Scholars Look at Publication Activity in Post-Soviet Countries
75% of papers published in post-Soviet countries are by Russian researchers. In total, about 3% of all papers published globally are from post-Soviet countries. The role of universities has grown over the last 30 years, with over half of all recent academic papers being made with the participation of university researchers. These are the conclusions made in a study of publication activity by scholars in post-Soviet countries.
Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis crossed its equator
During the July session of RSSIA the participants presented the interim results of their projects, and the experts talked about modern research in their fields and shared the most interesting results of their work
The July session of the Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis is going on right now!
Very soon we will share interesting lectures from our experts on the hottest topics!
CInSt Research Seminar "Rules, discretion and corruption in procurement: Evidence from Italian government contracting": Francesco Decarolis (Bocconi University)
Francesco Decarolis (Bocconi University) has presented a paper "Rules, discretion and corruption in procurement: Evidence from Italian government contracting" on the regular CInSt research seminar on June, 24
New issue Higher Education in Russia and Beyond
The issue "Higher Education in Russia and Beyond" focuses on university reputation from different perspectives. The articles included in this issue briefly try to answer questions like what is reputation? What happens when a university does not care about cultivating it? Why is it even necessary to manage the reputation of the institution? How does it work? Why do national and international rankings matter and what use should be made of them?