Ivan Artamonov

Vologda Research Center of Russian Academy of Sciences

Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (before August 2017 – Institute of Socio-Economic Development of Territories of RAS) is the first and the only branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the territory of the Vologda Oblast. Organized in the difficult years of radical economic reforms, the Institute gradually found its place both as in the Department of Social Sciences and in the regional life. The main outcomes of the last years are the formation of the scientific personnel with active life position, great demand in the Institute's research, academic community's support of the new journal published by VolRC RAS, which combine efforts of the economic institutes of RAS in the Northwestern Federal District, development of international ties. In order to find a comprehensive solution to the problem of research efficiency increase, VolRC RAS has established the Research Educational Centre (REC). The main goal of REC is the improvement of the quality of young scientific personnel training. Today in REC pupils, students and postgraduates have an opportunity to study economics in practice. In recent years 40 VolRC RAS postgraduate students have successfully defended their theses and took the PhDs.