Yastrebov O.A., Rostovskaya T.K. Russian demographic tradition at the university level: Current educational and managerial tasks and solutions. RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2025. Vol. 25. No. 2. Pp. 459-472. DOI: 10.22363 ...

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Abstract

In recent decades, the Russian society has experienced complex demographic processes caused by both objective factors of a global nature (population aging, declining birth rate, demographic transition, transformation of values and priorities of younger generations in the context of digitalization, unbalanced migration flows, etc.) and peculiarities of the social- economic and political- ideological development of the post- Soviet space (external ideological influence, unresolved issues accumulated during the Soviet period, ongoing education reforms, multiconfessional and multinational living space with many local and regional combinations of group and collective priorities, etc.). The state recognized the importance of demographic issues for ensuring national security by adopting policy documents to improve demographic indicators not only with financial means but also by setting clear value priorities for family and demographic policies for the long term. However, it is impossible to ensure demographic stability and security of the Russian society only with targeted efforts “from above” — it is necessary to consolidate the work of government agencies, scientific and educational institutions. Based on their specialized expert experience, the authors such consolidation at three levels of social management — government target programs and national projects (conditional macro- level), expansion of professional horizons of young people through the inclusion of a historical and general demographic component in specialist training programs (conditional micro- level) and supplementation of the corporate culture of specific organizations with demographic issues (conditional meso- level). The article * © О.А. Yastrebov, Т.К. Rostovskaya, 2025The article was submitted on 17.01.2025. The article was accepted on 15.04.2025. In recent decades, the Russian society has experienced complex demographic processes caused by both objective factors of a global nature (population aging, declining birth rate, demographic transition, transformation of values and priorities of younger generations in the context of digitalization, unbalanced migration flows, etc.) and peculiarities of the social-economic and political-ideological development of the post-Soviet space (external ideological influence, unresolved issues accumulated during the Soviet period, ongoing education reforms, multiconfessional and multinational living space with many local and regional combinations of group and collective priorities, etc.). The state recognized the importance of demographic issues for ensuring national security by adopting policy documents to improve demographic indicators not only with financial means but also by setting clear value priorities for family and demographic policies for the long term. However, it is impossible to ensure demographic stability and security of the Russian society only with targeted efforts “from above” — it is necessary to consolidate the work of government agencies, scientific and educational institutions. Based on their specialized expert experience, the authors outline possible areas of such consolidation at three levels of social management — government target programs and national projects (conditional macro-level), expansion of professional horizons of young people through the inclusion of a historical and general demographic component in specialist training programs (conditional micro-level) and supplementation of the corporate culture of specific organizations with demographic issues (conditional meso-level). The articlerecent decades, the Russian society has experienced complex demographic processes caused by both objective factors of a global nature (population aging, declining birth rate, demographic transition, transformation of values and priorities of younger generations in the context of digitalization, unbalanced migration flows, etc.) and peculiarities of the social-economic and political-ideological development of the post-Soviet space (external ideological influence, unresolved issues accumulated during the Soviet period, ongoing education reforms, multiconfessional and multinational living space with many local and regional combinations of group and collective priorities, etc.). The state recognized the importance of demographic issues for ensuring national security by adopting policy documents to improve demographic indicators not only with financial means but also by setting clear value priorities for family and demographic policies for the long term. However, it is impossible to ensure demographic stability and security of the Russian society only with targeted efforts “from above” — it is necessary to consolidate the work of government agencies, scientific and educational institutions. Based on their specialized expert experience, the authors outline possible areas of such consolidation at three levels of social management — government target programs and national projects (conditional macro-level), expansion of professional horizons of young people through the inclusion of a historical and general demographic component in specialist training programs (conditional micro-level) and supplementation of the corporate culture of specific organizations with demographic issues (conditional meso-level). The article recent decades, the Russian society has experienced complex demographicprocesses caused by both objective factors of a global nature (population aging, declining birth rate,demographic transition, transformation of values and priorities of younger generations in the contextof digitalization, unbalanced migration flows, etc.) and peculiarities of the social-economicandpolitical-ideologicaldevelopment of the post-Sovietspace (external ideological influence, unresolvedissues accumulated during the Soviet period, ongoing education reforms, multiconfessional andmultinational living space with many local and regional combinations of group and collectivepriorities, etc.). The state recognized the importance of demographic issues for ensuring nationalsecurity by adopting policy documents to improve demographic indicators not only with financialmeans but also by setting clear value priorities for family and demographic policies for the long term.However, it is impossible to ensure demographic stability and security of the Russian society onlywith targeted efforts “from above” — it is necessary to consolidate the work of government agencies,scientific and educational institutions. Based on their specialized expert experience, the authorsoutline possible areas of such consolidation at three levels of social management — governmenttarget programs and national projects (conditional macro-level),expansion of professionalhorizons of young people through the inclusion of a historical and general demographic componentin specialist training programs (conditional micro-level)and supplementation of the corporateculture of specific organizations with demographic issues (conditional meso-level).The article