Popular science tourism in the higher education system of the Russian Federation: Legal aspect

<p><em><span>The purpose and objectives of the study are to study the effectiveness of legal regulation of the issue of popularization of science in Russia through the implementation of popular science tourism by educational institutions of higher education through its inclusion in career guidance work. The </span><span>importance</span><span> of </span><span>scientific</span><span> </span><span>developments</span><span> </span><span>around</span><span> </span><span>the</span><span> </span><span>world</span><span> </span><span>today</span><span> does </span><span>not</span><span> </span><span>need</span><span> </span><span>to</span><span> be </span><span>proved,</span><span> and </span><span>therefore</span><span> the </span><span>most</span><span> </span><span>successful</span><span> </span><span>countries</span><span> </span><span>pay</span><span> </span><span>close</span><span> </span><span>attention</span><span> to </span><span>the</span><span> </span><span>development</span><span> of </span><span>science.</span><span> The </span><span>task</span><span> of </span><span>popularizing</span><span> </span><span>science</span><span> </span><span>and</span><span> </span><span>attracting</span><span> </span><span>the</span><span> </span><span>younger</span><span> </span><span>generation</span><span> to it is </span><span>currently</span><span> </span><span>set</span><span> </span><span>in</span><span> </span><span>Russia.</span><span> </span><span>Among</span><span> </span><span>the</span><span> </span><span>subjects</span><span> </span><span>that</span><span> </span><span>will</span><span> </span><span>have</span><span> to </span><span>perform</span><span> it, </span><span>among</span><span> </span><span>others,</span><span> </span><span>educational</span><span> </span><span>institutions</span><span> of </span><span>higher</span><span> </span><span>education</span><span> have been </span><span>announced,</span><span> </span><span>which</span><span> </span><span>have</span><span> </span><span>not</span><span> </span><span>been</span><span> </span><span>engaged</span><span> in such work on a professional basis so far. However, the situation has changed due to the announcement of the period 2022–2031 as the Decade of Science and Technology and the subsequent adoption of the Concept of the Development of Popular Science Tourism in the Russian Federation until 2035, which provide for such a task. In this regard, it is necessary to comprehend the mechanism of its practical implementation by analyzing the existing legal regulation of this type of tourism. The dialectical method of cognition, logical, sociological and formal legal methods were used as the methodological basis of the study, which made it possible to analyze the current legislation, identify its imperfections, consider the </span><span>object</span><span> </span><span>from</span><span> the </span><span>point</span><span> of </span><span>view</span><span> of </span><span>theory</span><span> </span><span>and</span><span> </span><span>its</span><span> </span><span>practical</span><span> </span><span>implementation,</span><span> </span><span>as</span><span> </span><span>well</span><span> as </span><span>formulate</span><span> the </span><span>author</span><span>'s </span><span>conclusion.</span><span> The </span><span>conducted</span><span> </span><span>research</span><span> has </span><span>shown</span><span> </span><span>that</span><span> </span><span>popular</span><span> </span><span>science</span><span> </span><span>tourism</span><span> </span><span>is</span><span> </span><span>one</span><span> </span><span>of</span><span> the </span><span>forms</span><span> of </span><span>popularization</span><span> of </span><span>science,</span><span> </span><span>which</span><span> </span><span>can</span><span> </span><span>be</span><span> </span><span>implemented</span><span> by </span><span>educational</span><span> </span><span>institutions</span><span> of </span><span>higher</span><span> </span><span>education</span><span>, </span><span>including</span><span> </span><span>through</span><span> </span><span>embedding</span><span> </span><span>it</span><span> </span><span>in</span><span> </span><span>career</span><span> guidance </span><span>work.</span><span> The </span><span>introduction</span><span> of </span><span>this</span><span> </span><span>activity</span><span> </span><span>into</span><span> the </span><s