Digital Transformation in the Context of Sustainable Development of European Countries

Irina Kolupaieva


Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden (Sweden)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-0817

Iryna Sheiko

irina.sheiko@nure.ua
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv (Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-3677

Tetiana Polozova


Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv (Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9956-8816

Abstract

The country’s sustainable development is focused on improving the quality of life at the global level, ensuring equal access to education and public goods, and caring for the environment and biodiversity, as well as responsible consumption and production. Digital technologies are among the main drivers of sustainable development. It is very important to develop government strategy and choose correct measures aimed at ensuring sustainable development of the countries in terms of the digitalization processes. The purpose of the research is to investigate the nature of the correlation between indicators of digital development and sustainable development of the European countries, as well as to identify policy directions and measures regarding their digital and sustainable progress. Methods of the research are principal component analysis, geometric aggregation, and cluster analysis. The positive correlation within the digital and sustainable development is observed. Most indicators of digital and sustainable development positively correlate with each other. Based on PCA, it was found that indicators of sustainable development have a stronger intercorrelation than those of digital development. Based on the construction of integral indicators of digital and sustainable development, a cluster analysis was conducted. The main digital tools that contribute to the achievement of each of the 17 goals of sustainable development were determined. The results of the analysis provide a suitable basis for comparing the digital and sustainable development of individual countries and offer opportunities to identify tools and strategy directions for policymakers.

Supporting Agencies

Erasmus Jean Monnet, research grant funded by European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), Linkoping University of Sweden

Keywords:

digitalization, sustainable development, European countries, principal component analysis, cluster analysis

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Kolupaieva, I., Sheiko, I., & Polozova, T. (2024). Digital Transformation in the Context of Sustainable Development of European Countries. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 19(1), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.35784/preko.5413

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Irina Kolupaieva 

Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-0817

Guest lecturer at Linkoping University, Sweden.

Profesor Katedry Cybernetyki Ekonomicznej i Zarządzania Bezpieczeństwem Ekonomicznym w Charkowie Narodowym Uniwersytecie Elektroniki Radiowej, Charków, Ukraina., Doktor nauk ekonomicznych, profesor

Research internship in Linkoping University, Sweden (Sweden, 2022-2023)

Project leader and coordinator of  Erasmus Jean Monnet Module «Ukraine-EU: Digital innovations making connections 4 changes» – EUDI4C #101047751 (Since 2022) ; Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module «Ukraine-EU: Circular Economy solutions 4 Smart and Sustainable Cities» -Eco4Smart#101127659 (since 2023); «Improvements of Mechanisms of Digital Regulatory Policy of Ukraine in relation to the EU», Linkoping University, Sweden (September 2022-June 2023)

 


Authors

Iryna Sheiko 
irina.sheiko@nure.ua
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-3677

Associate professor of Economic Сybernetics and Management of Economic Security Department, in Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Candidate of Economic Sciences, PhD


Authors

Tetiana Polozova 

Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9956-8816

Head of Department of Economic Cybernetics and Management of Economic Security  in Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor.

Research interests:  diagnostics of innovative and investment activity of the enterprise, estimation of economic efficiency of innovative and investment projects



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