Development of Territorial Socio-Economic Systems: Theory and Practice

14:15, March 19, 2019

Participants of the XVI International Conference Young Scientists discussed topical issues

On March 12, 2019 at the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with the Graduate School of Economics and Management of the Ural Federal University and other leading universities of Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Vologda held the XVI International Conference of Young Scientists under the general title “Development of Territorial Socio-Economic Systems: Theory and Practice”. Members of Russian division RSA took an active part in the conference dedicated to regional research. The scientific conference consisted of 8 sections, in which both young and leading scientists, graduate students and undergraduates from various universities participated.

The work of the conference was divided into break-out sessions devoted to the currently relevant major areas:

• Industrial development of territorial socio-economic systems;
• Assessment and forecasting of the socio-economic dynamics of the development of Russian regions;
• A green economy development strategy in the regions of Russia;
• Improving the efficiency of spatial development of the regional economies;
• Economic security: the place and role of regions in the context of geopolitical and global economic competition;
• The development of a “digital” economy;
• The role of the state in the socio-economic development of territories; enterprises in a turbulent economy: sectoral and regional aspects;
• Russian regions: national goals and global challenges;
• National goals and social development of the regions.

Thematic section “Regions of Russia: National Goals and Global Challenges” was held under the leadership of Makarova Maria ,Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Center for Socioeconomic Dynamics Research, Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Olga Savostina ,Ph.D., associate professor of the Graduate School of Economics, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia BN Yeltsin. At the break-out session 10 reports were heard, which caused a lively discussion. Reports of the speakers were positively evaluated by the participants and marked with certificates. Following the conference, a collection of articles will be published.