Russian human rights education has been forced to revert to the patterns of the 70s, where Soviet conceptions are combined with pro-war propaganda...
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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...
The Two Faces of Academic Freedom
Natural sciences vs. humanities: who stands to gain and who will suffer from the conservative...
Russian Social Sciences Have Entered a New Era
The shift in the political agenda has heavily influenced the scientific agenda. Mikhail Sokolov...
The Ideological Power Vertical
How the Russian state is introducing repression into the educational system Dmitry Dubrovsky...
The Science of International Collaboration
Russian medical sciences’ shift in focus toward collaboration with new partners will likely mean a...
Where to Defend Academic Freedom
The rights prescribed by the Russian Constitution and the Law on Education cannot be provided or...
Science under Double Sanctions
How the Kremlin’s politics are aggravating the crisis facing those scientists who remain in...
Is “Wokeness” Totalitarian?
Why unapologetic opponents are rejecting “wokeness,” “cancel culture,” and other 21st-century...
Education against Dictatorship
Three strategies for civic education. Part 2 Sonya Smyslova and Ella Rossman Photo: The...
Education Against Dictatorship
Three strategies for civic education. Part 1 Sonya Smyslova, Ella Rossman Photo:...
“Expert on Call”
How expert evaluations are “defending the motherland” in the era of the Special Military...
Will Social Science Research Become Mainstream?
7 Topical Titles That Will Captivate More than Just Specialists Andrei Gerasimov Photo: Any...
Ideology Disguised as History
Russian history has ceased to be a scientific discipline and has become part of the military...
The Traumatic Asphyxiation of Public Sociology
Russia is dominated by an authoritarian sociology afflicted with aphonia, aphasia, and public...
Russian Scientists Abroad: In Search of Their Place
Science and higher education in exile are trying to do the (almost) impossible. Dmitry Dubrovsky...
The “Special Russian Path” Does Not Tolerate Alternatives
The experience of teaching public administration in an era of war Kirill Shamyev Photo: In...
Kazakhstan: The Window of Opportunity Opens
2022 gave Kazakh academia a unique chance for advancement. The key is to use it. Alexander...
Who’s to Blame?
Academic disputes about the guilt and accountability of Russian professors Dmitry Dubrovsky ...
How Much Richer Are Academic Administrators than Teachers?
The pay gap is most noticeable in research universities. Darya Gerashchenko and Katerina Guba ...
Science under Sanctions
What does Iran’s experience tell us? Irina Dezhina Photo: According to Iranian researchers,...
Is “Scientific Putinism” a Threat to Russian Universities?
If demand for independent Russian social sciences even exists today, there is nothing on the...
The Year Disaster Struck
February 24, 2022, marked the beginning of a catastrophe for Russian science and higher education....
The Conservative Swing and Gender Studies in Russia
Working in the field is becoming even more difficult. Anna Temkina Photo: Gender studies...
From “Educated Neighbors” to Strangers
How scientific and educational cooperation between Finland and Russia has collapsed since February...