In the context of global competition, attracting and retaining talent is the most important common goal of universities and cities. Universities have long played an important role in the competitiveness of cities, regions and the country as a whole, as they contribute to the accumulation of human capital. The interaction of the city and the university can be observed from the time of their formation. In this paper, the authors considered a parallel analysis of the development (evolution) of two different socio-economic systems such as the university and the city from antiquity to the present. Based on this analysis, we can conclude that universities have played a significant role in the development of cities, and cities, in turn, have led to the emergence and development of universities. The role of universities was that they were both centers of education and centers of research. It was within the framework of universities that the results of scientific research appeared, which moved cities up in evolution.

The article evaluates the quality of working life in the Tomsk region and determines the impact of the working life quality indicators of the Tomsk region have on its GRP. Comparative analytical, correlation-regression, and expert evaluation methods were used as the main research methods. Dependencies between the indicators of quality of working life and GRP were established. A conclusion is that, on average, the region GRP for 80% depends on the quality of working life. Along with this, the possibility of change in pair correlation is not ruled out, because under the influence of events in social, political, and economic spheres the pairs may start correlating differently. To utilize these peculiarities when making managerial decisions all the above mentioned should be tracked and taken into account.

The transition to the fourth industrial revolution and the digital economy leads to a new socio-economic formation. In the new society, the place and role of human capital in the system of factors that ensure the socio-economic development of territories are being rethought. Human capital is becoming one of the key elements that ensure the sustainable development of territories and increase their global competitiveness. The increasing role of human capital creates a need to develop effective mechanisms for managing its accumulation and use, which requires systematic research of factors that affect this process. To solve this problem, the team of authors formed a factor model of the territory’s human capital accumulation in the context of global challenges and responses to them. The generated model was developed in such a way as to reflect the system of factors, as well as the nature of their influence and relationship.

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