Abstract
<jats:p>The article presents analysis of potential of strategic technological partnership in the context of carrying out social demographic research in the field of development of rural territories in Russia. The actuality of the study lies in the fact that such partnership can support research center in improving quality of research results to increase speed of primary data collection to accelerate data processing and to optimize interaction with public authorities. It is established that important mode of searching constructive solutions is development of social technological partnerships between scientific social demographic centers public authorities and private companies. The list of key Russian scientific social demographic centers actively engaged in exploration of demographic issues and in varying degrees accomplishing social technological partnership is presented. It is defined that potential technological partners for research centers studying social demographic issues in rural areas can be IT companies software developers cloud providers owners of analytical services population survey centers public authorities municipal administrations of local governing profile non-profit organizations educational institutions telecommunication companies and communication operators. The criteria to select strategic technological partners are proposed experience of working with social demographic materials ability to provide effective solutions for data analysis and visualization readiness for long-term collaboration and joint development compliance with requirements to data protection confidentiality and scientific ethics.</jats:p>