Digital Transformation Of Society Research Articles

Digitalization processes vs. traditional ones: ethical and environmental aspects

At the current level of economic development, the digital transformation of society is an important factor in advancing any social structure. The purpose of the present study was to explore the transformation of a traditional society into a digital one, with a focus on ethical and environmental aspects. The study draws on a variety of information analysis methods to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of digitalization, including the environmental aspect. Our research revealed that in Russia, the only highly digitalized sectors were information technology and finance. Digitalization is strikingly different in the European countries, where only transport and building industries slowly implemented digital technologies into their business processes. We also examined digitalization levels in 7 Moscow universities. The universities managed to improve their digitalization scores with the help of recommendations developed for online learning, such as selection of quality software, having qualified teaching staff, constant monitoring, and evaluation of knowledge. The findings can be used in economic, social, and environmental spheres since they highlight the ambiguous effects of digitalization using practical examples.

The relationship between social innovation and digital economy and society

The information age is also an era of escalating social problems. The digital transformation of society and the economy is already underway in all countries, although the progress in this transformation can vary widely. There are more social innovation projects addressing global and local social problems in some countries than in others. This suggests that different levels of digital transformation might influence the social innovation potential. Using the International Digital Economy and Society Index and the Social Innovation Index, this study investigates how digital transformation of the economy and society affects the capacity for social innovation. A dataset of 29 countries was analysed using both simple and multiple linear regressions and Pearsons correlation. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the digital transformation of the economy and society has a significant positive impact on the capacity for social innovation. It was also found that the integration of digital technology plays a critical role in digital transformation. Therefore, the progress in digital transformation is beneficial to social innovation capacity. In line with the research findings, this study outlines the implications and possible directions for policy.

Digital transformation of society and information and communication technologies in the professional activity of social work specialists: modern challenges

Digital transformation of society and information and communication technologies in the professional activity of social work specialists: modern challenges

Značaj projekata digitalne transformacije u poljoprivredi i izazovi njihove ocene opravdanosti

Today's complex and dynamic environment poses numerous challenges to the economy and society, among which population growth, hunger and environmental pollution are very significant. One of the ways to overcome these problems is the digital transformation of society. Digital transformation projects in certain areas are not simple, and therefore it is necessary to draw conclusions about their realization with great care and adequate assessments. The digitalization of agriculture has significant effects that enable the success of farmers, but also of society, in terms of achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability. The basic specificity of agricultural production in relation to industries is that agricultural production largely depends on climatic conditions and the quality of the soil itself. One more specificity of agricultural production is that the time period from the start of investment to the achievement of the first results is much longer than in other industries. In addition, the total income is not evenly distributed over the months, but arrives once a year, or at very short intervals. Due to the great importance of digital transformation projects in agriculture and the specifics that arise in their investment evaluation, the aim of this paper is to show the most important effects of these projects, challenges in assessing their justification, as well as to present an example of good practice in the implementation of such a project in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

ЦИФРОВА ЕКОНОМІКА: СУТНІСТЬ, ОЗНАКИ ТА ЗАВДАННЯ УПРАВЛІННЯ

The aim is to study the essence of "digital economy" concept, highlight its characteristics and develop measures to manage it. To achieve this goal, existing approaches to the concept of "digital economy" have been studied; impact of digitalization on the state, businesses and individuals have been considered; measures to manage the development of digital economy have been developed. The following methods of scientific research have been used while writing the article: scientific abstraction, generalization, analysis and synthesis, analytical. The existing approaches to understanding the essence of "digital economy" concept have been generalized. It has been established that there are the following approaches to understanding the concept of "digital economy": structural-sectoral process, communication, practical, evolutionary. The following features of digital economy have been identified: digitalization, virtualization, molecularization, network structure, and lack of intermediaries, convergence of computerization, communication lines and services, innovation, consumer involvement in production, consumer interaction, globalization and inconsistency. The advantages of digitalization, which are manifested at three levels: state, business entities and individuals, have been analyzed, identified and formulated. The rating of Ukraine for the last five years according to the World Digital Competitiveness Index has been analyzed. Management measures aimed at the development of digital economy should include the creation of favorable environment for the dissemination of digital innovation and development; bridging the digital divide between different industries; regulation of labor relations in digital economy; updating educational programs in higher education institutions in accordance with the requirements of digital economy; stimulating competition in digital economy; support for interaction and exchange of experience between states in digital transformation of society. Practical application of proposed theoretical and applied approaches will accelerate the process of economy digitalization and increase the positive impact on economic system.

Legal support of information security of the individual in the conditions of digital transformation of society

The article considers a comprehensive legal approach to ensuring the information security of the individual in the context of the digital transformation of public relations affecting the spheres of education, obtaining public services, including in the administration of justice, as well as the digitalization of the legal profession. The process of creating the Concept of ensuring the rights and freedoms of man and citizen in the digital space of the Russian Federation, as well as the need for the objective use of personal data in the identification of a person in the information and communication environment, is investigated. An actual international problem is to ensure the information security of the individual in the implementation of rights and freedoms that allow using information and communication technologies to communicate, to obtain relevant and reliable information that affects almost all aspects of life. The experience of various countries, such as China, England, France, in determining approaches to the legal support of information security of the individual, is considered.

Цифровая компетентность субъектов образовательного процесса

The rapid development of new technologies observed in recent years and the active digital transformation of society impose special requirements for a future specialist and his digital competence. The authors should note that the concept of digital competence has become very popular in recent years, and now there are many studies, which in one way or another reveal its various aspects. However, typically, plenty of different definitions lead to a blurring of boundaries of the concept and the absence of a unified designation of its essential and semantic characteristics. As a result, this concept is considered the ability to use information and communication technologies, a part of social competence, and a way of communication. To identify the initial level of digital competencies, the authors carried out a diagnostic study involving the students of Mari State University (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia) in different training programs. The paper presents a detailed overview of the results of this study and identifies three levels of students’ digital competencies: high, medium, and low. The study shows that students with a high level of digital competence have a positive attitude towards the digital transformation of education emphasizing that it provides new opportunities to use digital technologies in learning and increases the effectiveness of the learning process. These students support digital learning, online consultations, and providing information for lectures and seminars in electronic form, as opposed to the students with a low level of digital competence, who have a negative attitude towards the digital transformation of education, noting only its weaknesses. These students support digital learning, online consultations, and providing information for lectures and seminars in electronic form, as opposed to the students with a low level of digital competence, who have a negative attitude towards the digital transformation of education, noting only its weaknesses.

National Strategy for the development of Artificial Intelligence In the context of the global digital economy

In the era of the digital economy, from the point of view of national economic development, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the next decade will be the main driver for the development of the national economy and will create unique advantages for countries in the global division of labor. Countries, including the US, China, Russia and others, are actively developing AI and applying it to e-government, corporate decision-making, industrial production and other areas. The development of AI significantly contributes to the process of digital transformation of governments and enterprises. Major countries in the world are publishing national AI development strategies to promote the digital transformation of society. This article compares AI development strategies in the US, EU, Russia, UK and China, and provides suggestions for optimizing national AI development strategies for developing countries in order to strengthen national cybersecurity and improve people's living standards.

Children's rights as a national priority of the Russian Federation in the context of digital transformation of society

Children's rights as a national priority of the Russian Federation in the context of digital transformation of society

Guidelines for Occupational Safety in the Digital Economy

The article presents a historical chronology of changes in the requirements for labor protection instructions. The authors provide a legislative overview of the current regulatory legal acts that currently regulate the legal status of labor protection instructions. Modern approaches to providing instructions on labor protection at workplaces in a digital format are considered, and also conceptual directions of development of instructions on labor protection (local normative legal acts) for ensuring labor safety at the enterprise in the conditions of digital transformation of society are proposed.

Education as a priority direction of development of industrial enteprises and it’s digitalization

Problem setting. With increasing globalization challenges, the main productive force of society and the rapid socioeconomic revival of countries is human capital, which is becoming a powerful integral part of any model of innovative development. Human capital, ie knowledge, talents, skills, abilities, experience, intelligence of people today is the driving force of the digital economy. Digitalization will significantly increase labor productivity in Ukraine and become a powerful multiplier capable of launching the Ukrainian economy in the shortest possible time and ensuring its real growth. Today, digitalization is one of the key factors in improving the education system. Analysis of recent researches and publications. Various aspects of the introduction of digitalization in the educational space have been the subject of research by foreign (K. Bassett), C. Gere, G. Creeber, G. Deree, M. Deuze, G. Creeber and R. Martin (G. Greeber & R. Martin), L. Manovich (L. Vanovich), J. Stommel (J. Stommel), M. Hand (M. Hand) and domestic (V. Bykov, D. Galkin, M. Zhaldak, M. Leshchenko, P. Matyushko, O. Ovcharuk, V. Rebrina, O. Strizhak, M. Shishkina, A. Yatsyshyn) scientists, but despite the interest shown by the scientific community, the issue of digitalization in modern educational space need further research, especially in a pandemic and the need for distance learning. Target of this research is to determine the role of education in the context of the development of digital transformation of society, the formation of “intellectual enterprises” and “intellectual industry”. Article’s main body. Today, the governments of most European countries are making significant efforts to modernize their education systems through the use of digital technologies. The development of digital education initiates the emergence of new educational practices, which in turn contributes to the transformation of the educational system as a whole. The field of education, localized by institutional, temporal and spatial frameworks, is significantly modernized due to the introduction of digital technologies in the educational process. Ukraine has also embarked on the path of digitalization, as evidenced by the adoption in 2018 of the Concept of Development of the Digital Economy and Society of Ukraine for 2018-2020. According to the Concept, digitalization of education is a modern stage of its informatization, which provides saturation of information and educational environment with electronic and digital devices, tools, systems and electronic communication between them, which actually allows integrated interaction of virtual and physical, ie creates cyberphysical educational space. Today, based on the statutory powers, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the State Agency for e-Government have the greatest influence on the development of digital competencies. raising the level of digital literacy of the population. One of the main means of digitalization of education is the creation of the National Platform for Digital Education. Conclusions. It is concluded that human capital, ie knowledge, talents, skills, abilities, experience, intelligence of people today is the driving force of the digital economy. Digitalization will significantly increase labor productivity in Ukraine and become a powerful multiplier capable of launching the Ukrainian economy in the shortest possible time and ensuring its real growth. It is noted that today digitalization is one of the key factors in improving the education system. In addition to directly affecting the effectiveness of the educational process, digitalization provides a chain of indirect benefits, in particular through digitalization, the educational process becomes more personalized, accessible and flexible, which in turn provides comfortable conditions for self-study, effective development and career growth. Education is one of the basic elements of digital innovation and the digital economy in general, a priority for the development of industrial enterprises in Industry 4.0. It is noted that in today’s conditions it is necessary to focus on such areas as the development of human capital in enterprises through lifelong learning, training, awareness of staff on innovative transformations. It is stated that today there is no doubt that the world of digital technologies in general, and education in particular, is not only a new logical stage in the development of the technological sphere of mankind, but also the entire existing legal and socio-political reality.

POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: REFERENCES FOR PARTY CONSTRUCTION

This article focuses on the issues related to the socio-political consequences of digital transformation of society, in particular, the evolutionary development of political parties. To reveal the general trends of such transformation, the author bases her thesis on the analysis of post-industrial theorists, and sets out the following basic guidelines for party building: unprecedented development of science and technology, influence of symbolic knowledge on the system of power distribution; increased role of information flows, diversification of information transmission forms; demassification of society and its network organisation; destruction of former identities, erosion of classes and social groups; deconstruction of ideologies, their transformation into applied political technologies; shift of political activity to Internet platforms and media space. Considering the impact of these factors, and using the methodology of comparing political parties proposed by K.Janda, the author sets out her view on the features of institutionalisation, problem orientation, social support, organisational complexity, centralisation of power, autonomy, coherence, involvement, strategy and tactics, governmental status of political parties in post-industrial society.

CloudRT: A Chinese example of open science infrastructure and services

As the backbone of the open science campaign, open science infrastructures (OSIs) play an increasingly important role in scientific innovation and the digital transformation of society. Nevertheless, OSIs still have a range of issues to contend with, particularly as they move towards more openness and a sustainable future. In this paper, as a case study of OSIs in China, we present the experience of operating CloudRT—the first and only open-access cloud-native high-performance computing ray-tracing platform in the world. Quantitative analysis demonstrates how such an OSI can produce an interdisciplinary impact beyond expectations. Moreover, the value of CloudRT is also shown through its acknowledgement by participants across the whole innovation chain, from pure science and engineering to applications in vertical industries. Both inspirations from this practice and its open challenges are discussed. Suggestions are put forward to guide the future efforts of stakeholders to develop a fruitful OSI ecosystem.

Bank's credit and investment portfolio structure optimization

Methods. To solve the tasks identified in the work the following methods were used: historical and logical methods – to study the existing interpretations of the «payment system» concept, and critical analysis to formulate our own interpretation taking into account the features of digital economic transformation; systematization methods – to form and justify the approach to building the author's vision of the payment system development processes as a basic element of the digital economy. The study also used the basic concepts of behavioral finance, which allowed to establish the motivational features of FinTech and TechFin companies’ formation in the financial market. Results. The article formulates a new interpretation of «payment system» concept in order to update it to further identify economic entities interaction patterns in the mechanism of digital economy. The study of payment instrument development theories allowed the authors to characterize the role of the payment system in the economy. Based on a retrospective analysis of the development process of the payment system using an evolutionary approach, the stage of emergence of FinTech and TechFin companies was singled out. In order to identify the degree of penetration of new types of companies into the traditional financial market, there were studied the dynamics of payments of TechFin (PayPal) and the dynamics of growth of FinTech's customer base (monobank), which are examples of transformed successful digital instruments. Novelty. The proposed interpretation of «payment system» concept allows to comprehensively cover all economic entities involved in the process of exchanging payment instruments, and effectively analyze the interaction of both classical and emerging economic institutions in the digital transformation of society. Practical value. The formulated difference between the concepts of TechFin companies and FinTech implementations allows to differentiate their activities, prepare companies legally and technologically, and choose the appropriate way to implement new technology for financial transactions.

ВІТЧИЗНЯНИЙ ДОСВІД ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-ЦИФРОВИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ДЛЯ ОЦІНЮВАННЯ РЕЗУЛЬТАТИВНОСТІ НАУКОВО-ПЕДАГОГІЧНИХ ДОСЛІДЖЕНЬ

The article considers the domestic experience of using information and digital technologies to evaluate the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical research. The problem of quality and efficiency of scientific and pedagogical research, evaluation of their effectiveness using ICT is an important area for the domestic system of higher education and science. The digital transformation of society, the digital age of the use of computer tools significantly affect the requirements for tools for evaluating the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical research. The author's interpretation of the concepts «information and digital technologies» and «evaluation of the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical research» is offered. In particular, information and digital technologies are understood as a set of electronic tools, systems, devices, and resources that generate, store, or process data, as well as technologies for developing information systems and building communication networks. Under the evaluation of the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical research using information and analytical systems, we will understand the definition of general indicators of scientific and pedagogical activity: several publications and citations in scientometric databases, availability of author profiles of researchers, ranking and rating of scientific and pedagogical workers, departments/laboratories/departments, institutions and establishments, information about achievements, list of publications, victories of students under the guidance, etc. The analysis of methods allowed establishing that the evaluation does not take into account such scientific products as textbooks, manuals, textbooks, glossaries, dictionaries, scientific reference books, bibliographic indexes, scientific catalogs, electronic resources, databases, etc. It is necessary to find new methods, approaches, and methods for systematic, complete, and objective evaluation of scientific and pedagogical research. The prospect of further research will be to determine the criteria and indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical research using information and digital technologies.

The intellectual potential of the individual in the context of digital transformation of the society

The digital transformation of society which is taking place in the modern world and is carried out at the global level, makes its own special requirements for the intellectual potential of the individual. The first attempt to take these requirements into account in the development strategy of the education system was made by the Russian scientists in 1996 at the II International UNESCO Congress "Education and Informatics", which took place in Moscow on the basis of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Government delegations from more than 100 countries of the world participated in this Congress. Meanwhile, 50 of them presented their National reports on the problem: "Information technology and policy in the field of education". Russia also presented its report on this problem. It contained a new and rather radical proposal - to develop and implement a new general education course "Fundamentals of Informatics" at all levels of the education system. This project was supported by the participants of the Congress and was named "Informatics-2000". These are: "Social Informatics" and "Philosophical Foundations of Informatics". The author shows that this congress subsequently became the starting point for the development of research on the intellectual potential of the individual in the context of the digital transformation of society.

MANAGER OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE FIELD OF LIBRARY INFORMATION AND ARCHIVAL ACTIVITY: INDUSTRY SPECIALIZATION

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the feasibility of expanding the educational training program in the specialty "Information, library and archival affairs" through the specialization "manager of digital transformations". The methodology is based on a set of general scientific methods of generalization, systematization, and forecasting. The hypothetical analysis made it possible to apply the concept of convergent education as methodologically appropriate and heuristically fruitful to justify the educational and professional training program for digital transformation managers in the specialty "Information, library and archival affairs". The scientific novelty of the study is that it substantiates the feasibility and practical value of training digital transformation managers in the specialty "Information, library and archival affairs" as a specialist focused on management processes of digital transformations in the subject area of library and archival affairs. Conclusions. Socio-educational effect of training managers of digital transformations can be obtained if the training will be carried out for the subject area of library and archival activities, educational training program will be convergent-oriented, implemented in interdisciplinary links with the theory and practice of digital information management. infrastructure (innovation, strategic, project management) and aimed at developing the digital culture of the specialist as a person ready for creative work in the digital transformation of society. The basic position of the proposed proposal is the focus on management processes for digital transformations in the subject area of library and archival affairs. The manager of digital transformations with education in the specialty "Information, library and archival affairs" is a specialist with special training in the subject area (library, archival affairs), competent in project activities on digital transformations, has a digital culture and developed "digital receptivity". able to effectively participate in the development and implementation of digital transformation strategies and digital development projects.

Digital society technologies: benefits and risks

In his Address to the Federal Assembly on December 1, 2016, the President of Russia outlined the relevance of the systematic program of the digital economy related to the development of the “economy of a new technological generation”. The definition of the digital economy was presented in the Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017–2030, published a little later, as an activity in which the key factors of production are data presented in digital form, while their processing and use in large volumes, including directly at the time of their formation, allow to significantly increase the efficiency, quality and productivity in various types of production, technologies, equipment during storage, sale, delivery and consumption of goods and services, in comparison with traditional forms of management. Today, the digital transformation of society, its economic, financial, social spheres, and education has acquired a large-scale nature. In October 2020, Russian Prime Minister M. Mishustin signed Resolution No. 1646 on a new approach to digitalization of government agencies. The article shows the unconditional benefits of the introduction of digital technologies, as well as the risks associated with their implementation.

Place of OSH instructions in the digital economy

The article provides an overview of the current regulations governing the legal status of labor protection instructions. The paper considers modern approaches to the provision of labor protection instructions for personnel at workplaces in a digital format, and also proposes conceptual directions for the development of labor protection instructions (local regulatory legal acts) to ensure labor safety at enterprises in the context of the digital transformation of society.

ICT as a Direction for Diversifying the Economy of Saudi Arabia

The article examines one of the main directions of the implementation of a large-scale program of economic reforms in Saudi Arabia (Saudi Vision-2030), aimed at ridding the Kingdom’s economy of an alarming dependence on oil export revenues – the digital transformation of society, governing structures, and the economy as a whole. In the past few years, the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, which has become the largest in the Middle East, is increasingly visible not only in this region. Its development is particularly dynamic due to large investments in the latest technologies. The success of the ICT sector was also facilitated by the creation of new supervisory bodies and the improvement of the regulatory framework for various areas of digitalization. The country’s leadership aims to make Saudi Arabia one of the world’s leading countries in the field of ICT by building a digital economy based on the principles of the Fourth Industrial Revolutionanddigitalgovernanceofsociety. The five-year digital development strategy (2019–2023) provides for the growth of the ICT sector by 50% and an increase in the rate of “Saudization” of this sector to 50% by 2023. This strategy is expected to increase the contribution of the ICT sector to the economy by at least $13.3 billion. Assessing the prospects for the development of digitalization in Saudi Arabia, the author found four factors that make it possible to assess them as very favorable – sufficient funding, acceleration of the privatization process, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the inevitability of the diversification of the national economy, which is impossible without digitalization.