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From the introduction by guest editors Friedrich Cain and Elisa Satjukow:

"The authors of this special theme present case studies from different universities in the socialist countries of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe and their successor states. It aims to critically assess concepts and practices of “university” within the scientific systems of these (post-)socialist countries on the one hand, and the reciprocal effects that have occurred in the exchange with political or economic discourses on the other."

Content

Introduction. Friedrich Cain & Elisa Satjukow

peer-reviewed articles

The economic role of higher education, science, and technology in late socialist Yugoslavia, Vedran Duančić

Hegemony over higher education. The case of Albania, Pavjo Gjini

Political materialities of status- making and unmaking. Universities in the imperial cityscape of St. Petersburg, Iuliia Gataulina

interviews

Olga Shparaga on Belarusian Academia in exile: “It is clear that something is happening in the field of education within and around Belarus”, Friedrich Cain

Tereza Hendl on RUTA and epistemic communities in solidarity for Ukraine: “We are reclaiming debates on our societies”, Elisa Satjukow