Is the freedom of professors and educators confined to the walls of auditoriums and laboratories?
DMITRY DUBROVSKY

Project 5-100 gave universities a chance not only to rise in international rankings, but also to get acquainted with international standards of academic culture. What came of it?
VICTORIA PARDINI

Russian and Ukrainian archaeologists have fallen victim to the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
DMITRY DUBROVSKY

How a system of fixed-term contracts and vague renumeration criteria in universities is becoming an instrument of control over faculty.
OLESYA ZAKHAROVA

To what extent are faculty and students free to express their opinion about their university, their country, and the world?
DMITRY DUBROVSKY

The space for self-governance in Russian universities is shrinking. The country’s premier higher education institution, the Moscow State University (MSU), announced its biggest reorganization yet.
NATALIA FORRAT

Why are rectors paid so much but lecturers – so little?
DMITRY DUBROVSKY

The Center for Institutional Analysis of Science and Education at the European University at St. Petersburg analyzed the work of the experts from the Supervisory Authority for Science and Education SASE (Rosobrnadzor).
At the author’s request, the name is not published

As part of a struggle against Covid-19, Russian universities have to change the education format – from face-to-face to online. While some educators are solving basic technical problems, others are already discussing the future of education. Dmitry Dubrovsky   Photos:...

In liberal democracies, economists, sociologists, and political scientists take part in discussions of issues that are significant to society. In Russia, meanwhile, social scientists provide less and less expertise.
BORIS GROZOVSKY

In March 2014, the first Western sanctions were imposed on individuals and organizations in Russia. Six years on, how—if at all—have they affected the scientific and academic community?
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Russians who fall into the category of foreign agents had to register legal entities by early February. Researchers and faculty who publish their articles, including online, are subject to the new restriction.
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Russian universities and research institutes see the resurgence of Soviet practices of state control over science and education.
DMITRY DUBROVSKY