Research activities of students in the context of digital transformation of education in the interests of sustainable development

The article offers a rationale for the relevant interpretation of the concepts of “sustainable development†and “education for sustainable development†in the context of the development of risk-oriented and practice-oriented approaches, which are reflected, first, in considering ESG-risks in investment activities and the appearance of a significant number of training programs for specialists with ESG-competences. The article presents a conceptual model of the education content for sustainable development in a higher education institution, which is based on the digital library on sustainable development of MGIMo University and considers the most relevant trends in the agenda of sustainable development: focus on the Sustainable Development Goals, climate risk prevention, low-carbon economic development, responsible financing, ESG-transformation. The article also presents results of content analysis of the key elements (in Russian and English) of the conceptual model of education for sustainable development in the most popular among students Internet resources of scientific literature: Google scholar, Science Direct, CyberLeninka, repository of preprints and articles on economics and finance IDEAS RePEc. As the results of the study show currently there is a significant base of information and analytical materials on sustainable development in the Internet.Each element of the proposed conceptual model is provided with a significant number of Internet sources in the form of scientific publications, which is one of the necessary conditions for students to study ways in achieving sustainable development and conduct research work herein.