Chapter 1.3 Managing sustainable development of rural communities in northern Russia

Galina Knyazeva is a professor of Syktyvkar State University (Russia), and also a director of the educational programs and community development studies at the Center for Sustainable Development at SyktSU. Galina’s studies are linked to the sustainable development of rural areas, where the majority of Indigenous Komi peoples live. The main attention in her research is paid to social capital - one of the bases of sustainable development; and to the ability of Indigenous people to self-organization and social entrepreneurship.

Ekaterina Kniazeva is a recent PhD student of Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (Russia). Her research focuses on the theoretical basis of national economy’s modernization and its specific option – moving towards sustainable development. Ekaterina has defended her dissertation in Economics in which she examines public policy-making in Russia’s energy sector and its connection to the country’s shift to sustainable development.