It is necessary to study the mechanisms of supporting the sustainability and reproduction of professional dynasties in order to better understand the relationship between the constructive and destructive effects of professional dynasties on the development of professional spheres. The most convenient tools for this purpose can serve as a cognitive and simulation modeling. The purpose of this article is to build cognitive models that demonstrate the mechanisms of supporting the stability and maintaining the stability of professional dynasties. The main research method is cognitive modeling. The models are based on the idea of the dual potential of professional dynasties, which is expressed in a deeper and earlier primary professional adaptation and in the formation of a social monopoly. The article presents 4 cognitive models: model of professional self-preservation dynasties through the monopolization of the professional sphere, model resist external destruction of the system, model to reduce the level of prioritization and conflicts with the institutional environment, a general model of the sustainability and development of professional dynasties. Professional dynasties, due to the desire for leaktightness, develop mechanisms that are aimed at the development of dynasties. These mechanisms also serve to support conservation and enhance sustainability. Also, it is necessary to understand the succession strategies of children from professional dynasties by using simulation models. They are based on some factors that are involved in the transmission of the statuses and practices of professional dynasties and were considered in the cognitive models from the article.

Keywords: professional dynasties, cognitive modeling, stability of professional dynasties, sustainable development of professional models