4.2.2 Analyzing the Impact of Digital Technologies on Human Activities, Generation and Dissemination of Knowledge

Research Area 4. Humans in the Era of Technological Transformations  → Research Program 4.2 Human Being in the Digital World

Project period

2023-2025

Context of Research Project within a Subject of Human Capital

Digitalization processes have positive and negative consequences for the whole society and the life of an individual, and digital transformations initiate new challenges for human development at the global, regional and local levels. The involvement of various segments of society in the digital environment depends both on external factors (necessary settlement infrastructure, income, relevant services and their quality, environment, etc.), which can be measured by general scientific methods, and on internal factors (general social attitudes, motivation, skills, perceived balance of risks and benefits, etc.), requiring fine tuning of theoretical optics and the development of specialized research tools.

The research project Analyzing the Impact of Digital Technologies on Human Activities, Generation and Dissemination of Knowledge is aimed at studying the underlying mechanisms that determine the transformational impact of digital technologies on human potential, economy and society.

Project Aim

Developing and testing theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the impact of digital technologies on human activity, generation and dissemination of knowledge

Project Objectives:

1. Study the ‘new generativity’: the transformational impact of digital technologies on human activities, the creation and dissemination of knowledge

2. Develop theoretical and model approaches to the analysis of the concept of privacy as an element of the business environment and social institution

3. Development a concept for analyzing the role and contribution of digital human potential in the socio-economic development of society

Key Findings

2020

The project has been implemented since 2023

2021

The project has been implemented since 2023

2022

The project has been implemented since 2023

Educational Programs

Educational Modules at the English-language Master's Program Science, Technology and Innovation Management and Policy (Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation)

The Program of Additional Professional Education «Digitalization of HR and Marketing Activities»

Publication

Polyakova V. et al. (2024) Irreversible effects? How the digitalization of daily practices has changed after the COVID-19 pandemic //Technology in Society. – 2024. – Т. 76. – С. 102447. doi