Provocative landscapes: a study of everyday cultural landscapes at the outskirts of agglomerations

The paper describes research principles and preliminary results of collaborative interdisciplinary research project aimed at the study of everyday cultural landscapes on the periphery of the Yekaterinburg and Tyumen urban agglomerations. The research design of the project implies a paradigm shift from expert reading of the landscapes to communicative learning of the environment, from the perception of the territories in question as resource reservoirs to their exploration as a domain of affordances providing opportunities for endogenous eco-nomic development. In 2020, an expedition worked in the villages of Tobolsk Zabolotye, in the cities of Irbit and Polevskoy of Sverdlovsk Oblast, and in the village of Belozerskoye of Kurgan Oblast. The cases and places deemed perspective in view of the application of the research method were characterized. This paper mainly pro-vides an overview of the methodological principles that underpin our ongoing study, which should be considered only as an outline of the preliminary results of the first year of field work. The main source of the theoretical inspi-ration for the project design was the idea of affordances, coined by the American psychologist James J. Gibson, who studied the problems of perception. The main methodological objective of the project is to apply the theory of affordances to the field study of strategies for everyday landscape choice. In the 2020 field season, the design of the project, envisaging comparative perspective and increased mobility of researchers, was significantly influ-enced by the method of traveling interview. While working in Tobolsk Zabolotye, we followed everyday patterns of mobility, conducting interviews along the way, discussing with the respondents the hierarchy of places and territo-ries, criteria for identifying vernacular regions, capacity of communication channels, modes of the mobility and its limitations. Concurrently, we were gaining the experience of non-discursive, embodied in materiality and corpore-ality, movement and recording local narratives of identity.

INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN OF THE PROCESSES OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCTIC ZONE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The article analyzes the formation of processes of institutional regulation of socio-economic activity in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation. An assessment of state support measures for the eco-nomic development of the Arctic space, business stimulation, increasing the investment and social attractive-ness of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation was given. It was revealed that the formation of the institu-tional space of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation would allow the Arctic regions of Russia to become the world's largest economic zone with a single set of administrative, tax and investment preferences, as well as a geopolitical tool for strengthening the regional presence of Russia in the Arctic.

THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION OF SUDANESE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ON ECO-NOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SUDAN, AN ANALYTICAL STUDY (2008-2012)

This study aims to A study of the phenomenon of Sudanese university professors’ migration abroad and its impact on economic development through an analytical study that is carried out in an accurate scientific, The importance of this study comes in that the emigration of university professors abroad has become a significant and continuous increase from year to year, which prevents development in the country, and therefore this study and its results are expected to be useful for economic decision-makers in most countries, the study followed the approach Descriptive and analytical historical, and the most important results of the study are the migration of university professors, negatively affecting the economic development in Sudan, and low wages is one of the reasons for the migration of university professors.

ASSESSMENT OF THE SYSTEM BALANCE OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF GAS DISTRIBUTION ORGANIZATIONS

As socio-economic relations evolve in the domestic market, the development and complication of the management mechanism in gas distribution organizations takes place. A certain disproportion between the real and financial segments of the economy, in the levels of income of the population and in the socio-eco-nomic development of regions remains the characteristic features of domestic economic development. The multidimensional and multilevel imbalance of the Russian economy, including in the regional aspect, contin-ues to influence the internal management mechanisms of gas distribution organizations as resource supplying organizations, in the overwhelming majority, which are subjects of natural monopolies and are gasification operators in the regions. The article deals with the problems of optimization of the system structure of intra-organizational subsystems based on the identification of disparities on the example of gas distribution organ-izations. Proposals for improving the management mechanism of gas distribution organizations based on the criterion of balancing the system structure are presented.

Sustainable development of industrial enterprises through the use of venture capital and technology

Subject/topic. At the present stage of development in the Russian Federation, all the necessary prerequisites for the implementation of venture activities in industrial enterprises have developed, which include: global factors (determined by global eco-nomic development and its evolution), macroeconomic (determined by the characteristics of the functioning of the national economy) and microeconomic (deter-mined by the specifics of individual business activities subjects). Goals/objectives. The purpose of this article is the development and scientific justification of theoretical and methodological foundations, methodological approaches and practical recommendations on the venture activities of domestic industrial enterprises in the con-text of their sustainable development. The object of research is the theoretical and methodological foundations of venture activity in industrial enterprises. The subject of the study is a complex of systemic ties and economic relations arising between subjects of venture activity. Research Methods. The methodological basis of the re-search is the dialectical method of scientific knowledge, the general scientific principles of conducting integrated research, the fundamental principles of modern eco-nomic theory, marketing, and the conceptual principles of managing innovative activities. In the research process were used: statistical analysis – in the study of the state of development of industrial enterprises; abstract logical analysis – when developing a conceptual model of venture financing; system-functional – in the study of the conceptual foundations of a breakthrough strategy for industrial enterprises and the essential characteristics and structural components of the economic mechanism of venture activity of industrial enterprises; methods analysis and synthesis – when substantiating the methodological aspects of the venture activity of domestic industrial enterprises. Results. The article suggests the process of attracting venture capital business to the development of industrial enterprises, which takes into ac-count the specifics of the activities of domestic economic entities. The author pro-poses to use the liability allocation matrix to account for additional organizational costs.

INSURANCE FRAUD AT THE CURRENT STAGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The study examines the theoretical and practical aspects of insurance fraud at the current stage of eco-nomic development in the Russian Federation. Statistical information about the development of this problem is provided. In addition, the problems that arise in the neutralization of fraud in the insurance sector are inves-tigated, as well as measures to eliminate them are proposed.

Insights into the state of affairs and possible ways to improve secondary material waste management

The paper focuses on the statutory regulation and ways of im-proving secondary materials management, their use as secondary raw ma-terials for the manufacture of goods, provision of works, services, as well as power generation. It is shown that due to the economic factor, only read-ily available and valuable waste, particularly, ferrous and non-ferrous met-al scrap and waste, high-grade paper, pure textiles, plastic and wood waste, glass scrap, some mineral waste from the electric power, metal, chemical industries, construction and demolition of buildings, structures, construc-tion materials industry are injected back into the economy. Obviously, bet-ter legal, economic, organizational and technical aspects of recycling will help tackle the fundamental environmental challenges currently faced by the Russian Federation, as well as contribute to its policy geared towards conservation of strategic natural resources and long-term sustainable eco-nomic development.

NEPAD vision and the INGA hydro-electric scheme

The concept of power trading is considered in the context of the vision of the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD). A most promising option is to utilise the rich water resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo for hydro-power generation. Present and anticipated future potential generating capacities are quoted. The development of the Inga 3 and the Grand Inga schemes could supply grid-connected African states with sufficient electricity to stimulate their respective socio-eco-nomic development. Today’s situation and plans are outlined, emphasising requirements for success. These include financial investment through public-private partnerships, the all-important role of gov-ernments to ensure political stability and independ-ent regional regulation for equitable wheeling charges.