A CASE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND ECONOMY OF UKRAINE

Dennis  Soltys

doi:10.36690/2733-2039-2023-3-4-14

Authors

Dennis Soltys KIMEP University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/2733-2039-2023-3-4-14

Keywords:

knowledge economy, STEM, social sciences, social capital, welfare state

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of social sciences and social capital in the system of higher education and economy of Ukraine. The article aims to solve two tasks: The first - is to discuss the, not simple, relationship between the natural and social sciences in stimulating technological innovations; The second - is to show how the new concepts of social and cultural capital are connected to economic development. The main results of the article are presented in a study of scientific works devoted to the relationship between the social and natural sciences and how this relationship relates to educational and economic development. The methodological basis of the research is the methods of comparative analysis of scientific research in the field of social and natural sciences, the authors of which investigated human, social and cultural capital. The article also examines the main scientific discussions on the role of social and cultural capital. These are relatively new topics that are increasingly recognized as important components of development. It is stated that the humanities and social sciences should occupy a prominent place in education because, paradoxically, these subjects stimulate technological innovation and economic growth in modern knowledge economies. This view coincides with the school of New Institutional Economics (New Institutional Economics) and the school of "human relations" (human relations) in the field of management, which emphasize social and cultural factors for the effective functioning of organizations and economic development. The technocratic or scientific management paradigm has reached the limits of its usefulness in education, innovation, and economic progress. This paradigm now needs to be supplemented by more open educational systems and organizations, whose functioning is enhanced by cultural and social capital.

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Author Biography

Dennis Soltys, KIMEP University

Ph.D. (Comparative Politics), KIMEP University, Kazakhstan, University of Toronto, Canada

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