The importance of the formation of a socially-oriented market economy grew due to the adoption of the global goals in the sphere of sustainable development. For practical implementation of this idea in the modern economic systems, there’s a necessity for a new – social and investment – model of economic growth. The essence and the main difference of this model from the traditional model of economic growth are the sources of growth are social investments – investments in humans and an increase in the population’s quality of life.
Among various directions of social investments (including improvement of housing conditions, provision of social justice, financial support, etc.), one of the top-priority ones is the stimulation of education. In the “knowledge economy”, the level of education determines the opportunities for employment and career-building and, therefore, quality of life, and forms the human potential of companies and the economy, their competitiveness, and perspectives of development.
In the existing studies of the interconnection between education and economic growth, education is considered from the economic point of view. However, we treat education from the social point of view as a director of social investments, which contributes to an increase in quality of life and development of human potential. In this case, advantages for economic growth are achieved by means of growth of efficiency not in the sphere of education but in the economy as a whole, in view of the infrastructural role of education in the “knowledge economy”.
The purpose of this Research Topic is to determine the role of education in the structure of a social and investment model of economic growth. For this, scenarios of the development of education are compiled, and perspective mechanisms of education management as a director of social investments are compiled.
This Research Topic welcomes scientific works that are fundamental research and applied studies. The papers should reflect the results of the latest studies in the field and actualize new research problems on this topic and call for representatives of the modern scientific community to solve them and continue to discuss this problem.
This Research Topic is to contain a discussion of the three following important problems of maximization of the contribution of social investments in education into the acceleration of economic growth: scenario modeling, management, evaluation, and optimization of social consequences.
1. Scenarios of influence of education on the structure and parameters of the social and investment model of economic growth:
• Education and economic growth;
• Diversification of education;
• Formal and informal education;
• Digital education;
• Effectiveness of universities;
• Innovations in education.
2. Organizational and institutional mechanisms and informal practices of education management in the structure of social and investment model of economic growth:
• State regulation of education;
• Education and labor market;
• Social role of education.
3. Cultural, institutional, and socio-structural aspects of the development of education in the structure of social and investment model of economic growth:
• Socio-cultural and institutional aspects of education;
• Legal aspects of the development of education;
• Education and socio-economic security.
The importance of the formation of a socially-oriented market economy grew due to the adoption of the global goals in the sphere of sustainable development. For practical implementation of this idea in the modern economic systems, there’s a necessity for a new – social and investment – model of economic growth. The essence and the main difference of this model from the traditional model of economic growth are the sources of growth are social investments – investments in humans and an increase in the population’s quality of life.
Among various directions of social investments (including improvement of housing conditions, provision of social justice, financial support, etc.), one of the top-priority ones is the stimulation of education. In the “knowledge economy”, the level of education determines the opportunities for employment and career-building and, therefore, quality of life, and forms the human potential of companies and the economy, their competitiveness, and perspectives of development.
In the existing studies of the interconnection between education and economic growth, education is considered from the economic point of view. However, we treat education from the social point of view as a director of social investments, which contributes to an increase in quality of life and development of human potential. In this case, advantages for economic growth are achieved by means of growth of efficiency not in the sphere of education but in the economy as a whole, in view of the infrastructural role of education in the “knowledge economy”.
The purpose of this Research Topic is to determine the role of education in the structure of a social and investment model of economic growth. For this, scenarios of the development of education are compiled, and perspective mechanisms of education management as a director of social investments are compiled.
This Research Topic welcomes scientific works that are fundamental research and applied studies. The papers should reflect the results of the latest studies in the field and actualize new research problems on this topic and call for representatives of the modern scientific community to solve them and continue to discuss this problem.
This Research Topic is to contain a discussion of the three following important problems of maximization of the contribution of social investments in education into the acceleration of economic growth: scenario modeling, management, evaluation, and optimization of social consequences.
1. Scenarios of influence of education on the structure and parameters of the social and investment model of economic growth:
• Education and economic growth;
• Diversification of education;
• Formal and informal education;
• Digital education;
• Effectiveness of universities;
• Innovations in education.
2. Organizational and institutional mechanisms and informal practices of education management in the structure of social and investment model of economic growth:
• State regulation of education;
• Education and labor market;
• Social role of education.
3. Cultural, institutional, and socio-structural aspects of the development of education in the structure of social and investment model of economic growth:
• Socio-cultural and institutional aspects of education;
• Legal aspects of the development of education;
• Education and socio-economic security.
