What comes after post-Soviet? Towards a new concept of de-Sovietization in higher education and research

Liz Shchepetylnykova and Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko

International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 106, issue C

Abstract: For almost three decades, scholars sought to understand the transformations of higher education systems previously subjected to totalitarian Soviet control. Early attempts to investigate post-Soviet reforms provided limited explanations of the chaotic and challenging nature of these transformations, inducing a valid critique of the dominant interpretation of the post-Soviet changes as a unidirectional transition from the party/state-dominated model to a Western market-oriented system. The processes of deconstructing the Soviet legacy have remained under-studied, while post-Soviet research in education largely accepts the legitimization and even re-integration of the past. By drawing on existing theoretical and empirical scholarship, this article explains why a new conceptualization of de-Sovietization is needed in higher education research and why the processes of re-envisioning values, practices, and institutions in the post-Soviet education and research are necessary to promote critical inquiry, academic freedom, and scholars’ agential responsibilities.

Keywords: De-Sovietization; Higher education; Research capacity; Post-Soviet reforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103014

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