Elena G. Popkova is a Professor and leading researcher at the Department of Management Theories and Business Technologies, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Her scientific interests include economic growth, sustainable development, globalization, humanization of economic growth, developing countries, institutionalization of social development, development planning, and strategic planning. She is a Guest Editor for the Asian Social Science Journal and a member of the editorial board for the International Research Journal of Marketing, Journal of Macroeconomic Dynamics Research, and International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Countries. She has authored numerous articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals.
Konstantin V. Vodenko is a Professor at Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University, Novocherkassk, Russia. His scientific interests include socio-cultural and socio-economic institutions and public administration. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Humanitarian of South Russia. He has more than 200 publications, including 20 articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, to his credit. He served as a Guest Editor of the special issue “Vectors & Narrative Discourses of Modern Society” in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities.