Journal of the National Research University Higher School of Economics

This article provides an overview of discussions held at the Section «Science and Innovation» (April 4, 2012) organized by the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (Higher School of Economics, HSE) in the framework of the XIII HSE International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Presentations were made by experts from the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (University of Manchester, UK), the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Siberian State Medical University, and the HSE. The following issues were discussed: S&T Foresight in Russia; tools, organization and place in Russian S&T Policy; grand challenges and S&T Foresight; evaluation of the prospects of mature and emerging technologies; priority setting for public-private partnership based on Foresight; evaluation of S&T Foresight studies.