The problem and contradictions of the reproduction of human capital in the Russian arctic

Abstract

Based on the use of techniques of a systemic-institutional approach, the work identifies the “core” of contradictions in the regulation of human capital in the Russian Arctic region. National interests in the Russian Arctic are focused, first of all, on the economic efficiency of using natural resources. Analysis of socio-economic indicators of the development of the Arctic region revealed the risks of quantitative and qualitative impoverishment of the gene pool, social marginalization, reduction of time spent in working age and, as a consequence, the high cost of implementing state Arctic projects. Taking into account the influence of the geopolitical situation, resolution of contradictions is possible within the framework of the transition from evolutionary-progressive regulation to the dynamics of a “leap”. This transition is possible within the framework of the “soft management option” model, the subject of which should be leading enterprises in the mining and manufacturing industries.