Researching the setting of regional strategic objectives for the North-West region of Russia. The institute aims to improve public and private decision-making through switching the public consciousness from the traditional – industrial – approach toward regional economy to the innovative values-based and knowledge-oriented policymaking.
The institute’s research activities are organised into the following programmes:
- Innovation Economy Institutions
- Generation of Evaluation Criteria of Social-Economic Development and Formation of the Regional Spatial Statistics
- Graduate School of Management. Projects’ Management Development
- Development Perspectives of the Energy Industry in the North
The website is available in both Russian and English, it contains details of activities and publications, including monthly Russian Expert Review (RER) which provides research on and analysis of a wide range of issues in Russian foreign and domestic policy, economy and business.