Vol. 17 No. 3 (2022)

A theme-based issue of Perm University Herald. Economy focuses on sustainable development of the socio-economic systems. All articles in the issue refer to the regional systems.

A section “Economic Theory” starts with an article where the authors prove that some services of sharing economy benefit sustainable development. The second paper analyzes methodological approaches designed to assess sustainable development and circular economy and refers to the studies devoted to this theme.

A section “Regional Economy” includes four articles. Here, the authors  1) comprehensively analyze published papers and propose a systematized theoretical methodological grounds and methodological tools for measuring sustainable development of regional systems; 2) examine the impact of the higher system education on region’s sustainable development; 3) explore regularities in social, ecological, and economic dynamics; 4) evaluate enterprises’ contribution — the leaders in oil and gas sector – to implementing the principles of low-carbon economy.