Scientific Fraud in Russia and Post-Soviet Countries

Scientific Fraud in Russia and Post-Soviet Countries

Scale, mechanisms, and countermeasures to combat the issue Andrey Rostovtsev   Photo: The same people act as scientific supervisors and official opponents in dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of fictitious dissertation defenses. Photo by Debasish Lenka on Unsplash   In...
Science Is Female

Science Is Female

Contemporary Reflections on the Role of Women in Russian Academia Ekaterina Zibrova   Photo: The documentary “Science Is Female” was screened in several major Russian cities in 2024. Photo: Ekaterina Zibrova.   Academic freedom cannot be comprehensively studied...
Back to the USSR?

Back to the USSR?

Part 2. Science and Higher Education in Putin’s Russia: From Recentralization to Hybrid Ideologization Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Stele “Glory to Soviet Science” (DNA monument) and the Blagoveshensky Annunciation Cathedral. City of Voronezh. By Vadim...
Back to the USSR?

Back to the USSR?

Part 1: The Structure of Interactions between Science, Higher Education, and the State in the Soviet Union. Dmitry Dubrovsky   Photo: The situation in science and higher education varied substantially in different eras of the USSR. Photo by Soviet Artefacts on...
Russian Scientists in the USA

Russian Scientists in the USA

Emigration is an attempt to preserve one’s scientific identity in a world where borders have become an instrument of violence—and science an act of resistance. Daria Dimke and Irina Meyer-Olimpieva   Photo: Most of those who left received invitations thanks to...