Global Transformations of the 21st Century

This new volume articulates the most striking and interesting points of view of scientists from different countries on current issues of socioeconomic development. The volume discusses the basic methodology of applying the noonomy approach not only to the analysis of the modern socioeconomic system but also to forecasting the prospects for its transformation and long-term development, drawing attention to the fact that it is knowledge, and not scientific and technological progress per se, that is the deep engine driving humanity, society, and civilization forward. At the same time, the theory conjectures, the long-term development of society must have a humanistic content; therefore, inevitably, along with socioeconomic transformations, changes in humans themselves should be expected.

The theoretical aspects and basic postulates as well as the applied tools for measuring and managing quality in economics at all levels are explored, discussing the current stage of socioeconomic development in accordance with dialectical concepts of development, accompanied by the transition of accumulated quantitative changes into qualitative ones.

Sergey Bodrunov, PhD, is a Professor and a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering. He is the President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, the oldest civic organization in Europe and the world (founded by the decree of the Empress Catherine the Great in 1765). He is also founder and Director of the St. Petersburg S.Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Development.

Dr. Bodrunov is the author of over 1200 scientific papers, including 35 monographs concerning the issues of information systems development and society informatization, science and technology progress growth, intellectual property, history of science and management, the state and development prospects of economy, and a strategy of high technology economic development.

Dr. Bodrunov is the author of fundamental papers in the sphere of society development, author of the concept of the new industrial society of the second generation (NIS.2), and the theory of noonomy recognized worldwide.

In particular, his book Noonomy was awarded a prize from the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) “For an outstanding contribution to the development of Political Economy in the XXI(th) century” (2018). The course on the theory of noonomy is taught in the leading universities of Russia, as well as in several other countries. He possesses extensive experience in managing significant business assets and is an accredited investor in the field of high-tech manufacturing.