Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)
Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)

The date of foundation of Pyatigorsk State University is considered to be June 27, 1939, when the Pedagogical School officially became a higher educational institution. Since then, the university has undergone various changes and transformations - an increase in the number of years of study, several renamings - and officially became known as Pyatigorsk State University in 2016. Since 2005, the head of the university is Professor Gorbunov Alexander Pavlovich. By 2009, 10 faculties were formed at the university. Further, on their basis, institutes and higher schools were created, having one of the faculties in their composition. In addition, PSU is actively developing the system of pre-university, postgraduate and additional education. It has a branch in Novorossiysk. Currently, the university has 34 departments. Now Pyatigorsk State University has more than 5,500 students and 3,000 students from different regions of Russia and foreign countries. All the peoples of the Caucasus are also represented in PSU.

On November 4 and 5, Yerevan State University hosted an international conference entitled “Education and Research in Digital Age Societies,” which discussed issues of innovation in education, digital education, research processes, citizenship, and civic values in the context of digital transformations.

The conference was attended by Irina Sergeevna Miller, Associate Professor of the Department of Journalism, Media Communications and Public Relations at the Institute of International Relations of YSU, with a presentation entitled “Digital Nomads as an Obvious Political Factor and a Hypothetical Political Actor,” in which she highlighted the impact of digitalization on modern society, the spread of digital nomadism, and its influence on socio-political processes.

Digital nomadism, a rapidly growing phenomenon, is attracting increasing attention from researchers and politicians. In the context of accelerated digitalization and globalization, not only are new work tasks and forms of employment emerging, but also new forms of social and political organization that are not linked to the traditional concept of the state as a territorial unit.

The conference was attended by scientists, teachers, and researchers from various countries, including Armenia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Russia.

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