In the context of the Covid-19 meta-crisis, leadership styles have emerged as a key factor for determining a country’s ability to contain the contagion and recover. In what follows, we want to explore the features of such leadership styles by taking a gender perspective. This article argues that women leaders have successfully governed the crises originated by the pandemic not only because of their inherent ability to build relationships, enhance community bonds, and “tune” with the anxieties of citizens; the women leaders’ approach to science has proven to be decisive as well. Contrarily to common-sense expectations, when compared with men leaders, women have demonstrated to be more responsive and attentive to scientific advice, and to use their understanding of science as a factor of legitimacy. Our data are based on a wider research project granted by the Italian Ministry of Research and coordinated by prof. Saccà. We have analyzed the discourses of two case studies, Donald Trump and Jacinda Ardern, as they identify ideal-typical features of two opposing leadership styles as far as science is concerned. The analysis of rhetorical formulas and frames highlight the differences in their discourses and approaches and proves how the women leaders’ ability of listening to experts’ advice and the needs of specific sectors of the population has been decisive for the success of the measures of containment of the virus.
The article deals with peculiarities of transformation of higher education system under the conditions of transition to the sixth technological order. Based on the data of international ratings the authors draw attention to the decline in some indicators of the level of "human capital" development in Russia. This is a significant obstacle to the innovative economy formation in the context of the increased competition between countries. The authors analyse the main measures of legislative support for the digitalization of higher education; consider the risks and problems associated with the introduction of digital technologies into the educational process of Russia. The authors describe new opportunities in the spheres of training skilled lawyers, including that of LegalTech, which allows the use of various digital products designed to optimize lawyers' work. Special attention is paid to the prospects of interaction between educational organizations, vendors and employers, who are primarily interested in training good specialists. Attention is drawn to the fact that the widespread use of digital technologies affects the forms and practices of the educational process in Russian institutions of higher education. However, the widespread introduction of distance learning technologies causes a mixed reaction on the part of both students and teachers. While discussing the level of prevalence of digital technologies and communications in society, attention is drawn to the rare use of digital technologies in the strategies of teaching Russian students, to the insufficient dissemination of additional education practices in comparison with European trends.
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