On the basis of scientific research expedition in Chelyabinsk region.
Our tasks were:
Developing a mental map of the educational initiatives support and development infrastructure (federal programs, grant and competitive tools)
Studying interactions, partnerships and horizontal ties with of educational organizations in the innovative activity
Exploring strategies for integrating educational initiatives into federal and regional development projects
Method was a semi-structured interview with three types of respondents:
1) representatives of Education Development Centers and Institutes;
2) representatives of regional platforms of expert, informational, technical and financial support of educational initiatives;
3) authors of educational initiatives and innovation projects.
The results of the study are summarized below.

New graduate courses will be introduced in 2022/23 Institute of Education  masters’ curricula. Those working in the education field or planning to do so in the future will have an opportunity to gain essential competencies. Financial backing for these plans is there: Vladimir Potanin Foundation held a grant competition, and two of our lab’s applications received funding while one was waitlisted.

Diana Koroleva, a chair of the Laboratory for Educational Innovation Research, and Laco Horvath, an associate researcher of the Higher Education and Innovation grou p, presented the results of their research regarding motivations and values of educational innovation ecosystem actors. Cases from Hungary and Russia were studied. Such a comparative approach allows deeper understanding of the innovative processes; it also will be of help for managerial decision-making regarding establishment and development of innovative education ecosystems (RFBR Grant No. 20-513-23002).

The HSE Institute of Education and Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University have recently entered into a cooperation to advance research and development across an array of domains in education.

The HSE Institute of Education and Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University have recently entered into a cooperation to advance research and development across an array of domains in education.

According to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) entitled Measuring Innovation in Education 2019: What Has Changed in the Classroom?, Russia ranked among the top three countries where schools are changing most rapidly.

This is the first project in the five-year history of the competition that is not directly related to social issues. The project’s authors will receive a travel grant and the opportunity to present their start-up anywhere in the world.

On June 5th, the results of the Competition of Innovations in Education (KIVO–2018) were announced. The competition was organized by the HSE Institute of Education together with the Rybakov Fund. Out of 503 applications, the jury selected 28 projects. Their authors will take part in an innovation accelerator summer school, which will take in Moscow in late June. The competition finals will be held in autumn.

The winners are ‘d notation’, an app that is capable of imputing sheet music and learning music notation on smartphones, tablets and interactive whiteboards (from St. Petersburg), and Dysgraph, an online service that’s used to diagnose and treat dysgraphia in children (from Krasnoyarsk).

The summer session of the Competition for Innovators in Education (KIvO), organized by the Higher School of Economics, was recently held in Moscow. Over a four-day period and under the careful watch of respected experts, KIvO participants worked on and developed projects, which will be presented to potential investors at the International Conference on New Educational Technologies EdCruch, slated for September 12-14, 2016 in Moscow.