Lifelong Learning in Central Asia: Relevance of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Prof. Dr. Elena G. Popkova, Doctor of Economics, is the Founder and President of the Institute of Scientific Communications (Volgograd, Russia), a leading researcher of the Center for applied research of the chair ＂Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership＂ of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia. She is the author of more than 150 publications in Scopus (h-index: 31). She is also editor of more than 50 books and a large number of special issues of international peer-reviewed scientific journals. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies and the International Journal for Quality Research. She is the Recipient of Highly Commended Paper Award for the journal On the Horizon for 2020 (Emerald). She is Honoured worker of science and high technologies of the Russian Federation and Honoured professor of Osh State University (Osh, Kyrgyzstan). She is among Scopus top 2% of most-cited scholars of the world in 2019-2021.