Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has profoundly undermined academic freedom in Russia. Independent research and critical voices within the country face constant pressure, censorship, and repressions while the state intensifies interference in universities. As a result, many Russian scholars have been forced to retreat into internal exile or leave the country, trying to continue their work elsewhere – in Central Asia, the Baltic States, Germany, and across Europe. The growing isolation of Russia’s independent academia and limited options of exiled scholars to work in their fields undermine the analysis of developments in the country and impair the quality of European policymaking.
This event will present the SCIENCE AT RISK Monitoring Report on Russia that documents censorship, self-censorship, repression, and the ideological restructuring of Russian universities. A panel of experts will then discuss the findings and their broader implications for academia within Russia and abroad, for international research collaboration, and for shaping policy in Germany and Europe.
Welcome:
Stefan Meister, Head of the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, DGAP
Sergey Lukashevsky, Editor in Chief, Radio Sakharov
Presentation of the SCIENCE AT RISK Monitoring Report:
Philipp Christoph Schmädeke, Director, SCIENCE AT RISK Emergency Office
Panel Discussion:
Robin Wagener, MP, Alliance 90/The Greens; Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (tbc)
Ksenia Luchenko, Independent Researcher and Journalist; Head of the Media Studies and Journalism Major, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Montenegro)
Caroline von Gall, Senior Fellow of the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe Universalism and Particularism in European Contemporary History, LMU Munich
Chair:
Mario Baumann, Project Manager and Research Fellow, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, DGAP
The event will be conducted in English.