SCIENTIFIC CENTER'S PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
K.N. Kalashnikova1,2, N.L. Mosienko1,2, A.V. Pirotskaya2
1Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2Novosibirsk National Research State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: scientific center, science and technology infrastructure, city environment transformation, city environment perception, technopark
Abstract
The article presents a study of how scientific center’s residents perceive new science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, based on the 2006 and 2021 mass surveys conducted in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok. This research is relevant due to the issues most scientific centers faced in post-Soviet Russia and the need to transform these unique metropolitan settlements. Various projects to transform their environment are implemented with the purpose of solving the problems, among them the creation of technoparks and other new objects of S&T infrastructure. Their success largely depends on social factors, including the public perception of innovations. We consider two projects for new S&T facilities in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok: Technopark (2006) and SKIF Shared Use Center (2021). The perception of these projects by the population was assessed in terms of the following parameters: awareness of the project, attitude towards the project, and negative and positive expectations from the project implementation. As a result, we reveal how these perception parameters differentiate, as well as describe their possible conflict points and dynamics.
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