The scientific work presents the results of interdisciplinary complex studies of the evolution of social processes in the Arctic. The researchers focus on social dynamics and strategies of adaptive behavior of the population of the Arctic region (in its geographical, international significance and status of the AZRF) . The features of the functioning of society in the local northern environment, its reaction to internal and external changes are considered. A comparative analysis of solving the problems of the development of the northern territories, mechanisms and tools for the preservation and development of human capital in the Russian and international Arctic space, in t. h. through networking. For specialists in the field of social and humanitarian sciences, state and municipal administration, teachers, graduate students and university students, a wide range of readers interested in the development of the Arctic region .