short term—one year or five. We have a longer perspective

Dirk Meissner
Professor at ISEEK, Head of the Laboratory for Economics of Innovation

New Horizons: Developing Research in Neuroscience

The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), founded in 2018, is one of the most rapidly developing academic divisions at HSE University. Its researchers investigate the neural mechanisms of human behaviour, cognition, and social interaction.

New Practice: Centre for the Commercialisation of R&D Results and Technology Transfer

HSE University aims to maximize its contribution to the socio-economic and technological development of Russia. For instance, the Centre for the Commercialization of Developments and Technology Transfer aims to streamline and enhance the productivity of research teams in regards to the transfer of R&D results into real economy sectors.