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Evading Transparency, Doubting Democracy, Dreaming Big: Grassroots Perspectives on Science Governance in Russia
Problems of Post-Communism. 2023. Vol. 70. No. 4. P. 453–466.
Global transformation of academia under “new public management” and metrics-based assessment has brought forth intense debates on the governance of science. This study investigates key values and visions of academic governance in Russia through a set of focus groups with scientists plus a nationwide survey (n = 6,166) conducted in 2019. Russian scholars defy both state pressures and grassroots self-governance (due to fundamental distrust of peers); the preservation of privacy is their key concern. Finally, we present basic self-images of science (competitive, cooperative, and mobilizational) and point out the tensions between liberalism and democracy in post-Soviet academia.
Research target:
Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology
Language:
English
Nefedova A., Shmatko N., Antonova E., Социологические исследования 2026 № 9 С. 52–69
This article analyzes the transformation of professional competencies of researchers in the context of growing interdisciplinarity and the digitalization of science. The aim of the study is to identify the structural gap between the normative expectations of the scientific community and the actual outcomes of the research personnel training system in Russia. The theoretical framework ...
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De Gruyter, 2026.
Post-Soviet Eurasia is one of the world's most geopolitically consequential and rapidly transforming regions. Developments across it increasingly reshape political, economic and social relations far beyond its borders. Understanding these dynamics is therefore both intellectually urgent and analytically demanding, requiring an interdisciplinary approach capable of moving beyond established categories and fragmented national perspectives.
This handbook provides ...
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М.: Национальный исследовательский университет "Высшая школа экономики", 2026.
В шестнадцатом выпуске электронного издания «Вестник Российского мониторинга экономического положения и здоровья населения НИУ ВШЭ (RLMSHSE)» представлены работы, подготовленные на основании данных лонгитюдного обследования домохозяйств «Российский мониторинг экономического положения и здоровья населения НИУ ВШЭ» (РМЭЗ НИУ ВШЭ) за 1992–2024 гг. В выпуске рассматриваются динамика доходов и расходов российских домохозяйств, тенденции развития рынка труда, социальное самочувствие ...
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Вебер М., Социологическое обозрение 2026 Т. 25 № 3 С. 318–353
In the concluding part of the Second Anti-Critique (1910), Max Weber summarizes the substantive
findings of his own contributions to the debate with the historian Felix Rachfahl. In doing so, he uses the response to his relentless critic as an opportunity to articulate once again, in an explicit manner and for both his own benefit and that of the ...
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Polarization of opinions in the group: a modeling algorithm considering the dynamics of social bonds
Chebotarev V., Andreyuk D., Elizarova Anastasiya et al., Procedia Computer Science 2022 Vol. 213 No. C P. 596–601
The dynamics of opinion in a group are of interest for a number of practical purposes. In particular, consensus helps and polarization of opinions hinders cohesive teamwork. Existing approaches for modeling opinion dynamics mostly do not take into account the dynamism of social relations in a group. This paper proposes an algorithm and a program ...
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Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 12: Социология 2025 Vol. 18 No. 4 P. 494–505
Global educational paradigms are increasingly shifting towards inclusive models, demanding committed participation and collaboration from a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure equitable access and quality for all learners. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current state of inclusive education in Nigeria, synthesizing existing literature to analyze its progress, persistent challenges, and future ...
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Sorokin P., Mironenko I. A., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society, 2026.
Social reality is undergoing rapid transformations, giving rise to new challenges for both social theory and practice. One of these much-discussed challenges is the so-called replicability crisis, a notion that describes the failure of the social sciences and humanities to verify established research findings with new empirical investigations. In the related debates, it is argued ...
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Sorokin P., Социологические исследования 2026 Т. 6 № 6 С. 145–147
Статья предлагает обзор междисциплинарной дискуссии, которая состоялась на секции «Будущее наук о человеке» в рамках XVI международной Грушинской социологической конференции и была посвящена перспективам выработки междисциплинарного взгляда на трансформации социально-гуманитарного знания в условиях современных кризисов и контурам возможного образа науки будущего, включая место в ней отдельных дисциплин. Это дискуссия может иметь особое значение для социологического ...
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Sorokin P., Психологический журнал 2026 Т. 47 № 4 С. 124–129
In the context of the discussion initiated by A. L. Zhuravlev and Yu. N. Oleinik on the challenges and prospects of studying scientific traditions in psychology, this commentary examines the importance of viewing such traditions as a tool that enables the research community to respond effectively to radical changes in socio-psychological reality. Such responses must ...
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Tikhonova N. E., Karavay A., Социологическая наука и социальная практика 2026 Т. 14 № 3 С. 12–36
Drawing on data from the 2024 RLMS-HSE, the article shows that employmentrelated risks are increasingly being shifted onto workers in Russia, while employment differentiation already affects more than 40% of employed Russians, even without taking into account deviations from standard working hours, which are typical of most representatives of the mass social strata. Employment differentiation in Russia is characterized, ...
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Kim A., Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии 2026 Т. XXIX. № 29(1).149
Статья посвящена изучению транзита к родительству молодых матерей в миграции с фокусом на особенности социальных взаимодействий. Поскольку обстоятельство миграции усложняет период транзита к родительству, то основной проблемой молодых матерей становится адаптация к новой жизни в качестве и родителя, и мигранта одновременно. Важными аспектами адаптации в миграции и в родительстве — поддержание привычных социальных взаимодействий и ...
Added: October 2, 2026
Kazun A. D., Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз 2026 № 3 С. 80–98
The article analyzes media skepticism and media cynicism as two forms of critical attitudes toward news. The empirical basis of the study is a nationwide population survey (N = 6,007) conducted in late 2023 and early 2024. The analysis shows that both media skepticism and media cynicism are pronounced in Russian society: while a substantial ...
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Vakhrukova K., Петербургская социология сегодня 2025 № 30 С. 28–51
The digital age has radically changed the landscape of the humanities, introducing new methodologies, tools, and challenges. This has also been reflected in the field of oral history. This transformation has been particularly evident in the UK, where long-standing oral history archives and recent digitization projects have come together to redefine how scholars collect, preserve, ...
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Katchanov Y. L., Социологическое обозрение 2026 Т. 25 № 3 С. 36–61
В статье предлагается теоретическая рамка анализа научной элиты, исходящая из понимания производства знания как динамической структуры, формируемой внутренними противоречиями. Научная элита рассматривается не как совокупность выдающихся исследователей, а как структурный эффект производства знания — позиция в пространстве науки, концентрирующая максимальный объем научного капитала и задающая смысловой горизонт для всех агентов. Пространство науки трактуется как многомерное ...
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Khestanov R., Социологическое обозрение 2026 Т. 25 № 3 С. 12–35
The article proposes a syntagmatic analysis of three historically constituted regimes for working with the future: linear determination, statistical branching, and loop reconfiguration. A syntagm is understood as an event-operation that exists only in its performance and simultaneously binds material, semiotic, and pragmatic registers. The analysis proceeds not as an intellectual history but as an ...
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Кузнецов М. А., В кн.: Наука сегодня: актуальные вопросы теории и практики: сборник статей VII Международной научно-практической конференции.: Пенза: МЦНС "Наука и просвещение", 2025. С. 159–165.
The article attempts to prove, based on materials from the Ogonyok magazine of the 1960s and
1970s, that the emergence and development of garage culture in the USSR is associated with the beginning of
the Thaw changes. In addition, garages in general radically change the everyday life and private sphere of
Soviet citizens, turning them into the complete ...
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Fonotov A., Kosychev A., Управление наукой: теория и практика 2026 Т. 8 № 1 С. 12–31
The study compares the national artificial intelligence (AI) strategies of the United States, China and Russia, assessing their substantive completeness and governance logics. It employs a hybrid framework that combines governance approaches (anticipatory, reflexive, experimentalist and tentative) with a content analysis of the structures of the strategies. The results show that the United States relies ...
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Smirnov A., Арктика и Север 2023 № 53 С. 260–272
The article considers “digital twins” of the population as a tool for socio-demographic research and territorial management. The experience of creating digital twins of the population and interactive websites devoted to demographic issues is systematized. A methodology for creating a digital twin of the Arctic population is proposed, based on three methodological principles: consideration of ...
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A. V. Sheludkov, M. V. Zotova, V. V. Vinogradova et al., Regional Research of Russia 2025 Vol. 15 No. Suppl 1 P. S84–S99
The article develops a methodological approach to assessing the resilience of territorial socioecological
systems (TSES). Despite the widespread use of the concept of resilience, its interpretation remains
ambiguous and its quantitative assessment difficult. Resilience research is often fragmented across disciplines,
which belies both the complexity of the challenges facing modern society, from economic problems to
climate change, and the ...
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Gokhberg L., Gershman M., Kuznetsova T. et al., М.: ИСИЭЗ ВШЭ, 2026.
В издании представлены результаты исследования «Делаем науку в России», проведенного Институтом статистических исследований и экономики знаний Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики» в сентябре – октябре 2024 г. Исследование, в основе которого лежит опрос руководителей 719 университетов и научных организаций, является продолжением проекта Doing Science 2017 и 2022 гг. и посвящено анализу состояния российской науки ...
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Kamenskii A. B., Quaestio Rossica 2026 Т. 14 № 2 С. ?
This article is devoted to updating historiographical understanding of the activities of Prince A.A. Vyazemsky, Prosecutor General of the Governing Senate. He held this post for approximately 30 years and concentrated many areas of domestic policy in his hands. Concentrating on routine, day-to-day work, Vyazemsky accomplished no remarkable feats and remained in the shadow of ...
Added: November 18, 2025
Japheth B. A., Alisa R. Shishkina, Andrey V. Korotayev, Вестник РГГУ 2025 No. 3 P. 10–28
This study investigates the complex interplay between demographic pressures, governance quality, and political instability in West Africa, with a specific focus on the role of youth bulges in shaping national outcomes. Drawing on systems thinking and mediation analysis, the research posits that large youth populations, while often considered latent sources of instability, only become politically ...
Added: November 12, 2025
Sheludkov A., Zotova M., Виноградова В. В. et al., Региональные исследования 2025 Т. 88 № 2 С. 4–23
This article presents a methodological framework for assessing the resilience of territorial socio-ecological systems (TSES). Despite the widespread adoption of resilience concept, its interpretation remains ambiguous, and quantitative evaluation poses significant challenges. Existing resilience research is often fragmented across disciplines, which contrasts sharply with both the complexity of modern challenges, from economic crises to climate ...
Added: November 10, 2025
Natalie St Cyr Clarke N., Serhat Yilmaz S., J. Mitten M. et al., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
When you open a sports law book, particularly one involving academics, it is usual for it to begin by asking – does sports law exist? Not whether sports law is an area worthy of study, nor that sports lawyers provide services to and resolve disputes for the sports industry; no, the norm is to ask whether sports law exists at all. This existentialist ...
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