Введение: статья посвящена методологии исследования социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий, учитывающая превалирующее и существенно возрастающее в условиях неблагоприятной эпидемиологической обстановки влияние жилищно-коммунальной сферы на устойчивое развитие сельских территорий. В настоящее время социальная инфраструктура сельских территорий, несмотря на уделяемое ей в последнее время со стороны государства внимание, не отвечает запросам сельского населения, что обуславливает рост миграционного оттока экономически активного населения, угрожающего суженным воспроизводством трудовых ресурсов на сельских территориях. Данное обстоятельство предопределило актуальность исследования. Материалы и методы: теоретической основой исследования послужили труды отечественных и зарубежных ученых в области пространственного развития, устойчивого развития сельских территорий, синергии производственной и социальной инфраструктуры. В ходе исследования применялись следующие методы: абстрактно-логический, сопоставления, монографический и другие, позволившие обеспечить достоверность и обоснованность полученных результатов. Результаты: рассмотрены основные методологические подходы (системный, диалектический, антропоцентрический, ситуационный) применительно к возможности их использования в процессе исследования социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий. Разработана структурная модель методологии исследования жилищно-коммунальной сферы как подсистемы социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий. Обсуждение: методология исследования социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий, отличающаяся применением комплекса методологических подходов,: системного (рассмотрение сельских территорий как сложной социально-экономической системы), диалектического (оценка уровня развития социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий, основанная на разделении совокупности сельских территорий по наиболее существенным признакам), антропоцентрического (акцент на удовлетворение потребностей сельского населения), ситуационного (выявление особенностей развития социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий с учетом современных тенденций развития экономики и кластеризации сельских территорий). Заключение: использование предложенной методологии позволит обеспечить объективность и достоверность результатов исследования социальной инфраструктуры сельских территорий.Introduction: the article is devoted to the methodology of research of social infrastructure of rural areas, taking into account the prevailing and significantly increasing in conditions of unfavourable epidemiological situation the impact of housing and communal sphere on sustainable development of rural areas. At present, the social infrastructure of rural areas, despite its recent attention by the State, does not meet the needs of the rural population, which leads to an increase in the migration outflow of the economically active population, which threatens to reduce the reproduction of labour resources in rural areas. This fact determined the relevance of the study. Materials and methods: the theoretical basis of the study was the works of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of spatial development, sustainable development of rural areas, synergy of production and social infrastructure. The following methods were used during the study: abstract-logical, comparisons, monographic and others, which allowed to ensure reliability and validity of the obtained results. Results: the main methodological approaches (systemic, dialectical, anthropocentric, situational) concerning the possibility of their use in the process of research of social infrastructure of rural areas are considered. A structural model of the methodology for the study of housing and communal sphere as a subsystem of social infrastructure of rural areas has been developed. Discussion: methodology of research of social infrastructure of rural areas, characterized by application of a set of methodological approaches: systemic (consideration of rural areas as a complex socio-economic system), dialectical (assessment of the level of development of social infrastructure of rural areas, based on division of the population of rural areas by the most significant characteristics), аnthropocentric (emphasis on meeting the needs of the rural population), situational (identification of peculiarities of development of social infrastructure of rural areas taking into account modern trends of economic development and clustering of rural areas). Conclusion: use of the proposed methodology will ensure objectivity and reliability of the results of research into the social infrastructure of rural areas, Introduction: the article is devoted to the methodology of research of social infrastructure of rural areas, taking into account the prevailing and significantly increasing in conditions of unfavourable epidemiological situation the impact of housing and communal sphere on sustainable development of rural areas. At present, the social infrastructure of rural areas, despite its recent attention by the State, does not meet the needs of the rural population, which leads to an increase in the migration outflow of the economically active population, which threatens to reduce the reproduction of labour resources in rural areas. This fact determined the relevance of the study. Materials and methods: the theoretical basis of the study was the works of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of spatial development, sustainable development of rural areas, synergy of production and social infrastructure. The following methods were used during the study: abstract-logical, comparisons, monographic and others, which allowed to ensure reliability and validity of the obtained results. Results: the main methodological approaches (systemic, dialectical, anthropocentric, situational) concerning the possibility of their use in the process of research of social infrastructure of rural areas are considered. A structural model of the methodology for the study of housing and communal sphere as a subsystem of social infrastructure of rural areas has been developed. Discussion: methodology of research of social infrastructure of rural areas, characterized by application of a set of methodological approaches: systemic (consideration of rural areas as a complex socio-economic system), dialectical (assessment of the level of development of social infrastructure of rural areas, based on division of the population of rural areas by the most significant characteristics), аnthropocentric (emphasis on meeting the needs of the rural population), situational (identification of peculiarities of development of social infrastructure of rural areas taking into ac-count modern trends of economic development and clustering of rural areas). Conclusion: use of the proposed methodology will ensure objectivity and reliability of the results of research into the social infrastructure of rural areas.