Actual problems and promising directions for the development of the system of municipal management of science centers

The article examines current problems and promising directions for the development of the municipal management system of science cities as territories with a special scientific, technological, and socio-economic status. It is substantiated that science cities cannot be considered merely as ordinary municipalities, since their development is associated not only with solving local issues, but also with creating conditions for the reproduction of intellectual capital, innovation activity, research and production cooperation, and technological development. Particular attention is paid to the contradiction between the high strategic importance of science cities for the country’s scientific and technological development and the limited financial, institutional, and managerial capacities of the municipal level