Science policy and governance

I report on the institutions and politics that shape science, including research funding, academic freedom, scientific isolation and the future of major research programmes.

• Let’s reinvent the Nobel Prizes! — Hypertextual, 07.10.2025
• 77-Year-Old Scientist Sentenced to 14 Years for Treason in Russia — Siberian, 20.05.2024
• The Future of Science in Russia Could Depend on This Criminal Case in Siberia — Siberian, 10.05.2024
• Do We Really Need CERN’s $17 Billion Supercollider? — Hypertextual, 12.02.2024
• “Overtake Foreign Scientists Without Catching up With Them”. Who Opposes the Fight Against Pseudoscience in Russia — Siberian, 15.03.2023
• Senior Russian Scientist Accuses the UK of Sabotaging the Nord Stream — Siberian, 17.11.2022
• What Is Happening With Russian Science — Siberian, 11.11.2022
• How the Russian Academy of Sciences Became a Kremlin Department — Siberian, 21.09.2022
• Novosibirsk Was Once the Scientific Capital of Russia. It Has Become a Place Where Scientists Are Persecuted — Siberian, 08.08.2022
• Scientific Isolation of Russia Could Last for Years To Come — Siberian, 26.03.2022