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Offense in Place of Defense
Why do complaints about professors’ inappropriate behavior turn into retaliatory defamation...
“Cooperation Is Undesirable”
The last remaining joint Russian-American higher education venture has been abandoned. Dmitry...
Crimean Universities: Isolation or Boycott?
How scientists are held responsible—and pay the price—for the actions of their governments. Dmitry...
A New Way of Allocating Research Grants
How will the elimination of the most popular public research grant program affect Russian science?...
How “The Chosen” Are Chosen
Russian science is increasingly characterized by an emphasis on “picking winners,” with special...
Safeguarding Universities or Suppressing Dissent?
How the fight against the “threat” of student unrest at Russian universities is detrimental to...
Science vs. Scientometrics
How to tell a good scientist from a bad one? In the absence of basic trust in researchers,...
Indicators of Problems
The new Basic Research Program has taken effect in Russia, where it will be active until 2030. Are...
“Non-Discriminatory Spaces of Tolerance and Respect”
Universities in Europe are preparing to sign a new Magna Charta Universitatum Europearum. Rasul...
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....