UNESCO Chair on Future Studies

AI Changes Everything: Fractures of Global Transformations

Artificial intelligence (AI) significant impacts on the economy and society, touching on a wide range of areas, from strategic management and decision-making to everyday communication. Experts from the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) used the iFORA system to map key fractures —areas where changes have already become irreversible and will only intensify.

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May 28

Updating Foresight Approaches and Methods

Participants of International Symposium "Foresight in a Rapidly Changing World" at the XXVI April International Academic Conference Named After Evgeny Yasin attempted to find answers to questions such as how to process large amounts of unstructured data, how to integrate artificial intelligence into analytical processes, and how to understand when innovation is ready to enter the market. "The world is changing, and we need to change our Foresight methodology along with it," emphasized Olesia Maibakh (HSE ISSEK Foresight Center), moderator of session "Foresight: New Approaches and Methods." The four presentations complemented each other, forming a unified picture: from a specific instrumental solution to infrastructure, from infrastructure to governance, and finally, to how to determine the moment for specific actions.

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May 07

Professor of HSE University has delivered keynote speech at inauguration ceremony of the China-BRICS Research Center

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.

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March 25

Professor Alexander Sokolov presented UNESCO Chair on Future Studies activities at the 5th Russian Congress of UNESCO Chairs

Prof. Alexander Sokolov, Deputy Director of HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), Director of International Research and Educational Foresight Centre, Head of UNESCO Chair on Future Studies attended the V Congress of UNESCO Chairs hosted by Plekhanov Russian University of Economics on May 20, 2025 under support of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

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May 29, 2025

Foresight of the Future: How New Technologies Change Approaches to Strategic Planning

International Symposium "Foresight in a Rapidly Changing World" took place in the framework of XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference. Participants discussed how foresight methods are changing in the context of an unstable global agenda, technological development, and new challenges.

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May 14, 2025

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AI Changes Everything: Fractures of Global Transformations

Updating Foresight Approaches and Methods

Professor of HSE University has delivered keynote speech at inauguration ceremony of the China-BRICS Research Center

Professor Alexander Sokolov presented UNESCO Chair on Future Studies activities at the 5th Russian Congress of UNESCO Chairs

Foresight of the Future: How New Technologies Change Approaches to Strategic Planning