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of Russian researchers recognize that to be effective they need to work with peers as part of a scientific school.
Researchers cite inadequate funding as a traditional factor hindering research activity; 56% of respondents cite the need for a ‘decent wage’ while 43% say they need grant opportunities to implement their research projects.
These data were obtained during a nationwide survey of researchers holding doctoral and candidate degrees as part of a Monitoring of the Labor Market for Highly Qualified R&D Personnel study, the most recent wave of which was carried out in 2014 by employees of the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK). The results of the monitoring study will be published in an international book entitled ‘The value of doctorate degrees on the labour market: research and non-research careers’. The book will present the results of a survey of degree holders in the UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Japan, the U.S., and Russia. The book will be published by Springer in the first half of 2015.
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HSE and Steklov Mathematical Institute Mathematician Alexander Efimov Awarded EMS Prize
Alexander Efimov, a research fellow at the International Laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms of HSE University, has been awarded the European Mathematical Society’s prestigious Prize.
11%
of Russians who hold doctoral and candidate degrees conduct research in the same academic field as their parents.
The Humboldt Foundation in Russia
On February 26-28, 2014, the HSE will host a conference on ‘The Role of the Humboldt Foundation in Consolidating and Developing Russian Science during the Transition’. Andrei Yakovlev, Director of the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies and the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, agreed to give an interview to the HSE News Service about the influence of the Humboldt Foundation on his own life and on Russian scientific life in general.