Modern Trends in the Concept of the Evolution of the Transport University Ecosystem

In a volatile economy and globalism, the role of the industry university is being transformed into the competence to integrate new business components inherent in ecosystems. The specificity of the evolution of the ecosystem of a transport university in the context of the transformation of the business paradigm is considered. The object of research is the ecosystem of the university.
Methods of systems theory, theory of synergetics, systems analysis and synthesis were used. The materials of the official sites, the current data of the rankings of universities, as well as approaches to the creation of university ecosystems have been analyzed. The main properties and stages of development of the ecosystem of the transport university have been established.
The positioning of a modern higher education institution determines the shift of the development paradigm towards the formation of an ecosystem based on the knowledge economy. A transport university, like any third-generation university, has such attributes of a business model based on an ecosystem approach as: synergy and transparency of interaction, decentralization and self-organization. The concept of the university ecosystem is proposed as an innovative format for its development in the management of spatial, personnel, social and technological development of railway transport in Russia, in response to the challenges of the national economy.
The results of the study will contribute to the selection by Russian universities of the most effective business models of management in scientific and educational ecosystems, as well as the trajectories of staged development. A promising direction can be the study of the specifics of management in ecosystems not only of industrial universities, but also of network, federal higher educational institutions, as well as universities with a special research status.

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