Digital Nomads: Global Tourists or New Workers for Post-War Economic Recovery of Ukraine?

doi:10.26565/1684-8489-2023-2-01

Ihor Dunayev V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-0496
Dmytro Kostennikov V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-3142
Volodymyr Kushnir V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2534-4294

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/1684-8489-2023-2-01

Keywords: digital nomad, migration policy, Ukraine’s recovery, highly qualified workforce, digital technologies, post-war economics

Abstract

The paper offers the authors’ perspective on the new global problem of digital nomads as a potential resource and as a socio-economic problem of post-war Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to determine the contours of the future state migration and internal economic policy of post-war Ukraine for the culturally and politically successful attraction of digital nomads to Ukraine. The first half of the article offers a comprehensive theoretical overview of the essence and structural morphology and models of the modern concept of “digital nomad”, referring to authoritative Western literature. The second half of the article offers its own synthesis and induction of the conditions, factors and consequences of the involvement of digital nomads in post-war Ukraine, abstracting from other factors that will be the trigger and macro signal for digital migration to Ukraine. The pper concludes that, taking into account the high level of competition for talented digital nomads, the state policy of Ukraine should emphasize unique advantages - high qualification of IT specialists, a favorable tax regime, permission for settlements secured by tokenized assets, conditions for easy realization of investment opportunities in post-war economy, which will 100% need creative solutions and startups. The basis for the successful involvement of digital nomads should be the coordinated work of various branches of government: from changes in legislation and digitalization of public services to effective international marketing of new conditions and opportunities, as well as ensuring the appropriate level of security and basic household amenities in selected hubs

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Author Biographies

Ihor Dunayev , V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor,
Professor of Economic Policy and Management Department,
Education and Research Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University,
4, Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

Dmytro Kostennikov, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

head of the Main Department of the State Migration Service of Ukraine in the Sumy region,
PhD-student of Economic Policy and Management Department,
Education and Research Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University,
4, Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

Volodymyr Kushnir, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

PhD-student of Economic Policy and Management Department,
Education and Research Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University,
4, Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

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