Seven ways the war in Ukraine is changing global science [Nature, July 2022]

Title:

Seven ways the war in Ukraine is changing global science

 

Authors:

Nisha Gaind , Alison Abbott , Alexandra Witze , Elizabeth Gibney , Jeff Tollefson , Aisling Irwin & Richard Van Noorden

 

Published:

Nature, 20 July 2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01960-0

 

From the article:

In just five months, Russia’s war on Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and ruptured global geopolitics and economics. It is marking science, too. The heaviest impacts are in Ukraine, where researchers have seen their institutions bombed and are facing upheaval and threats to their livelihoods. In Russia, scientists are contending with boycotts and sanctions in response to their country’s actions. More widely, the crisis has created economic and political rifts that have already affected research in physics, space, climate science, food security and energy. A prolonged conflict could foment a significant realignment of scientific-collaboration patterns.

NIGERIA - Medical council bans certificates from Ukrainian universities [University World news, 30 June 2022]

Title:

Medical council bans certificates from Ukrainian universities

 

Author:

Jesusegun Alagbe

 

Published:

University World News, 30 June 2022

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220629144434607

 

From the article:

"In a decision that has hit many students badly, the Nigerian medical regulatory body has announced that it will not recognise medical and dental degree certificates issued by Ukrainian universities from 2022.  

 

This move means that Nigerian medical students who graduate from any Ukrainian university from 2022 onwards will not be allowed to sit the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) examinations, which is a prerequisite for obtaining a licence and practising in Nigeria."

 

ALSO SEE

 

Statement by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria:

https://www.mdcn.gov.ng/page/recent-news/notice-on-status-of-medical-degree-certificates-issued-by-ukrainian-medical-schools-in-2022018

 

Academia's challenges in the face of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war [Scholarly Article - European Science Editing, 2022]

Title:

Academia's challenges in the face of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war

 

Author:

Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

Independent researcher, Japan

 

Published:

European Science Editing, 15 April 2022

https://ese.arphahub.com/article/83864/

 

Abstract:

The European Union (EU), and Europe more widely, is facing its largest socio-political threat in a generation. As the political events between Russia and Ukraine, which have been festering since at least 2014, have now turned into a war, with many major Western and EU companies barring business with Russia, and with most Western Governments imposing increasingly stiffer sanctions on Russia, where do non-Russian academic publishers stand? This commentary takes a brief look at what we know, and where we stand. A humanitarian response is needed, but so too is a decision regarding treatment of Russian and Ukrainian academics.

The countries maintaining research ties with Russia despite Ukraine [Nature, April 2022]

Title:

The countries maintaining research ties with Russia despite Ukraine 

 

Authors:

Smriti Mallapaty, T. V. Padma, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Richard Van Noorden & Ehsan Masood

 

Published:

Nature, 6 April 2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00945-3

 

From the article:

Many Western nations are severing scientific links — but it’s a different story in China, India and South Africa.

 

Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the COVID-19 pandemic dynamics [Preprint - medRxiv, March 2022]

Title:

Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the COVID-19 pandemic dynamics

 

Author:

Igor Nesteruk

 

Published:

medRxiv, 30 March 2022

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.26.22272979v1

 

Note: 

This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

 

Abstract:

Full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, which began on February 24, 2022, caused an unprecedented number of refugees, which in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could increase the number of patients. The recent pandemic dynamics in Ukraine, Poland, Germany and in the whole world was compared with the previous epidemic waves simulated with the use of the generalized SIR-model and corresponding parameter identification procedure. Since before the war the estimation of the number of infectious persons per capita in Ukraine 3.6 times exceeded the global figure, the increase of the number the new cases and the pandemic duration is expected. From the beginning of March 2022 the increase of the averaged number of new cases in Germany and worldwide is visible. 

 

Citizens’ Psychological Reactions following the Russian invasion of the Ukraine: A cross-national study [Preprint - PsyArXiv, March 2022]

Title:

Citizens’ Psychological Reactions following the Russian invasion of the Ukraine: A cross-national study

 

Authors:

Morten Moshagen, Ulm University

Benjamin E. Hilbig, University of Koblenz-Landau

 

Published:

PsyArXiv, 7 March 2022

https://psyarxiv.com/teh8y/

Abstract:

Following the invasion of the Ukraine by the Russian Federation, NATO and European countries implemented immediate, strong, and extraordinary unified policies sanctioning Russia. Given that the degree of unity that can be upheld in the longer term arguably also depends on citizens’ reactions and opinions in such countries, the present study sought to explore emotional reactions, perceived justifiability, the willingness to welcome refugees, and the desired severity of sanctions against Russia, and further investigated relevant individual differences variables. Comparative analyses of samples from Germany (n = 296), Great-Britain (n = 297), Poland (n = 291), and the United States (n = 297), indicate high emotional involvement (in terms of anger, anxiety, empathy for people in the Ukraine, and perceived threat), an almost complete absence of perceived justifiability of Russia’s action, a high willingness to welcome refugees, and an overall strong – but more varied – desire to implement severe sanctions against Russia. Whereas the European samples, and the Polish sample in particular, overall exhibited the strongest reactions and desired the most severe sanctions, responses were overall characterized by exceptional unity across the countries studied.

Ukraine, Russia, and the West: A Background Reading List [JSTOR Daily, March 2022]

Title of reading list: 

Ukraine, Russia, and the West: A Background Reading List  

 

Published: 

JSTOR Daily, 4 March 2022 

https://daily.jstor.org/ukraine-russia-and-the-west-a-background-reading-list/  

 

Focus of reading list: 

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops is continuing, and despite a meeting between Presidents Zelenskyy and Putin on February 28, it does not appear that any movement towards a pause or end of aggression is in sight.  

 

These readings are from two groups: the first, non-governmental organizations and “think tanks” that monitor and analyze international relations and foreign policy; the second, scholars working in Western and Eastern European history.

 

Bitcoin is helping both sides in Ukraine conflict, but it won’t wreck Russian sanctions [The Conversation, March 2022]

Title:

Bitcoin is helping both sides in Ukraine conflict, but it won’t wreck Russian sanctions

 

Author:

Gavin Brown

Associate Professor in Financial Technology, University of Liverpool

 

Published:

The Conversation, 3 March 2022

https://theconversation.com/bitcoin-is-helping-both-sides-in-ukraine-conflict-but-it-wont-wreck-russian-sanctions-178442

 

From the article:

By going straight to the people of the world, Ukraine’s government has been able to raise finance quickly without the need for financial intermediaries.  

 

Yet as ever with cryptocurrencies, they bring benefits and risks in equal measures. They also have the potential to help Russians to evade the crashing rouble – contrary to demands by Ukraine. 

‘I thought I had forgotten this horror’: Ukrainian scientists stand in defiance [Nature, 2022]

Title:

‘I thought I had forgotten this horror’: Ukrainian scientists stand in defiance

 

Authors:

Nisha Gaind, Holly Else & Antoaneta Roussi

 

Published:

Nature, 2 March 2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00621-6

 

From the article:

Researchers tell Nature about their experiences of the Russian invasion.

AFRICA - How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa’s food supplies [The Conversation, February 2022]

Title:

How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa’s food supplies

 

Author:

Wandile Sihlobo 

Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University

 

Published:

The Conversation, 24 February 2022

https://theconversation.com/how-russia-ukraine-conflict-could-influence-africas-food-supplies-177843 

 

From the article:

Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention. 

 

UKRAINE - World Bank to provide $200 million to renovate Ukraine’s universities [Kyiv Post, May 2021]

Title:

World Bank to provide $200 million to renovate Ukraine's universities

 

Author:

Alexander Query

 

Published:

Kyiv Post, 10 May 2021

https://www.kyivpost.com/business/world-bank-to-provide-200-million-to-renovate-ukraines-universities.html

 

From the article:

The World Bank has approved a US$200 million loan to modernise education in Ukraine. Through a project called Ukraine Improving Higher Education for Results, the loan will finance the renovation of Ukrainian universities, including introducing high-tech equipment to improve distance learning and updating testing.

 

UKRAINE - Nuclear reactions at Chernobyl are spiking in an inaccessible chamber [NewScientist, May 2021]

Title:

Nuclear reaction at Chernobyl are spiking in an inaccessible chamber 

Author:

Matthew Sparkes

Published:

NewScientist, 11 May 2021

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2277195-nuclear-reactions-at-chernobyl-are-spiking-in-an-inaccessible-chamber/

From the article:

Scientists monitoring the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine have seen a surge in fission reactions in an inaccessible chamber within the complex. They are now investigating whether the problem will stabilise or require a dangerous and difficult intervention to prevent a runaway nuclear reaction.