Even if the situation in Russian science remains just as difficult, scientists’ ability to emigrate will be significantly restricted by external...
“Brain Drain” from Russia: Push Factors vs Deterrence
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Could Have Grown Where You Were Planted
Is there demand in Russian science for professionals with foreign experience? Ekaterina...
A License for Education
In February, the Russian State Duma will—on second reading—consider amendments to the Law on...
The Best Universities Will Remain a Secret
The policy of protectiveness is killing the goal of making the list of the ten countries with the...
The State’s People
Researchers and professors at Russian universities are increasingly dependent on the state. Who...
The Year of Aggravation, “Manhunt,” Politicization, and Prohibition
Academic Rights and Freedoms 2020: Wrapping Up Our Blog’s First Year Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo:...
A State that Is Always There with You
Is it possible to discuss academic freedom outside the context of the political regime? Elizaveta...
Mnemopolitics against the Freedom of Historical Research
Instruments of memory politics increasingly resemble instruments of official ideological control...
Universities Are Drowning in Paperwork
What is the use of inquiries by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to Russian public...
Turning Yourself in to Competent Authorities
The Attorney’s Office suggests that universities search for dissidents among their faculty and...
Academic Freedom or Useful Knowledge?
Under the impact of the pandemic, governments intend to increase the share of useful research. We...
What Kind of History Will Investigators Write?
With the passage of constitutional amendments in Russia, limitations on historical research have...
“We are the University”
A new Free University, organized by professors who resigned or were dismissed from the Higher...
Who Came to Modernize Universities?
A new study on rectors appointed over the past several years has been published. Katerina Guba...
Academic Freedom in Russia: How to Understand It
Is the freedom of professors and educators confined to the walls of auditoriums and laboratories?...
The “Split University:” Why do Russian Universities Need Foreign Scholars?
Project 5-100 gave universities a chance not only to rise in international rankings, but also to...
Crimean Excavations of Russian Magnitude
Russian and Ukrainian archaeologists have fallen victim to the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Dmitry...
The Incentive Bonus Effect
How a system of fixed-term contracts and vague renumeration criteria in universities is becoming...
Silent Faculty and Students Needed
To what extent are faculty and students free to express their opinion about their university,...
Deans are Elected, Directors are Appointed
The space for self-governance in Russian universities is shrinking. The country’s premier higher...
The Century of Academic Reforms: Earnings
Why are rectors paid so much but lecturers – so little? Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: One of the...
Russia: Who Assesses the Quality of Education?
The Center for Institutional Analysis of Science and Education at the European University at St....
Russia: the Virus of Online Education
As part of a struggle against Covid-19, Russian universities have to change the education format –...
Viziers Wanted, Not Experts
In liberal democracies, economists, sociologists, and political scientists take part in...
Have Sanctions Changed Russian Science?
In March 2014, the first Western sanctions were imposed on individuals and organizations in...
Russia: The Number of Foreign Agents is Set to Grow
Russians who fall into the category of foreign agents had to register legal entities by early...
Academic Rights and Freedoms: The Conservative Turn as an Anti-Western Project
Russian universities and research institutes see the resurgence of Soviet practices of state...