Studies

In light of the devastating repression against scholars and students in Belarus and Russia and the impact of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office the SCIENCE AT RISK Emergency Office commissioned 3 comprehensive research studies in 2023.

The studies map the state of academic freedom in each of the 3 target countries, respectively, and provide a picture of the situation of at-risk academics in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine that is unique in its scope.

Monitoring Report

Ukraine 2022-2023

Threats to science and higher education after the full-scale Russian invasion

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Monitoring Report

Russia 2022/2023

Persecutions in the academic sphere and forced emigration

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