The war in Ukraine is already affecting research, and could change it for years or decades to come
, 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.
The war has demolished what had been a slowly modernizing research system that was beginning to integrate with European partners. Many universities and science centres have been badly damaged — the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology neutron source was bombed in March and June, for instance.
Many Russian academics have signed letters condemning the war, although official bodies, such as the Russian Union of Rectors , have supported the invasion. Graham thinks such a shift is likely, but that Russian researchers still hope to reinstate links with US and European colleagues .Some scientists anticipate that the isolation of Russian researchers will continue for some time, setting the country’s science back 10 or 20 years and causing a huge brain drain of young scientists.
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