Driven by the global energy revolution and the goal of carbon neutrality, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, as the core area of China’s new energy industry, faces institutional barriers. Based on Acemoglu’s institutional economics perspective, this study constructs the framework of “system-innovationcoordination” and finds that the lack of regional policy coordination mechanism, market barriers caused by local protectionism, and obstruction of the flow of innovation factors are the main factors leading to the high degree of dependence on foreign countries for core technologies, homogeneous competition and resource mismatch, and insufficient resilience of the industrial chain. resource mismatch, insufficient industry chain resilience, imbalance of talent structure and other problems. By comparing the differentiated development of Hefei (large-scale production), Shanghai (source of innovation), Suzhou (supporting hub), and the experience and defects of Germany’s Ruhr area and the U.S. “Battery Belt”, the study puts forward a path to break the barrier: strengthen the mechanism of information sharing and service coordination, and deepen the regional consultation relying on existing platforms. The study proposes the following paths: strengthening the information sharing and service coordination mechanism, deepening regional consultation based on existing platforms; breaking down the hidden barriers to the flow of talents, technologies and capitals, and activating the market-driven circulation of innovation factors; guiding the division of labour in the industrial chain based on comparative advantages, and encouraging enterprise-led project-based cooperation; and optimizing the precision of the policy tools to avoid incentive distortion. Pragmatic promotion of institutional innovation and factor flow is the key to unleashing the overall competitiveness of new energy industries in the Yangtze River Delta and creating world-class clusters.

Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of market competition, artificial intelligence (AI) adoption maturity and consumer pressures significantly in frugal innovation in the manufacturing sector. It also explores the potential impact of market competition and consumer pressures on AI adoption maturity and the impact of these interactions on social impact. Design/methodology/approach The empirical data for this study were collected through a structured survey from 331 managers, heads of departments and AI specialists in the manufacturing sector of Jordan and analyzed using the Smart PLS program. Findings The results revealed that market competition and consumer pressures significantly impact AI adoption maturity and frugal innovation. The findings also confirmed that AI adoption maturity significantly improves frugal innovation efforts. Furthermore, it was found that AI adoption maturity significantly moderates the role of frugal innovation in creating social impact. Research limitations/implications This study is constrained by a sample of manufacturers in Jordan and one questionnaire that could limit generalization of results and predispose the study to bias. Furthermore, the quantitative cross-sectional type is not able to show the dynamics of the temporal nature or qualitative settings of the relationships between the variables. Therefore, this paper recommends further research, which is geographically and cross-sector extended, the utilization of longitudinal designs and the utilization of qualitative research to investigate causal associations and the processes of organization and culture in more depth. Practical implications The model can be applied in practice by businesses to understand how the adoption and maturity of AI can affect rational innovation and responsiveness to market and consumer pressures. It helps companies to develop strategies that could contribute to the increase of the positive social value of innovations and add competitiveness. The management can use this model to focus on the investments it has made in technology and expand the capacity needed to become a successful innovator. Originality/value The contribution of the present research lies in its focus on the institutional and social features of frugal innovation, which has a notably strong role to play to maximize it, but the maturity of AI plays a key role in this. This study can not only research the direct relationships between variables but also examine the relationship between the institutional forces, digital changes and innovation of firms. It provides practical suggestions on the necessity to invest in AI to become a sustainable, frugal innovator. Additionally, it is a good academic contribution because it integrates not only methodological novelty with AI but also social elements, in this way expanding the horizons of future studies in the area of AI adoption, frugal innovation and social impacts of innovation.

Recent years have seen extensive debate on the reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). The European Commission’s proposal for a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC) seeks to recast ISDS by establishing a permanent two-tier adjudicatory system with an appellate instance, and by enhancing procedural transparency. The initiative aims to address the legitimacy crisis that has confronted conventional ISDS. However, resistance has emerged within the existing international legal order. Frictions have appeared in arbitral practice and treaty architecture. The MIC’s jurisdictional scheme exposes structural tensions between the delegation of sovereign authority and global governance frameworks. This paper employs a methodology that combines normative analysis with targeted case studies. The central claim is that the EU’s supranational model of judicial governance sits uneasily with sovereignty-centred premises of international investment law. Drawing on the CJEU’s judgments in Slowakische Republik v Achmea BV and République de Moldavie v Komstroy LLC, the analysis maps the fault lines between the MIC initiative and existing arbitration mechanisms. The salient issues concern jurisdictional allocation, conflicts of applicable law, and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. The paper also shows that the MIC’s attempt to remedy arbitral inconsistency through institutional centralisation engages sensitive sovereignty concerns. Based on recent practice, the paper argues that the MIC is not a mere procedural reform. It constitutes a significant institutional transformation intended to shift international investment arbitration from decentralisation to centralisation. The EU’s institutional vision carries potential for legal and institutional innovation. Its successful implementation, however, depends on complex processes of international coordination and legal integration. To mitigate these tensions, this paper advances the principle of ‘differentiated and adaptive sovereignty’. The principle provides a flexible framework that preserves core sovereign prerogatives while accommodating reform, and that supports a more inclusive and adaptable international investment arbitration regime.

The loss of unipolarity and simultaneous emergence of plural loci of power have brought on the rising multipolar order that is becoming more indicative of the agency of the Global South. Within this transformation, the RIC Troika of Russia, India and China have shifted its structure into a consultative process to a strategic triangle of the twenty first century geopolitics. This paper will discuss the operation of the RIC Troika within the framework of a wider power rebalancing between the global North that is dominated by the West and the growing Global South with diplomatic coordination, institutional innovations and strategic outreach. The study has a theoretical base of power diffusion, polycentric governance and the solidarity between South -South, thus, applying a qualitative analytical approach is a mixture between geopolitical analysis, review of discourse and interpretation of policy. Another aspect that has been pointed out in the paper is the geo-economic restructuring of trade, energy, technological ambition and financial flows. The paper has put into consideration that though the RIC Troika is not expected to substitute the Western hegemony there is both material and ideational momentum that enhances the bargaining power of the Global South in the rising polycentric world. Tying together high-level diplomacy with the developmental desires of Global South, the RIC Troika is the key experiment in rehumanising of global power relations. The paper ends by concluding that the future of the emerging multipolar order will rely on how well the members of RIC are able to enjoy the alignment of their strategic ambitions to the interests of the rest of the increasing assertive Global South.

The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) 23 July 2025 Advisory Opinion (AO) on climate change marks a turning point in international law, clarifying that environmental protection is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of fundamental human rights. This contribution situates that AO within a neglected but indispensable domain: the governance of soils. It argues that the court's articulation of states’ obligations to safeguard the climate and human rights necessarily extends to the protection of soils – the terrestrial foundation of food, water, and ecological stability. Reframing soil as a living system rather than an inert substrate, this contribution argues for recognising an emerging human right to healthy soil as integral to human and ecological security. It interprets the ICJ's AO as a legal foundation for soil-related obligations, encompassing prevention, regulation, remediation, and cooperation, within existing frameworks of international human rights and the environment. Through an ecocentric lens, it explores how soil can evolve from property object to rights-bearing entity and examines pathways for institutional innovation, including a global soil convention and a specialised environmental chamber under the ICJ. In doing so, this contribution aligns ethical insight with legal necessity, contending that justice for both people and the planet depends on securing the dignity of the Earth's most fundamental yet least protected resource – its living soil.

This study addresses the fragmentation of research on self-efficacy, character building, and green education, which are often examined separately despite their potential interconnection in shaping holistic learners. The objective of this study is to synthesize how self-efficacy and character education are positioned within the framework of green education and to identify their integrative potential. A systematic literature review was conducted using the PRISMA 2020 protocol with Scopus as the primary database. Two keyword strategies were applied, yielding 174 records, of which 33 peer-reviewed Q1–Q3 articles met the inclusion criteria. Data were analyzed using thematic synthesis based on research focus, methodology, educational level, and main findings. The results reveal three dominant but fragmented clusters: self-efficacy as a psychological construct for academic confidence, character education as moral and social development, and green education as curricular and institutional innovation. The synthesis further shows that green education provides a promising context for integrating self-efficacy and character through sustainability-based learning experiences. In conclusion, this study proposes an integrative framework in which psychological confidence, moral formation, and ecological awareness interact to support transformative education in primary and secondary schools.

This article develops an integrated theoretical-analytical framework to understand institutional innovation and policy learning in biofuel governance within energy transition contexts. Through comparative institutional analysis of Brazil, the European Union, the United States, and India, we examine three core questions: how policy design generates political-institutional feedback, how learning processes mediate regulatory change, and how adaptive governance affects regulatory effectiveness. The framework articulates four causal mechanisms: political-institutional feedback, policy learning, innovation system dynamics, and regulatory credibility effects. The analysis draws on legislative documents, implementation reports, and stakeholder interviews across four jurisdictions spanning 1975–2025. Evidence demonstrates that blending mandates combined with market instruments enhance biofuel consumption but depend critically on three conditions: life-cycle assessment consistency, certification market governance, and regulatory predictability. Excessive administrative flexibility generates negative feedback that undermines credibility, while effective policy learning requires institutional entrepreneurs mediating between technical knowledge and political coalitions. Differences in administrative capacity, state intervention traditions, and actor networks explain effectiveness variations across nominally similar instruments. These mechanisms reveal why identical policy designs produce divergent outcomes. The study contributes by integrating policy feedback theory, learning-in-governance frameworks, and innovation systems perspectives into a multilevel model connecting short-term implementation with long-term institutional trajectories. It specifies mediating and moderating variables conditioning instrument effectiveness, challenging linear policy transfer assumptions. Policy implications indicate that regulatory effectiveness depends on institutional preconditions rather than instrument choice alone; successful transitions require coordinated capacity-building alongside policy adoption.

The ongoing decline in new student enrollment has placed private schools in Indonesia under increasing competitive pressure, particularly in relation to public schools and emerging alternative education providers. Despite this urgency, existing studies have not offered a consolidated analytical overview of how private schools strategically respond to these challenges. To address this gap, the present study conducts a systematic literature review restricted to peer-reviewed publications released between 2019 and 2025. Using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 12 relevant articles were identified from Scopus, Google Scholar, ERIC, and DOAJ, all of which specifically discuss strategic management and competitive practices within Indonesian private education. The thematic analysis reveals three dominant strategic patterns. First, differentiation strategies, including academic quality enhancement, teacher capacity building, and flagship program innovation, remain the most widely employed response to enrollment decline. Second, marketing and communication strategies, particularly digital branding, social media campaigns, and parent-centered communication models, have grown significantly as schools adapt to shifts in information-seeking behavior among prospective parents. Third, partnership and collaboration strategies, involving community outreach, industry linkages, and cooperation with religious or higher education institutions, function as complementary supports that strengthen institutional credibility. These findings underscore that strategic effectiveness in Indonesian private schools depends on the alignment between internal value propositions and the needs, expectations, and sociocultural dynamics of local communities. By synthesizing recent evidence into a structured thematic framework, this study provides a scientific foundation for private school leaders seeking to design evidence-based and context-responsive competitive strategies.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping corporate governance by redefining accountability, transparency, and ESG compliance. This paper applies a law and economics perspective to examine how AI transforms corporate governance structures, alters incentive systems, and generates both efficiency gains and governance risks. This paper synthesizes insights from corporate law, digitalisation, ESG reporting, and institutional reform. Evidence shows that while AI reduces transaction costs in compliance and disclosure, it also amplifies agency problems, information asymmetries, and risk of greenwashing. Comparative benchmarks highlight divergent approaches: the European Union emphasizes ex-ante safeguards and risk-based ESG integration, the United States relies on disclosure and ex-post liability, and ASEAN frameworks, particularly in Indonesia, adopt principle-based proportionally. Each model reveals strengths and limitations underscoring the need for a hybrid system that balances legal certainty, market incentives, and institutional capacity. The study argues that firms should treat AI not merely as an operational tool but as a ggovernance control mechanism, subject to validation, explainability, and independent assurance. Policy recommendations include legal reforms for AI registries and assurance rights, economic incentives to reward transparent ESG reporting, and institutional innovations to embed integrity into corporate practice. The findings suggest that responsible AI governance can evolve from a compliance obligation into a strategic asset that enhances trust, improves financial resilience, and aligns corporate performance with global sustainability goals.

The article analyzes the state and development of entrepreneurial education in Russian agrarian universities based on empirical data obtained through manual content analysis of the top ten agrarian universities in the country. The study focuses on entrepreneurship education programs and courses, extracurricular entrepreneurship training, and the infrastructure supporting entrepreneurial education in agrarian universities. The main results include a quantitative characterization of entrepreneurship programs and courses implemented in agrarian universities, followed by the identification of their sectoral components; an analysis of the distribution of entrepreneurship programs by fi eld; an assessment of the extent to which the courses within these programs truly develop entrepreneurial competencies, including those aligned with agribusiness requirements; an examination of the features and content of extracurricular entrepreneurship training; and an overview of the experience of building entrepreneurship education support infrastructure in agrarian universities. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the assessment of the current state of entrepreneurial education in the nation’s agrarian universities and the identification of barriers hindering its development. The article is intended for university administrators and unit heads responsible for institutional innovation, program developers, as well as researchers, educators, and experts in the fi eld of entrepreneurship development.

Purpose This paper examines the role of institutional innovation in developing China’s new quality productive forces (NQPFs), with a specific focus on the policy evolution from early “deregulation” to contemporary “Fang Guan Fu” (the reform of delegation, regulation and service). It aims to analyze how this institutional change has facilitated the advancement of NQPFs in the context of China’s economic transformation. Design/methodology/approach Employing a historical and systematic analysis, this study traces the trajectory of China’s administrative reforms over the past four decades. It integrates perspectives from political economy, institutional theory and innovation studies to evaluate the impact of these sequential reforms on the emergence and growth of NQPFs. Findings The study reveals that the reform of “delegation, regulation and service” represents a critical institutional innovation that has significantly catalyzed the development of NQPFs. This reform signifies a fundamental shift from initially empowering enterprises through deregulation to constructing a sophisticated ecosystem that blends regulation with services, thereby underpinning technological innovation. This institutional transition has been instrumental in enabling the transition from traditional to advanced, high-tech productive forces and in fostering an innovation-conducive environment for strategic emerging industries. Originality/value This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of institutional innovation in driving economic transformation in China. By connecting the reforms of “deregulation” and “delegation, regulation and service” to the development of NQPFs, the paper offers fresh insights into how institutional reforms can adapt to the demands of technological revolutions, providing valuable guidance for other economies undergoing similar transitions in the digital age.

This paper explores the integration of digital technologies in managing Zakat-funded research grants through a case study of the MyIPIZ Grants System developed by the Institute of Research and Zakat Innovation (IPIZ) at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). Zakat institutions serve as vital catalysts for economic development and community empowerment by allocating funds toward research and innovation initiatives; however, they frequently face challenges such as manual inefficiencies, limited transparency, and inadequate mechanisms to assess the socio-economic impact of these developmental investments. The MyIPIZ Grants System addresses these issues by applying principles of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and stakeholder theory to automate and optimise the grant management lifecycle, from application submission to final reporting. It employs digital workflow encompassing online applications, automated approvals, fund disbursement, real-time monitoring, and comprehensive digital reporting. This transformation enhances efficiency, ensures compliance with Shariah principles, and promotes stakeholder trust through improved accountability and transparency. The study also identifies key implementation challenges such as user resistance, integration issues, and data security concerns, and recommends strategies including stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and leveraging latest technologies. Lessons from MyIPIZ's implementation underscore its potential as a replicable model for other Zakat institutions aiming to modernise their fund governance. Ultimately, this research contributes to the broader discourse on Islamic financial digitalisation by offering a practical and ethically grounded framework for Zakat fund administration in the digital era.

In the context of the information age, digital educational resources have become a crucial support for promoting high-quality development in higher education. With the deepening advancement of the national education informatization strategy, a wide array of digital teaching platforms, online courses, academic databases, and other resources are becoming increasingly abundant, providing unprecedented convenience for teaching, research, and learning for university faculty and students. However, while the total amount of resources has increased, their actual utilization efficiency still faces numerous challenges, issues such as uneven resource distribution, varying levels of information literacy among teachers and students, poor platform user experience, and inadequate resource-sharing mechanisms. These issues constrain the full potential of digital educational resources and hinder further improvements in teaching and learning quality. Therefore, how to guide university faculty and students to efficiently utilize digital educational resources has become a key issue in the current digital transformation of higher education. This paper is based on the connotation and characteristics of digital educational resources, based on the current state of digital resource utilization in higher education, this study systematically explores practical pathways and strategies for faculty and students to effectively utilize digital resources, encompassing dimensions such as collaborative teaching, platform optimization, skill enhancement, and institutional innovation. Research indicates that enhancing digital literacy among teachers and students, establishing an integrated resource-sharing platform, improving incentive and training mechanisms, and promoting resource integration and innovative applications are crucial measures to ensure the efficient utilization of digital educational resources and achieve educational modernization.

New Quality Productivity (NPQ) plays a pivotal role in driving China’s transition toward sustainable economic development. This study constructs a multidimensional evaluation framework incorporating thirteen indicators across digitalization, green development, and institutional innovation, and utilizes entropy-based analysis of China’s time-series data from 2000 to 2022. The results reveal that NPQ markedly enhances economic efficiency, social inclusiveness, and environmental sustainability through technological progress, optimization of resource allocation, and institutional improvement. The composite index rose sharply from 0.0598 in 2000 to 0.9627 in 2022, representing an average annual growth rate of 12.4%. Weight analyses identify low-carbon technology innovation, digital accessibility, and environmental policy strictness as core drivers, with significant structural advances corresponding to major policy initiatives in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Robustness and statistical tests confirm the reliability of the model and the progressive strengthening of digitalization and green development dimensions over time. This study provides empirical evidence to guide NPQ-related policy formulation and contributes new theoretical perspectives to global sustainable development discourse by highlighting the importance of coordinated technological, environmental, and institutional advancement.

This study addresses the need for culturally grounded leadership models in Jordanian schools, where centralised governance and socio-political hierarchies limit institutional innovation and equity. The research aims to develop a sustainable leadership model that reflects both global sustainability principles and the contextual realities of Jordan's primary and secondary education system. A participatory workshop with 50 private school leaders and a follow-up focus group with 10 national education experts were conducted to identify and refine key model components. Thematic analysis revealed five interrelated elements: vision-driven leadership, an engaged school community, inclusive school operations, community-rooted leadership, and a culture of professional growth. These components reflect a blend of ethical leadership, distributed governance, and context-responsive practice. The model offers a theoretically informed framework for policy reform, capacity building, and advancing school-based leadership development in constrained systems. While grounded in private school perspectives, the model's relevance extends to broader educational reform efforts in Jordan and potentially across the Middle East and North Africa region. Further empirical testing is recommended.

The construction of New Energy Demonstration Cities (NEDC) represents a crucial policy initiative in advancing China’s energy transition and serves as an institutional innovation to promote inclusive green growth (IGG) at the urban level. Based on panel data for 278 prefecture-level cities in China from 2011 to 2021, this study employs a double machine learning model to identify the causal impact of the NEDC on IGG and to further explore the underlying mechanisms. The empirical results show that the policy significantly enhances IGG overall. However, the positive effects are mainly observed in non-resource-based and non-old industrial cities, while the impacts in resource-based and old industrial cities are statistically insignificant. This finding indicates that structural constraints such as the resource curse and Dutch disease remain evident in these regions. Mechanism analysis reveals that the NEDC promotes IGG primarily through technological innovation and employment creation, forming a chained mediating pathway of `NEDC → technological innovation → employment creation → IGG.’ This study enriches the literature on the economic effects of energy reform pilot policies and provides empirical evidence and policy insights for achieving IGG goals in both China and other countries.

Interregional inequality remains a persistent and pressing global challenge, yet scholarly attention has predominantly focused on its spatial configurations, underlying drivers, and socio-economic consequences, with comparatively limited emphasis on viable institutional solutions. This paper examines the Mountain–Sea Collaboration (MSC) model in Zhejiang Province, China, as an experimental institutional arrangement aimed at mitigating interregional disparities. Drawing on in-depth interviews with key stakeholders involved in the MSC initiative, the study traces the evolution of collaborative mechanisms between the paired cities of Hangzhou and Quzhou. The analysis reveals that the effectiveness of the MSC model is underpinned by multi-scalar coordination and institutional innovation, facilitated by a form of local state entrepreneurialism operating within a hierarchical governance context. These factors collectively enable the efficient reallocation of resources across regional boundaries. The findings suggest the need for new approaches in addition to conventional, static perspectives to interregional collaboration, advocating instead for flexible, multi-scalar institutional configurations that promote resource-sharing between economically asymmetric regions. The paper concludes by considering the broader applicability of this “China experience” for policymakers in other national contexts.

Digital transformation requires educational institutions to develop adaptive, effective, and technology-oriented management systems. This study aims to analyse the implementation of strategic management in improving the quality of educational institutions in the era of digital transformation through a literature review. The data sources were books, scientific articles, and research publications relevant to digital education management. The results of the study show that strategic management plays an important role in aligning vision, goals, and operational actions based on data and technology. Its implementation is reflected in the development of digital education programmes, performance-based budget management, the formulation of standard operating procedures, and the strengthening of organisational structures and management information systems. The application of these strategies contributes to improving the quality of learning, governance effectiveness, institutional innovation, and educational competitiveness. However, implementation still faces challenges such as limited resources, resistance to change, and technological literacy gaps. Recommended efforts include strengthening visionary leadership, improving digital competencies, investing in technological infrastructure, and conducting continuous evaluation. This study emphasises that the integration of strategic management and digital transformation is an important foundation for creating excellent and competitive educational institutions in the 21st century.

This research topic, "Navigating Trends and Challenges in Educational Professionalism," was thus initiated to consolidate empirical and theoretical work examining how educators across various contexts negotiate professionalism amid these changing conditions. The contributions compiled herein document existing tensions and best practices and propose directions for rethinking educator professionalism during these dynamic times.The main goals of this topic were to (1) explore how teachers understand and express their professional identity amidst modern challenges, (2) identify systemic, institutional, and personal elements that either facilitate or hinder professionalism, and (3) suggest frameworks or strategies to enhance professional skills in various environments. By encouraging contributions from different educational levels, cultural backgrounds, and research methods, we intended to gather comprehensive, cross-contextual insights rather than focusing narrowly on a single discipline.The articles published under this topic can be clustered into three thematic strands.Several studies on this topic have delved into how teachers conceptualize themselves as professionals and researchers in complex environments. For example, Ni (2024) examined how English teachers in a regional Chinese university articulated their research engagement amid institutional constraints, shedding light on the internal tensions between aspiration and action. Similarly, Ghiasvand et al. ( 2024) explored educator resilience in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing how stressors strain professional commitment yet prompt adaptive strategies. Lunina and Jurgilė (2024) reported on teachers working with refugee children, highlighting loneliness, lack of support, and emotional challenges as realities that test professional resolve. Together, these contributions underscore that professionalism is not static but is continually negotiated concerning institutional constraints, well-being pressures, and identity tensions.The (2025) examine educational experiences in single-parent contexts to call for deeper educational professionalism that is socially responsive and equitable.While each article brings a distinct lens, they sketch a multifaceted portrait of educational professionalism: identity in tension, contextually mediated, and practice grounded in pedagogical commitment.From a broader perspective, these contributions advance this field in several ways. First, they reinforce that professionalism is not a monolithic, static set of norms but a dynamic, contested space in which identity, context, and practice intersect. Second, they signal that future professionalism research must attend to well-being, institutional constraints, and pedagogical innovation in tandem-not in isolation. Third, methodologically, they exemplify diverse designs (systematic reviews, quantitative modelling, narrative inquiry) that can be leveraged to triangulate the understanding of professionalism.We suggest a few promising pathways for future research. One is the integration of longitudinal designs to trace how professional identity evolves over time and in the face of change (e.g., policy shifts, digital disruptions). Another focus is on intervention studies: How might professional development programs or institutional reforms promote sustainable professionalism? Also crucial is comparative and cross-cultural work to discern universal versus context-bound professional norms. Finally, more attention to power relations, equity, and social justice is merited professionalism should not merely maintain the system but critically transform it in an inclusive direction.We sincerely thank the authors whose rigorous work has enriched this Research Topic. Your insights will help us better understand how educators negotiate professionalism in complex, shifting environments. We hope this collection stimulates further dialogue, empirical inquiry, and institutional innovation in educational professionalism.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the European experience of legal regulation of innovative investment and the development of recommendations for its adaptation to the conditions of Ukraine. In the modern conditions of the global economy, innovation is a key factor in the competitiveness of states. The European Union, being a world leader in this area, has created an effective system of legal regulation based on the principles of transparency, protection of investor rights, promotion of competition, protection of intellectual property and sustainable development. The article notes that this model contributes to attracting capital to innovative projects, development of startups and commercialization of technologies. For Ukraine, which strives for European integration, the implementation of such standards is an important step towards modernization of the economy, attracting foreign investment and increasing innovation potential. It is emphasized that innovative investment is a complex socio-legal phenomenon that is at the intersection of institutions of investment, innovation, financial, economic and information law. Innovative investment is defined as a system of social relations regulated by public and private law regarding the attraction, distribution and use of financial, intellectual and digital resources aimed at the creation, implementation or commercialization of innovative products and technologies in order to achieve economic, social and environmental effects while adhering to the principles of sustainable development, transparency and legal certainty. The study emphasizes that the adaptation of European norms to the Ukrainian legal system faces challenges, in particular, imperfect legislation, limited access to financial resources and low institutional capacity. The article analyzes the key principles of the European model, as well as institutional mechanisms. Particular attention is paid to the role of legal certainty, digitalization (including blockchain and smart contracts) and intellectual property protection as the basis for innovative investment. Based on the analysis, proposals have been formulated for the implementation of European standards in Ukraine, which, if adapted to national characteristics, will contribute to the formation of an innovative economy and the integration of Ukraine into the European economic space.