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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
Догузов А. В., Almakaeva A., Nastina E. et al., Monitoring Obshchestvennogo Mneniya: Ekonomichekie i Sotsial'nye Peremeny 2026 No. 4 P. 3–24
This paper examines the relation-ship between gender attitudes and subjec-tive well-being, focusing on life satisfaction as its core indicator. It covers both individual and country-level gender attitudes and tests whether a mismatch between them affects in-dividual well-being. The analysis draws on the 7th wave of the World Values Survey, covering 55 countries. Gender attitudes are captured ...
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Салагай О. О., Сахарова Г. М., Антонов Н. С. et al., Здоровье населения и среда обитания 2026 Т. 34 № 6 С. 7-17
Introduction: Tobacco and nicotine use is a risk factor for noncommunicable diseases, malignant neoplasms, and a severe course of infectious diseases. This factor, however, is manageable and can be modified through prevention programs allowing for trends and specifics of the use of tobacco and nicotine products.
Objective: To analyze patterns of tobacco and nicotine product use among the ...
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Салагай О. О., Сахарова Г. М., Антонов Н. С. et al., Медицинский вестник Юга России 2026 Т. 17 № 2 С. 109–119
Objective: analysis of the structure and characteristics of the consumption of various types of tobacco and nicotine-containing products by Veterans.
Materials and methods: the analysis was carried out based on the results of a survey of Veterans using a developed questionnaire. The survey was conducted at the offices of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation. The proportions ...
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Churilova E., Chertenkov K., Andreev E. M., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2026 № 4 С. 185–206
The study compares the average expected number of children and completed cohort fertility both in general and by educational level across generations of Russian women born in 1950–1979. The data on completed cohort fertility comes from the Russian Fertility Database of the HSE University and the All-Russian Population Census 2020; the data on the expected ...
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Kazun A., Социологические исследования 2026 № 8 С. 116–128
Аннотация. В международной и российской литературе остается дискуссионным вопрос о том, подрывает ли этническое разнообразие социальную сплоченность или, напротив, создает условия для межгруппового доверия. В статье анализируется статистическая связь между этнической структурой населенного пункта и доверием его жителей к людям другой национальности. Эмпирической основой работы выступает массовый онлайн- опрос взрослого населения России 2024 г., дополненный ...
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Бемлер Е. С., Хмельницкая Я. Е., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2026 Т. 194 № 4 С. 96–120
The article presents a study of resilience strategies of creative youth in the North Caucasus using the example of Pyatigorsk and Nalchik. The theoretical framework of the study combines a processual understanding of resilience with an interpretation of locality as a subjectively constructed connection to place, allowing for an analysis of the resilience of creative ...
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Pokrovsky N., Shilova V. A., Buchatskii A., Вестник Института социологии 2026 Т. 17 № 1 С. 156–182
This article provides a theoretical justification for the concept of post-agrarianism as a promising analytical framework for analyzing the current state and development potential of rural territories in Central Russia. The authors argue that the Russian countryside is undergoing a profound, multifaceted transformation involving the replacement of traditional labor-intensive agriculture with high-tech agricultural holdings, the ...
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Chertenkov K., Вопросы статистики 2026 Т. 33 № 4 С. 80–89
В статье рассматривается дифференциация итоговой рождаемости в зависимости от уровня образования женщин. Используются данные Всероссийских переписей населения 2010 и 2020 гг., а также Всесоюзной переписи населения 1989 г. Применяются методы когортного анализа, включающие расчет среднего числа рожденных детей, доли бездетных и доли матерей, родивших трех и более детей, для реальных женских поколений 1930–1981 годов рождения. ...
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Tikhomirova A., Chowdhury M. A., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2026 Vol. 35 No. 4 P. 98–117
Cooperation between Russia and China in the field of education has expanded significantly.
In 2026, the number of Russian students studying in China reached 21,000. However, empirical
evidence shows that students face many difficulties adapting to the new environment. Given
the growing popularity of Chinese universities among Russian students, the present study
aimed to identify the factors and mechanisms ...
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Evgeniya Balabanova, Koveshnikov A., Ehrnrooth M., Employee Relations 2026 Vol. 48 No. 9 P. 272–297
Purpose – To shed new light on the nature and influence of high-performance work systems (HPWS), this study investigates the relationships between ability-, motivation- and opportunity-enhancing (AMO) bundles of HPWS and employee psychological well-being – measured as work engagement – via two psychological pathways: employee self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion.
Design/methodology/approach – The study analyzes data from ...
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Tormos R., Nastina E., Journal of Social and Political Psychology 2026 Vol. 14 No. 1 P. 304–329
Free riding behaviors, such as tax evasion and exploiting public resources, erode societal trust and cooperation. Using a representative survey conducted in Spain (N = 2,000, Catalonia) with an embedded experiment that randomly exposed participants to different moral framings, this study examines how such framings shape attitudes towards free riding, including tax evasion, claiming undeserved ...
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Simpson B., Eriksson K., Vartanova I. et al., American Sociological Review 2026 Vol. 0 No. 0 P. 1–22
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking ...
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Lebedeva D., Экономическая социология 2026 Т. 27 № 3 С. 91–98
On April 14, 2026, the session ‘Non-Standard Forms of Consumption: The Role of Technology, Emotions, and Morality’ was held as part of the XXVI April International Academic Conference named after Evgeny Yasin. The session focused on forms of consumer behaviour that fall outside the conventional rational choice model, bringing together researchers from economic sociology, psychology, ...
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Rossinskaya A., Борусяк Л. Ф., Киктева К. С. et al., Высшее образование в России 2026 Т. 35 № 7 С. 144–168
Статья посвящена анализу образовательной деятельности университетских музеев России. Актуальность исследования обусловлена противоречием между высоким
образовательным потенциалом музеев и фрагментарностью его реализации, а также отсутствием в литературе системного анализа условий интеграции музеев в учебный процесс высшей школы. Несмотря на признание музеев важными центрами сохранения наследия и популяризации науки, вопрос об их реальной включённости в повседневную образовательную жизнь
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Момджян К. Х., Кржевов В. С., Poddiakov A. et al., М.: Новые печатные технологии, 2025.
При всей кажущейся ясности и недвусмысленности понятия «свобода» дать ему исчерпывающую научную дефиницию весьма затруднительно. У каждой отрасли знания свой подход к трактовке этого многоаспектного понятия. В ходе обсуждения, материалы которого вошли в настоящий сборник, свобода рассматривается с позиций философии, социологии, юриспруденции, психологии, нейрофизиологии и т.д.
Участники дискуссии рассуждают о границах свободы воли и субъектности человека, о соотношении свободы и ...
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Titkov A. S., Фольклор и антропология города 2019 № 1-2 С. 206–229
New Victory Day’s celebration practices, mostly St. George’s ribbons and The Immortal
Regiment marches, are explained by dynamics of macrosociological variances.
Main structural elements of Victory Day celebrations during Soviet period were:
(1) distinctive role of veterans as the “carrier group” for festive scenario and values;
(2) combination of public rituals and family memory, patriotic solidarity and
commemoration of tragedy.
Generational ...
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Titkov A. S., Социология власти 2019 Т. 31 № 4 С. 53–94
This article reconstructs the theoretical logic underlying the "Soviet Man" research project by Yuri Levada's group. Based on the project's publications, it reconstructs an "early" model, which includes a set of attitudes toward the "antinomies" of the Soviet system, and a later model, which emphasizes a set of adaptive characteristics ("adapted," "two-faced," etc.). It elucidates the empirical ...
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Titkov A. S., Социологическое обозрение 2021 Т. 20 № 1 С. 262–289
The article continues the discussion of Grigory Yudin’s book 'Public Opinion'. The review considers Yudin’s arguments on the “plebiscitarian bias” in opinion-poll technology, on the linkages between opinion-polls, Rousseauist tradition and the “plebiscitarian model”, and on Gallup’s, Schumpeter’s, and Weber’s contributions to plebiscitarism. In the context of the proposed conceptual model, controversial issues in the interpretation of Weber’s and ...
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Titkov A. S., Логос 2024 Т. 34 № 4 С. 184–202
Sociological texts on zombies are mostly interested in human problems (capitalism, pop culture, etc), not in zombies as such. Zombies as a specific form of (non) life remain a blindspot for sociologists. Scientists of other disciplines, like epidemiology and neurosciences, have already declared their ways for studying zombies. Our task is to outline the concepts ...
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Cherviakova A. A., Gudkova T., Makarentseva A. O. et al., Comparative Sociology 2026 Vol. 25 P. 446–474
This study examines the relationship between educational and reproductive choices and aims to establish whether they compete in the lives of young Russian women born in the 1990s. The authors use longitudinal data of the ‘Trajectories in Education and Carriers’ survey (2011–2021; panel sample N = 992) and successively apply sequence analysis, cluster analysis, and ...
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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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