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At inauguration of the China-BRICS New-Quality Productive Forces Research Center in China Professor Alexander Sokolov, Deputy Director of the HSE University Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), delivered a presentation on a role of foresight studies in strategic planning. The event took place on March 25, 2026 in Beijing under the Zhongguancun (ZGC) Forum Annual Conference.

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) have systematically criticized one of the pillars of global technology foresight — the Delphi method. Their study ‘Biases in expert judgements in large-scale S&T Delphi Surveys: How to cope with them?’, published in 2025 in ‘Technological Forecasting and Social Change’ journal, shows that classical expert surveys not only do not guarantee objective consensus achieving but often implicitly reinforce bias and dispersion of opinions. Researchers have proposed supplementing the Delphi survey methodology with built-in “protective mechanisms” against potential distortions.