Развитие наукоградов России: мониторинг проблем

Abstract

The article is intended to raise the issue of Russian cities with the official status of “science city” according to the Federal Law “On the Status of Science City of the Russian Federation” dated April 7, 1999 № 70-FZ. The rele-vance is due to the strategic importance of innovation, education and science in the context of new external challenges to Russian society on the one hand, and the importance of science cities as cities with high scien-tific, technical and intellectual potential, a kind of centers for the development of innovative products, on the other. The institutional foundations of science cities’ activity are considered. It reveals a number of legal and managerial issues. In particular, there are problems in the mechanism of assignment/confirmation of the sci-ence city status, the terms of its prolongation, as well as difficulties associated with the development, approval and implementation of strategies for socio-economic development of science cities, limited municipal powers hampering socio-economic development. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the inconsistency of science city managerial processes leads to the fact that the socio-economic effect from the implementation of strategies does not have such a noticeable impact on the social infrastructure of science cities and the well-being of the population.