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This article examines the correlation between economic development and higher education in the bordering regions of Russia and Belarus. We stress that, in post-industrial society, universities are becoming a major driver of innovative regional socio-economic development and modernisation. This study aims to establish how universities affect the economic development of the bordering regions of Russia and Belarus. The development of universities and engagement in higher education are important indicators of regional competitiveness in the knowledge economy. We emphasise the need to create universities that are capable of promoting regional innovative development. The top-ranking Russian universities and the Belarusian border calls for the establishment of the so-called “universities promoting regional innovation”. Innovative regional development requires synergy between higher education and the economy. Economic modernisation must precede the creation of new universities. Otherwise, graduates have no other choice than to move to more developed regions. The Bryansk and the Pskov regions rank low in the education index, which has an adverse effect on the local high-tech industries. This research is the first attempt to compare the bordering regions of Russia and Belarus in terms of university graduates in total population and engagement in higher education.
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Katrovskiy, A.P., Pototskaya, T.I., Sergutina, S.A. (2020). The Universities and Economic Modernisation in the Bordering Regions of Russia and Belarus. In: Fedorov, G., Druzhinin, A., Golubeva, E., Subetto, D., Palmowski, T. (eds) Baltic Region—The Region of Cooperation. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14519-4_6
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