Science in Russia: Territorial Problems of Development

Abstract

The article considers the problems of spatial organization of research in our country. The unevenness of the territorial distribution of objects of science is noted, which has intensified in recent years in the process of a fall in the average economic growth rate by 5 times compared with the key objectives of Strategy 2020. The prospects of developing a zone of scientific research, which forms the core of the country's socio-economic development, are revealed. Based on multivariate regression analysis, cities are identified that can become the leading scientific centers of this zone. In the western part of the country, their population should exceed 700 thousand inhabitants, in the eastern part - 500 thousand inhabitants. The positive changes that will result from the construction of new research and educational centers in the Kuzbass, Nizhny Novgorod, Tyumen and Belgorod regions, in the Perm Territory (in accordance with the national project "Science") are evaluated.

The capital region is analyzed, which includes the country's largest group system of populated areas. The conditions of the placement of objects of science in the core of the group system and its peripheral zone are characterized. The unification of the units of the National Space Center, created in Fili, is under consideration. It is expected that it will provide increased efficiency in production, design and research.

Relocation of a group of Moscow institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences in connection with the arbitrary withdrawal of their land plots is considered. This is due to the interests of market structures and the insufficient interest of the Ministry of Education and Science in creating conditions conducive to the productive work of scientists. A proposal is being put forward for developing a sectoral scheme for the territorial planning of research activities for the Capital Region.