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The aim of the study is justified by the need to create modern personnel competencies for the digital economy and create a new model of modern universities. Strengthening the role of the university, as one of the main producers of knowledge and competencies for the information society, dictates the need for it to implement both the functions of education and research, as well as the functions of transfer, commercialization of technology, and a provider of knowledge about the future. The purpose of the study is to analyse the role of electronic forms of learning and the functioning of the electronic educational system in the prospects for the establishment of University 4.0, and also to identify what the electronic information and educational environment in a new generation of higher education should be like. The methodological basis of the work is the analytical and systemic approaches to the study of the object of study using the methods of logical and causal analysis, expert assessments and systematization of data. The article discusses the specific experience of the development and implementation of e-learning in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU). The authors analyse the effectiveness of the interaction of participants in the educational process within the framework of the electronic information educational environment, changes in the personnel policy, issues of staff development, the creation of a developed ICT infrastructure and the prospects for promoting large-scale modernization of the university. Based on the analysis of the experience of development and implementation at electronic information educational environment in SPbPU, the article highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using digital technologies in the educational activities of the university considering the challenges of its modernization. The authors concluded that the electronic educational environment is effective both in the educational process of the university and in increasing the competitiveness of the university in the modern digital market, in fulfilling the functions of transfer, commercialization of technologies and a provider of knowledge about the future.

The paper describes the current state of national and international tourism in the Karelian Republic. The authors outline the possible ways of further development of tourism in this region, as well as the ways of attracting both national and international tourists to the region, which is important for the national image. The analysis of the current situation shows that at present there is no adequate infrastructure in Karelia that could satisfy the tourists’ needs. The paper discusses the infrastructure of this Arctic region and highlights the main indicators and factors characterizing the touristic field. The authors propose an algorithm and a model for tourism development in Karelia - the subarctic region of the Russian Federation.

The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the conceptual foundation of the research area “Technosphere Safety”. It analyzes the conditions under which the ideas were formed in the Soviet past and the circumstances of their convergence with the field investigating the issues of hazards and threats. The authors conclude that the current situation in exploring the problems of safety relates to concrete historic dependence of renovation processes taking place in the post-Soviet scientific space. The evolution of the system of scientific knowledge connected with the integral research area called Life Safety (LS) is studied separately. This study shows that the conceptual grounds of the research area “Technosphere Safety” lie at the confluence of diverse trends and attitudes towards technical reality, qualitative rethinking of the nature of hazards and risks of technogenic society, and some attempts to renovate the system of training safety experts. This combination has brought about many contradictions and problems in today’s condition of the theoretical foundation of technosphere safety issue