Problems of the Theory and Practice of Regional Economics: On the Scientific Legacy of Academician A.G. Granberg

The scientific legacy of Academician A.G. Granberg is a fundamental contribution to the development of regional economics and spatial analysis both in Russia and around the world. This article summarizes the extensive results of his many years of research, management, and teaching activities. It discusses the main areas of research on the theory and practice of regional economics presented in his works, including conceptual and methodological approaches to analyzing the structure and content of regional economics, as well as the priorities and principles of strategic planning and management. The article discusses the most important aspects of scientific heritage, including the objective prerequisites for regional economic development, long-term priorities, and methodological issues related to improving the efficiency of the regional economy, taking into account the use of resource potential and the implementation of the territory’s competitive advantages. The article discusses theoretical and methodological problems of spatial and regional economics, the principles of analyzing the national economy as a system of interacting regions that function in a market environment with state regulation of market mechanisms, the impact of political, economic, and social transition processes on regional development, as well as key transformation trends in Russia’s economic space, the growing heterogeneity and disintegration of the space, and the emergence of various categories of problem regions. Based on the generalization of methodological approaches to studying the regional economy, the paper formulates directions for further research on the development of Russian regions in the context of global turbulence and geopolitical and economic challenges and threats