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Academic Freedom, Kazakhstani Style
A new study examines the barriers academics face and how their experiences and demographics...
Anti-Extremism the Russian Way
Violations of academic freedom under the slogan of “protecting the constitutional order” Dmitry...
Academies at the Crossroads
The Evolution of Academies of Sciences in Post-Soviet Central Asia Aikerim Bektemirova Photo:...
2024: The War Has Become Routine
In the third year of Russian aggression against Ukraine, violations of freedom on Russian soil...
Suppressed Collectives and Protesting Individuals
Why didn’t Russia's final liberal arts institute become the center of anti-war protests? Victor...
“We in the Russian Federation Must Focus on Ourselves”
What are anti-war Russians in academia saying? Elena Pavlova Photo: Discussions abroad have...
“Do Your Job and Don’t Try to Do Someone Else’s”?
Debates on models of academic freedom. Part 2 Dmitry Dubrovsky In Part 1 of this article, we...
“Do Your Job and Don’t Try to Do Someone Else’s”?
Debates on models of academic freedom. Part 1 Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Where do competing...
When Was Teaching More Free?
When academic freedom is reduced to funding and accountability to funders, the Soviet period seems...
2000-2022: From Putin the Reformer to Putin the Conservative
Academic freedom in Russia began to deteriorate long before the launch of full-scale hostilities....
Gift-Giving in the Academic Environment
The specifics of networking to promote your people and those loyal to your cause. Part 2 Katja...
Gift-Giving in the Academic Environment
The specifics of networking to promote your people and those loyal to your cause. Part 1 Katja...
Academic Freedom in Russia: Two Perspectives
Our response to the Russian Federation’s official response at the UN Dmitry Dubrovsky ...
Anonymous Tips in Post-War Academia
How Russian teachers survive after being the subject of denunciation letters. “Pandora’s Sisters”...
Academic Freedom: Global Demands and Local Responses
Conference School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Almaty Management University Almaty, 31...
Higher Education in an Era of Full-Scale War
How Russian universities are working to normalize the war Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: “Visual...
Para-Academic Communities in Russian Science
The government may be able to censor research activities at universities, but this will not stop...
Homophobia as a Science
From “non-traditional relationship propaganda” to “LGBT extremism” Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo:...
The “Skolkovo Method”
How a little-known organization from Tolyatti became the “system-thinking-activity” forge for...
“Scientific Anti-Americanism”
Repressive measures are affecting American educational and scientific organizations operating in...
Confrontation or Obscurity?
What awaits Russian science under sanctions Irina Dezhina Photo: Those most affected by the...
Death in the Public Sphere
The experience of war is changing Russian society, deforming attitudes towards death. Oleg Reut...
The Re-Sovietization of Human Rights
Russian human rights education has been forced to revert to the patterns of the 70s, where Soviet...
War Trauma
Psychology recognizes several defensive responses to trauma: adaptation, denial, and resistance....
“Anti-Russia”
Ukraine and Ukrainians in Russian higher education and science Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Denying...
Zinoviev Club vs. Academics
The issue of power at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy is resolved through...
Russian “Student Societies”
Nationalist and conservative student societies are becoming more active in Russian universities....
Can Survey Results in Russia (Not) Be Trusted?
In the last two years, Russian public opinion surveys about approval of the army’s actions in...
A Year without Academic Freedom
Rights and liberties in Russian higher education and the sciences in 2023. Dmitry Dubrovsky ...
Freedom of Academia In and Out: Social Sciences and Humanities in the Time of Geopolitical Crisis
Conference | Yerevan State University | October 19-21, 2023 Elizaveta Potapova Photo: By...