Youth educational migration is an urgent problem for most Arctic cities. In particular, this problem is extremely important for Russia in the context of changing the paradigm of the planned development of the Arctic oil and gas economy into indefinite long-term prospects and scenarios of Arctic development. This situation led to reducing social-economic northern benefits and compensations and strengthens the trends of Arctic youth educational migration. However, the experience of digital transformation and forced distance learning due to the pandemic of 2020 could bring young people a new understanding of the opportunities of digitalization, influencing their migration decisions. To clarify the potential of digital technologies in solving the problem of youth migration outflow in the Russian Arctic, we surveyed the students at technical schools and colleges of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous area, Russia; sample size 1532 students in total. The analysis of the survey’s results proved the intention of most respondents to move to larger cities in non-Arctic territories. Together with that, we revealed a high potential of digital technologies in addressing the problem of youth migration which was previously considered unsolvable. In particular, the accessibility of quality distance education can sufficiently increase the attractiveness of Arctic territories for youth life, study, and development. Basing on the research results, we suppose that Arctic youth migration outflow can be sufficiently decreased if the measures proposed in the research are implemented with the help of digitalization.

The problem of quality of life management is primarily associated with defining the object and subject of management, which in relation to the quality of life is definitely not easy due to the large number of different interpretations. This article newly defines the quality of life phenomenon and develops the principles for its managing through clarification of the methodological and prescriptive position. This reveals the content of the category “quality of life” and criteria distinguishing good quality of life from bad in the context of sustainable development goals regardless of the current cultural structure. The concept of “a way of human interaction with the world” (namely, the specificity in the objects, mechanisms, and results of human interaction with the world at different levels or spheres of life) introduces a system of principles for managing quality of life, consistent with the current leading achievements in understanding the quality of life. This system of principles is represented by three main criteria for evaluating any innovations that change the quality of life of people (rationality, humanity, significance). Basing in these principles, the authors have developed twelve criteria for good quality of life management, two for each of the six areas human life: continuum (cultural), circumstances, physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.

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