Ozcan Saritas

• Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University
of Manchester
• Higher School of Economics, State University - Moscow
• The Call
• Some ideas for action
• Key features of the methodology: Innovation Foresight
• Information
• Imagination
• Intelligence
• Interaction
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MIoIR brings together the strengths of PREST and CRIC
MIoIR has 5 major research themes in which we
are, or seek to be, world leaders:
1.
Technology strategy and innovation
management
2.
Service and organisational innovation
3.
Science and innovation policy – including
as a strong pillar: Foresight
4.
Innovation and sustainability
5.
Innovation and economic development
International Science and Education Foresight Centre HSE
• Assessment of strategic trends of socio-economic and innovation
development.
• Conducts projects on identification of national S&T priority areas and
critical technologies of the Russian Federation, selection of national
priorities for basic research, studies of regional priority areas for S&T and
innovation, identification of S&T and innovation priorities for high-tech
industries, international comparisons of S&T trends
• The Centre experts are certified professionals involved in national and
international Foresight programmes (Collaborations with UNIDO, PREST &
APEC) with regular involvement in international conferences and
workshops and working groups
• The Centre publishes and disseminates among a wide range of concerned
parties the Russian-language analytical journal “Foresight”.
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Analysis: Evolution of Foresight practice: past, present & future
Research: Innovation & Systemic Foresight Methodology
Development: New tools & techniques (e.g. Evolutionary Scenarios)
Practice: Supra-national, national, regional & sectoral applications
Capacity building: Education & Training (PhD, MSc courses & Exec. ed.)
Publication: Foresight - The journal of future studies, strategic thinking &
policy
Innovation: What’s in the horizon? Scanning
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• Strengthening European research facilities in third countries:
INCO-LAB activity (FP7-INCO-2011-7, INCO-LAB)
• Open the activities of the joint institutes to researchers from
different Member States and Associated Countries
• Increase the scientific cooperation between researchers from the
Member States and Associated Countries and those of the host
country through the involvement of additional researchers in
ongoing research activities as well as in the
• Designing new projects via the organisation of joint seminars,
summer schools and similar activities
• Enabling institutional arrangements between the institutes in
Member States’ / Associated Countries’ governments/ministries,
research organisations
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• Innovation paradigm has shifted from technology and markets
to ecosystems of research and social networks, services and
policy
• Focus on ‘integration and networking’ rather than linear
processes
• Innovation as a dynamic ‘system’: It is multidisciplinary and
technologically complex
• Relationship between technology and society: Social Shaping of
Technology
• Global innovation landscape – with advances coming from
centers of excellence around the world and the demands of
billions of new consumers
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“Benchmarking and Foresight for Regions of Europe and Russia”
• An analysis of the current and future challenges on Research and
Technological Development (RTD) of the regions of Europe and
Russia with an anticipatory and econometric intelligence
• Perform an interregional benchmarking analysis of efficient
support instruments for RTD in regions at different levels of
development
• with a particular focus on the regions which have indicated
significant advancements in last years with good use of
resources and policies
• Promote information and knowledge flows through capacity
building and networking of the academic and industrial actors
and national and regional policy makers
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"The Economics of Innovation, New Technologies and Structural
Change"
This research will provide a framework of analysis by integrating the
understanding of the determinants and the effects of both
technological and structural change in Europe and Russia. Three main
phases can be proposed:
• Review of the economic analysis of technological change and
innovation
• Interaction between technological and structural change and
implications in selected sectors in and outside Europe including ICTs
and Nanotechnologies
• with a particular focus on co-evolution of research and industrial
market structure and new technologies, and on the elaboration of
growth-oriented technological and economic policies enabling the
national economies to take the full advantages of these technologies
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HEROs - Higher Education and Research Organisations in Europe
and Russia on the threshold of a new decade
• HEROs are immersed in intensive transformation processes in
order to face the new challenges of the Knowledge-based
economy with increased global scale
• HEROs have a crucial role in meeting the needs of the
knowledge society and achieving equity and social justice in
Europe, whilst functioning as a source of European STI
competitiveness at the global level.
• How to increase HEROs fitness for addressing the challenges of
fast-moving business, technology development and societal
changes?
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• Anticipation and projections of long-term developments
• Interactive and participative methods of debate and analysis
• Forging new social networks
• Elaboration of strategic visions based on a shared sense of
commitment
• Implications for present-day decisions and actions
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• Information to understand complex interactions between
products, services, users and other stakeholders in multiple
contexts in which these products and services are used
• Imagination in a holistic innovation ecosystem by integrating
Foresight, Creativity and Design
• Intelligence through scanning to explore novel ideas,
unexpected issues and shocks, as well as persistent problems
or trends
• Interaction with the systematic involvement of users /
stakeholders in early development stages in an inclusive
process with long-term perspective
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• Broadening of the European participation in the joint research
activities with a valuable forum for exchanging ideas between
academia, industry and policy makers in and outside Europe
• Increased cooperation with targeted third countries through
Conference and workshop organisations and other interactive
sessions
• Increased visibility and scientific excellence of the joint institutes with
scientific and non-scientific publications in various international
media. Examples of such media are the following journals: Futures,
Foresight, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change
• Help maximising the initial investment of a small number of Member
States to benefit the whole European Union
• Foster future collaborative research projects between European and
third countries in areas of mutual interest and for mutual benefit.
Jointly facilitated PhD-dissertations carried out by younger
researchers and practitioners
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