Network communications of the scientific community on the issues of state scientific and technical policy formation in modern Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of scientific community representation in the process of state science and technology policy formation. The aim of the study is to determine the actual and potential role of social networks in the process of identifying the agenda of the state scientific and technical policy in modern Russia. This topic is actualized by the formed request of the scientific community, which is confirmed by expert surveys conducted with the participation of the authors. The main research methods are expert survey (absentee questionnaire) and content analysis of scientific social networks of specialists and communities of scientists in public social networks. The study is mainly focused on the capacity of specialized social networks to provide cooperative work of Russian scientists and to form a common position on the current and future scientific and technical policy of the state. Social networks are to contribute to such cooperative work. At the same time, the results of the content analysis indicate that the capacity is realized incompletely, which makes it urgent to search for new forms of interaction between the government and the scientific community in the process of forming and adjusting the agenda of the state scientific and technical policy. It seems promising to include specific technologies of network interaction of scientists in the strategic documents defining the concept of the policy of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology.