Anastasia A. Sozinova, Professor (Economics), is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Economics and Management for Science at Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia. She is the head of the research work of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and the Federal State Statistics Service. She has more than 150 publications in Russian and foreign journals and books. She studied at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo and has the following international certificates: the Leadership Accelerator Academy, the EFMD Global Network, and the accredited trainer of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers. She has been an accredited expert on the Federal Register of Experts in the Technological Sphere of the Federal Research Centre for Projects Evaluation and Consulting Services since 2015. Her research interests include economic growth, globalization, business reorganization, development planning, and strategic development.
Elena G. Popkova, Doctor of Science (Economics), is the founder and president of the Institute of Scientific Communications (Russia) and the leading researcher of the Center for Applied Research of the chair “Economic Policy and Public-private Partnership” of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Moscow, Russia). She organizes Russian and international scientific and practical conferences, is the editor and author of collective monographs, and serves as a guest editor of international scientific journals. She has published more than 300 works in Russian and foreign peer-reviewed scientific journals and books. Her scientific interests include the theory of economic growth, sustainable development, globalization, humanization of economic growth, emerging markets, social entrepreneurship, the digital economy, and Industry 4.0.
