Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies

Research infrastructures can only thrive if those who contribute to their development receive academic credit for their work. This insight has motivated DARIAH to launch a diamond open-access overlay journal called Transformations as a practical way of reaffirming our commitment to open science, fairer research assessment practices, and the vital but often overlooked infrastructural contributions to scholarly discourse. As an academic journal, Transformations will highlight not only traditional research articles but also less conventional research outputs, such as workflows, datasets, annotations, software tools, training materials-and the complex labour that underpins them. These kinds of commitments are especially important in the age of artificial intelligence, where the speed and scale of digital technologies often challenge the values and methods of humanistic inquiry. If we want to maintain a humanistic voice in scholarship and sift through the deluge of auto-generated noise, we must insist on transparent tooling and a shared consensus on the value of public infrastructures.L’expansion des infrastructures de recherche est conditionnée à la reconnaissance académique de ceux qui y contribuent. Cette vision a motivé DARIAH à lancer une épirevue (overlay journal) en accès ouvert Diamant appelée Transformations, confirmant ainsi notre engagement en faveur de l’accès ouvert, de pratiques de recherche plus justes et de contributions de l'infrastructure indispensables au discours scientifique mais souvent négligées. En tant que revue académique, Transformations mettra en valeur non seulement des articles scientifiques classiques mais également des résultats de recherche moins conventionnels tels que les “workflows”, jeux de données, notes de recherche, logiciels, supports pédagogiques—ainsi que tout ce qui est lié à leur complexe fabrication. L’ensemble de ces engagements est particulièrement important à l'ère de l'intelligence artificielle, où la rapide avancée des technologies numériques peut amener à questionner les valeurs et méthodes de la recherche en Humanités. Si nous voulons porter haut et fort la voix des Humanités dans la recherche et passer au crible le déluge de bruit généré automatiquement, nous devons insister sur la transparence des outils et un consensus partagé sur la valeur des infrastructures publiques.

This is the introduction to the first articles published in Transformations: A DARIAH Journal in June 20205.

The Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) aims to be a key part of a thriving community of scholars sharing humanities data. The journal features peer reviewed publications describing humanities research objects or techniques with high potential for reuse. Humanities subjects of interest to JOHD include, but are not limited to Art History, Classics, History, Library Science, Linguistics, Literature, Media Studies, Modern Languages, Music and musicology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, etc. Submissions that cross one or more of these traditional disciplines are particularly encouraged.

The main issue of the research is the problem of improving the quality of organization and management of educational activities in Russian Universities within the framework of the state youth policy. As part of the comprehensive and effective development of territories, it is necessary to fulfill the requirements to ensure the development of civil initiatives and high moral qualities of future specialists. Taking into account not only national but also international standards, educational activities in Russian Universities are becoming a priority for the strategic development of education in the country. The aim of the study is to develop a system of criteria for improving the quality of educational activities in Russian Universities within the framework of the state youth policy, the development of civic initiatives and high moral qualities of future specialists. The system of criteria should be multilevel, take into account all stages of interaction. The types and principles of social and educational work in the system of vocational education are considered. The article also contains various forms and methods of education currently implemented in Universities. Summary. The project of Interregional public organization of the League of Higher School Teachers aimed at effective organization of educational work in Universities is presented.

The topic of the development of the digital economy has become one of the priorities at the international level, and on the agenda of the G20 Summit, held July 7-8, 2017 in Hamburg. In the communiqué of the leaders on the results of the summit in the framework of the “digital block”, the heads of state of the G20 stressed the importance of developing digital literacy. Russia has initiated a discussion on consumer protection in the G20 format. The particular relevance of these issues for the global community is noted in the article by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin dedicated to cooperation in the framework of the “twenty”. The advantages and opportunities of the digital economy are undoubted. However, the risks and challenges that consumers of the digital economy face daily threaten the harmonious development of new models of this sector of the economy. In this article, the authors tried to consider business risks in the realities of the digital economy. People and their level of confidence in new technologies and market models are not only key elements, but also the most important indicators of the successful development of the digital economy.