by Umnov | Jun 28, 2021 | blog
The last remaining joint Russian-American higher education venture has been abandoned. Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Bard College motto—A Place to Think. How did one of the world’s most well-known art and design universities end up on Russia’s list of “undesirable...
by Umnov | Jun 10, 2021 | blog
How scientists are held responsible—and pay the price—for the actions of their governments. Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: The Vernadsky Crimean Federal University replaced the Vernadsky Taurida National University. The sign had to be changed. (Dmitry Sklyarenko, CC BY...
by Umnov | May 18, 2021 | blog
How will the elimination of the most popular public research grant program affect Russian science? At the author’s request, the name is not published Photo: Last year, RFBR supported 15,000 research projects. This year there will hardly be that many....
by Umnov | May 7, 2021 | blog
Russian science is increasingly characterized by an emphasis on “picking winners,” with special groups receiving preferential government support. At the author’s request, the name is not published Photo: Whom to support? Those who are starting a career in...
by Umnov | Apr 30, 2021 | blog
How the fight against the “threat” of student unrest at Russian universities is detrimental to academic rights and freedoms Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Many students attended the January rallies in support of the arrested Alexei Navalny. (Bestalex, Creative Commons...
by Umnov | Apr 14, 2021 | blog
How to tell a good scientist from a bad one? In the absence of basic trust in researchers, scientometric practices have been widely introduced in Russia. At the author’s request, the name is not published Photo: Russian science officials are constantly...
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