Study Raises Fears of A ‘Lost Generation’ of Scientists
Nathan M Greenfield | 08 July 2024 | University World News
The war with Russia has decimated Ukraine’s scientific intellectual community: over 33% of the country’s pre-war scientists are either no longer in Ukraine or have stopped practising science, according to an academic study, “The effects of war on Ukrainian research”.
Writing in the journal Nature, associate professor in science, technology and innovation policy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland) Gaétan de Rassenfosse and his two co-authors reported that since February 2022, 18.5% of Ukraine’s scientists have left the country (17% of whom have since ceased practising science) and 15% of those who remained in Ukraine are no longer scientists…