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Irina Dezhina: Beware of Poverty and Affluence

... Space Center to talk about Russia’s science policy. Dr. Dezhina, you once said that the experience of reforms to Russian science in the 1990s has shown that even if you begin to build something new, the old does not necessarily disappear. Moreover,... ... often adapts to the old, instead of the opposite. Is this estimation still true with regards to the ongoing reformation of the Russian Academy of Sciences? To a certain extent, it is. The RAS is being formally converted into a Western-style club of scientists,...

20.02.2015

Timothy O'Connor: Learning to Study Is the Key

... do not intersect. However, direct communication should be established between them. As to your question on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, since the reform is underway and the process is complicated, it is too early to make assessments.... ... offers students an opportunity to work under the guidance of world-renowned scientists in this or that field. Education and science are costly affairs. Russia will inevitably have to prioritize: no one can afford to finance to the max the RAS, universities,...

05.12.2014

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