Global Transformations of the 21st Century: The Future of Humans, Markets, and Capital

Discusses the methodology of applying the noonomy approach to the analysis of the modern socioeconomic system and to forecasting its transformation and long-term development. Uses theoretical aspects and applied tools for measuring and managing quality in economics at all levels, discussing the current stage of socioeconomic development.

Sergey Bodrunov, PhD, is a Professor and a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 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), which includes over 300,000 members from 65 regions of Russia. He is also the President of the International Union of Economists (the organization unites the representatives from 48 countries worldwide and has the General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 1999). He is a founder (1997) and Director of the St. Petersburg S.Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Development. Dr. Bodrunov is the author of over 1000 scientific papers, including 35 monographs concerning the issues of information systems development and society informatization, science and technology progress growth, intellectual property, history, the state and development prospects of the Russian economy, and a strategy of high technology economic development. Dr. Bodrunov is the author of fundamental papers on 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). Dr. Bodrunov and the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been co-chairmen of the Moscow Academic Economic Forum (MAEF), Russia’s largest scientific and academic platform, since 2019. He has extensive experience in business assets management and is a qualified investor in the area of high-tech manufacturing.