Debating academic boycotts and cooperation in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Kangas, Anni; Mäkinen, Sirke; Dubrovskiy, Dmitri; Pallot, Judith; Shenderova, Svetlana; Yarovoy, Gleb; Zabolotna, Oksana

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“…While most seem to agree that academia should not be exempt from the sanctions, there is a great deal of confusion regarding their effectiveness and how they should be implemented in practice. Additionally, national governments, supranational bodies (such as European University Association), science academies and research institutions as well as publishers have formulated their own guidelines regarding collaboration with Russian academic institutions and Russian-based scholars as well as publishing and travel to Russia (Kangas et al 2023).…”

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“…Some academics find that sanctions can be the only, albeit not easy, thing to do (see Smith 2022), yet, others have questioned whether academic boycotts even work (see Newman 2016). Dubrovskiy and Yarovoy claim, for instance, that deglobalization of academic knowledge production in Russia will serve the interests of the regime (Kangas et al 2023).…”

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Navigating the ‘grey zone’: academic collaboration and research on/in Russia during geopolitical crisis

Kaisto,

Nielsen

2024

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Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and attack on Ukraine in 2022 have led to widespread sanctions being placed on Russia by the European Union, including sanctions related to academic cooperation. National governments, supranational bodies, science academies and research institutions as well as publishers have likewise formed policies suspending and restricting collaboration regarding Russia-related research. These policies are, however, not straight forward and there are many practical and ethical questions that individual researchers must ask themselves. At Finnish Geography Days 2023 in Joensuu, a panel was dedicated to discussing some of these questions. This article summarizes main themes discussed during the panel and sheds light on the multiple ways researchers experience and navigate the ‘grey zone’ of academic collaboration and research on/in Russia in the current geopolitical context. The article emphasizes the necessity of further discussing the effectiveness and impact of the sanctions and restrictions: Are they reasonable? Who benefits from them, and who suffers?

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Navigating the ‘grey zone’: academic collaboration and research on/in Russia during geopolitical crisis

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Nielsen

2024

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“…Her kan det nevnes at noen internasjonale forlag fortsatte å gi ut russiske forskeres publikasjoner og bruke fagfeller fra Russland, til tross for sanksjoner fra EU og mange andre land og protester fra ukrainsk akademia(Chumachenko, 2022; se ogsåKangas et al, 2023) …”

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Akademisk frihet og sikkerhet i fare? Finlands forskningssamarbeid med autoritære stater

Mäkinen

2024

Internasjonal Politikk

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Denne artikkelen drøfter Finlands forskningssamarbeid med to autoritære stater, Kina og Russland, som begge har vært viktige partnere for finske forskningsinstitusjoner siden år 2000. I den siste tiden har det imidlertid vært økende uro rundt forverring av forhold rundt akademisk frihet i Kina og Russland og de mulige sikkerhetsrisikoene et samarbeid med kinesiske og russiske institusjoner og forskere kan innebære. Med tanke på denne nye situasjonen spør vi hvordan endringene på dette området betraktes og oppleves av forskere som er basert i Finland, og som gjennomfører studier eller samarbeider med aktører i Kina eller Russland innen samfunnsvitenskap og humaniora. Undersøkelsen er basert på intervjuer med Kina-eksperter og en spørreundersøkelse blant Russland-eksperter, begge utført i 2023. Artikkelen framholder at i forbindelse med samarbeidet med autoritære stater har det oppstått et dilemma mellom våre kunnskapsinteresser på den ene siden og etiske og (geo)politiske hensyn på den andre. Til tross for dette dilemmaet anbefaler ekspertene på Kina og Russland at person-til-person-kontaktene ivaretas. Abstract in English:Academic Freedom and Security at Risk? Finland’s Research Collaboration with Authoritarian StatesThis paper discusses Finland’s research collaboration with two authoritarian states, China and Russia. China and Russia have both been significant partners in Finland’s international research collaboration in the 2000s. Recently, however, there have been growing concerns regarding the decline of academic freedom in China and Russia and potential security risks in collaborating with them. In this new situation, we should ask how the given changes have been viewed and experienced by the experts studying (and/or having collaborations with) China or Russia in the field of social sciences or humanities in Finland. This article asks, for example, why we should collaborate (or not) with such authoritarian states. The research for the paper is based on author-conducted interviews of China experts as well as a survey with Russia experts in 2023. The paper argues that a dilemma between our knowledge interests and ethical and (geo)political considerations of international research collaboration persists in collaboration with authoritarian states. Despite this dilemma, China and Russia experts advocate safeguarding person-to-person contacts, if not research collaboration, with scholars from the given states.

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Regional spillover effect of 2022 sanctions against Russia on scholarly publications

Kuzhabekova

2024

Learned Publishing

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This article explores the spillover effects of economic sanctions against Russia on research in neighbouring countries. The assumption of the paper is that such effects should take place given the high level of regional integration in the post‐Soviet area. The study uses bibliometric data retrieved from the Web of Science for analysis; more specifically, the data on publications during 2019, 2021 and 2023 from each of the four countries of interest – Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and graphs. The results clearly point to the potential presence of negative externalities of economic sanctions on research systems of neighbouring countries not directly involved in the war. The paper discusses implications of the effects and recommendations, which can be used by policy makers to alleviate the effects on the neighbouring countries and by scholars to further investigate the phenomenon.

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Debating academic boycotts and cooperation in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine

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Navigating the ‘grey zone’: academic collaboration and research on/in Russia during geopolitical crisis

Navigating the ‘grey zone’: academic collaboration and research on/in Russia during geopolitical crisis

Akademisk frihet og sikkerhet i fare? Finlands forskningssamarbeid med autoritære stater

Regional spillover effect of 2022 sanctions against Russia on scholarly publications

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