The present article, which continues the discussion of advanced manufacturing technologies initiated in Foresight-Russia issue 2 (2014), evaluates the current state of this field in Russia. The analysis here examines the state of the relevant scientific research and the readiness of industry to...

The past year was marked by the alteration of former trends and priorities following the change of the President and the Government. State policies for supporting science came to the fore while the encouragement of innovative activities and technological development lost in the frequency of its...

There are two instruments of innovation policy considered in this paper - technology platforms and innovation clusters. It is reviewed, to what extent the Western models of such instruments formation are adapted to the Russian environment. International experience testifies that these...

The program of fundamental research which is to become a part of the State Program of the Russian Federation on Development of Science and Technologies in the 2013–2020 Period is under active development. After a change of the top management of the Ministry of Education and Science of the...

At the government level, an objective was set to secure a place for a few Russian universities in the world’s best top list by 2020 by means of increasing considerably their budget financing. International experience points to importance of a combination of a few key factors for a university...

In Summer–Autumn, the period of structural reforms in Russian science began, that is, establishment of a new Federal Agency of Research Institutions, reforming of the system of three state academies and development of a new Russian Research Fund. The lines of the reforms are not brought in...

The conference of representatives of Russia’s academic diaspora that took place in late 2014 was second of its kind held over the past four years. It demonstrated the prominent role played by the new foreign political and economic contexts in shaping the views on the current situation and the...

This paper deals with the state of fundamental research and science in Russia, the author also touches issues related to innovation