The Role and Place of the Paradigm of Sustainable Development in Scientific Research
Salashenko T. I., Samoilenko V. S.

Salashenko, Tetiana I., and Samoilenko, Vladyslav S. (2023) “The Role and Place of the Paradigm of Sustainable Development in Scientific Research.” The Problems of Economy 1:151–160.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-0712-2023-1-151-160

Section: Economic theory

UDC 338.246

Abstract:
The paradigm of sustainable development has become dominant in the world since the end of the Second World War, for the spread of this paradigm international organizations are created that direct society on the path of socio-ecological-economic development. The leading one is the UN Organisation, which has approved 17 Millennium Sustainable Development Goals. The issues of sustainable development are dealt with by scholars from all over the world and from various fields of research, which gives it an interdisciplinary status. The number of scientific studies on sustainable development over the past 50 years has been growing exponentially and in 2022 amounted to more than 0.5 million. The key concept of the paradigm of sustainable development in the world scientific research is «sustainability», while the concept of «sustainable development» itself is subordinate to it, and the concept of «sustainable growth» has not received universally accepted spreading. The leading directions of research on sustainable development in the world were natural and technical sciences related to safety and improvement of life, the economy as a social science was recognized as a necessary organizational-economic wrap for the implementation of sustainable development projects. Although Ukraine has adopted a course towards the implementation of sustainable development goals at the regulatory level, the trends in scientific research lag behind the global ones. The problem field of sustainable development research in Ukraine is narrower, there is a shift in emphasis in the conceptual apparatus, as well as a discrepancy as to the directions of scientific research compared to the global ones. Simultaneously, the problematic field of research in Ukraine is unique and determines the need for sustainable development research not only at the national level, but also at the regional level, given their uniqueness. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has posed new challenges to sustainable development, until now the main emphasis has been on adapting to vulnerability, while the issue of resistance has had a remote place in the field of research. The aforesaid requires a rethinking of the problematic field of sustainable development research in Ukraine, focusing on the sustainable development of its regions, taking into account the varying degrees of destruction as a result of russian aggression.

Keywords: sustainable development, sustainability, sustainable growth, Ukraine, world, problem field, scientific research.

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Salashenko Tetiana I. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Research Fellow, Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkіv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: tisandch@gmail.com
Samoilenko Vladyslav S. – Postgraduate Student, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkіv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: samoylenko1001@gmail.com

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