The Knowledge Triangle : Changing Higher

Dirk Meissner is distinguished professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics and head of the Laboratory for Economics of Innovation at HSE. He is the academic head of the international master’s program “Governance Science, Technology and Innovation.” Dr. Meissner has more than 20 years’ experience in research and teaching technology and innovation management and policy. He has strong background in science, technology and innovation for policy making, and industrial management with special focus on innovation management, science, technology and innovation policies, funding of research, and priority setting. Prior to joining the HSE, Dirk was responsible for technology and innovation policy at the presidential office of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. Dirk also has long experience in top-level consulting to key decision makers in industry as a management consultant for technology and innovation management with Arthur D. Little. He is and wasmember of international working groups on technology and innovation policy. He represents the Russian Federation at the OECD Working Party on Technology and Innovation Policy.​ Dirk is associate editor of Technological Forecasting and Social Change, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Journal of Intellectual Capital.

Leonid Gokhberg is first vice rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia, and director of the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. He has coordinated dozens of research projects in the areas of science, technology, and innovation indicators, foresight, and policies, e.g., those sponsored by public authorities, businesses, and international organizations. Prof. Gokhberg is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Foresight and STI Governance; editor of the Springer Nature academic book series Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies; editorial board member at Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation, Futures, and Foresight (Emerald); and member of the OECD working groups, International Advisory Board of the Global Innovation Index (WIPO/INSEAD), and several other national and international high-level advisory bodies on S&T foresight and policies. He authored over 300 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, several monographs, and university textbooks. He holds Ph.D. and D. Sc. degrees in economics. 

Prof. Yaroslav Kuzminov is rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russian Federation. He is academic supervisor of the HSE Centre for Institutional Studies (CInSt) and Higher Education Studies Centre at the HSE Institute of Education.

Prof. Kuzminov is the editor-in-chief of the journal Voprosy Obrazovania (Educational Studies) and member of the editorial boards at the HSE EconomicJournal, Foresight and STI Governance, and Mir Rossii (World of Russia). He authored more than 100 academic works published in Russia and abroad, and co-authored over 10 monographs and textbooks. He graduated in economics from Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics. In 1992, Yaroslav Kuzminov and Prof. Evgeny Yasin came forward with the project of a modern-type university, which evolved towards a globally recognized HSE University enjoying several top-100 positions in the global university rankings.

Mario Cervantes is senior economist in the Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France.

Sylvia Schwaag Serger is professor of research policy at the University of Lund. She holds a Ph.D. in economic history from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She also has a master’s degree in international relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). She has worked extensively with innovation policy and innovation system analysis, both in the Swedish and International context. Her current research focuses on policies for transformation and resilience, and on science, higher education, and international relations. She spent 10 years working as the executive director for international strategy and networks at the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation (Vinnova). From 2018 to 2020, she was deputy vice chancellor of the University of Lund.