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Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center has published the thirty-first issue of the research digest. It presents the results of the study of regional and local labor markets in the context of the events of 2020–2022, carried out by the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies (HSE University).

Meeting in April, the HSE Academic Council discussed the results achieved by the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre in 2020-2023 and its plans for the future. Lilia Ovcharova, HSE Vice Rector and initiator of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre, presented an overview of the progress made, stating, in particular, that 25 subdivisions of HSE University are involved in the Centre's work and more than two thousand early-career researchers and students have been trained at the Centre. Rospatent (the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property Rights) has registered 22 intellectual property objects (IP objects) produced in the framework of the Centre's operation, and 28 educational products have been prepared by the Centre.

According to experts, in the next decade the trend of a culture of equal opportunities based on the principle of an unbiased attitude towards people in different social environment will be greatly developed, even though at the moment there are a number of problems hindering this process. The development of a culture of equal opportunities is the main topic of the new issue of trendletters, produced as part of a joint project of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the UNESCO Futures Studies Chair (UNESCO Futures Literacy Chairs network).

The Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre has published the thirtieth issue of the research digest. We present the study of the natural and climatic living conditions for the Russian population in the early to mid-21st century under different climate change scenarios, carried out by the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies (HSE University).

The labor market is experiencing significant changes because of the development of automation and robotics technologies. The role of humans at a workplace is shifting as a result of the introduction of innovative technologies. Automation and robotics technologies for labor market is the main topic of the new issue of trendletters, produced as part of a joint project of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the UNESCO Futures Studies Chair (UNESCO Futures Literacy Chairs network).

From passive recipients of medical services individuals turn into active participants of  treatment process, making consious decisions and sharing responsibility with the doctor. Informed consent to receive health care allows the patient to understand all the risks and to follow consciously medical prescriptions in order to increase overall effectiveness of the therapy. Transition to participatory medicine is the main topic of the new issue of trendletters, produced as part of a joint project of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the UNESCO Futures Studies Chair (UNESCO Futures Literacy Chairs network).

The focus of development is shifting from the global to the regional level. The main trends of the foreseeable future –  the fragmentation of the world political order, the regionalization of economic relations and the international legal system, the emergence of new mechanisms of cooperation – are the main topic of the new issue of trendletters, produced as part of a joint project of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the UNESCO Futures Studies Chair (UNESCO Futures Literacy Chairs network).

On 10 November 2023 an international round table discussion was held at the Higher School of Economics on the topic of “Bridging the Gap Between Technological Complexity and Cognitive Ability in Working With the Future”. The event was hosted by the editorial board of the Foresight and STI Governance Journal. 

The progress in genomic and cellular technologies, medical bioinformatics, and the active use of information technologies (IT) in medicine allowed to move on towards a new model of medical care based on a personalized approach to the patient. Transformation of the modern healthcare system is the main topic of the new issue of trendletters, produced as part of a joint project of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the UNESCO Futures Studies Chair (UNESCO Futures Literacy Chairs network).

Modern business models are determined by customers’ desire to satisfy their needs as quickly as possible. In this regard, digital platforms are becoming the driving force of new business models, allowing them to quickly transform to meet the rapidly changing needs of customers. Transitions in the service economy is the main topic of the new issue of trendletters, produced as part of a joint project of the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center and the UNESCO Futures Studies Chair (UNESCO Futures Literacy Chairs network).