Social responsibility of scientific institutions as a factor in ensuring competitiveness and national technological sovereignty of Russia

Introduction. The authors draw attention to the possibilities of ensuring Russia’s technological sovereignty through the development of scientific institutions and their involvement in ensuring national competitiveness. The strategic potential for improvement is seen in the formation and targeted management of the social responsibility of scientific institutions. The novelty of the study lies on the fact that it substantiates the possibilities of effectively using the potential of social responsibility of scientific institutions, contributing to increasing the contribution of the research sector to strengthening the national competitiveness of Russia and, thereby, ensuring national technological sovereignty. Methods. The study is based on the concepts of triple helix of innovative development and social responsibility. A survey was conducted among heads of the social block of 22 research institutions in Russia, representing five federal districts. Research results and its discussion. The following results were obtained: it was argued that the formation and strengthening of national technological sovereignty is a strategic resource for ensuring balanced and sustainable socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, and increasing the competitiveness of scientific institutions in this area can play a decisive role. The shortcomings in the system for ensuring the competitiveness of Russian scientific institutions are shown, among which a prominent role is occupied by ineffective or absent management of social development and social interactions, which sharply contrasts with the social essence of scientific institutions. Attention is drawn to the exceptional potential of social responsibility management in increasing the competitiveness of scientific institutions. Proposals have been developed for establishing systemic management of scientific institutions in Russia, including defining goals and objectives, developing strategy, creating a system for monitoring and evaluating management effectiveness, involving employees of scientific institutions in the management process, activating the potential of the academic community and cooperation with government and public organizations, dealing with issues of social responsibility. In conclusion, it is come to that introduction of systemic management of social responsibility in Russian scientific institutions is an important step to ensure the competitiveness of scientific institutions and the formation of national technological sovereignty.