Foresight: Volume 19 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Ian Douglas Miles

Russian S&T Foresight 2030: identifying new drivers of growth

Leonid Gokhberg, Alexander Sokolov, Alexander Chulok

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the recent Russian Science and Technology Foresight – a full-fledged study targeted at the identification of the most…

Creating sustainable impact from Foresight on STI Policy

Dirk Meissner, Pavel Rudnik

Foresight is frequently used to establish science and technology investment priorities and develop corresponding technology and innovation support programmes. In the light of…

A dynamic and adaptive scenario approach for formulating science & technology policy

Ozcan Saritas, Yury Dranev, Alexander Chulok

Dynamic changes in the world bring challenges for making long-term future-oriented policy and strategy. A number of recent developments like drops in oil prices, increasing global…

The long-term development of Russian biotech sector

Anna Grebenyuk, Nikolai Ravin

To define strategic directions for the Russia’s social, economic, scientific and technological development in 2011-2013, a large-scale foresight study including the deep analysis…

Health-related R&D priorities until 2030: Russian experience

Ruslan T. Saygitov

The aim of this paper is to present results of a foresight study on identifying priorities for health-related research and development (R&D) in Russia for the period until 2030…

Using foresight for smart policy actions: the case of Russian energy exports

Alexander Chulok, Svetlana N. Slobodianik, Evgeny Moiseichev

This study aims to assess future prospects for Russian energy exports until 2040, as global energy markets are undergoing major changes, with possible impacts on Russia.

Switching to renewables: what will Russia gain?

Georgy V. Ermolenko, Liliana Proskuryakova, Boris V. Ermolenko

The purpose of the study is to show the technical potentials of a variety of renewable energy sources in Russia, as well as benefits from their deployment including hydrocarbon…