Socio-political aspects of reforming russian academic science

Abstract

The article considers some areas of reform of academic science, namely a radical change in the existing form of academic scientific activity, the restructuring of domestic science according to Western models, in addition, some attention is paid to such a direction of reform as reduction in the number of research institutes and scientists working there. In this regard, on the basis of the analysis of important components of science, it is shown that academic science is now the most effective sector of science, the basis of the country's scientific potential. As for the policy of the state aimed at optimizing scientific activity, in other words, restructuring science, it negatively affects its development. The article gives an assessment of the reform results, it turns out its impact on the state of Russian science. In this regard, the level of Russian research in certain fields of science is assessed, the place of modern domestic science in world science is being investigated. The main focus is on the question of in which scientific fields Russian research is at the level of development of world science or ahead of it, and where – to one degree or another lag behind it. Particular attention is paid to the consideration of measures to accelerate the development of fundamental science in our country. In this regard, the problems of increasing research funding, eliminating state interference in the process of self-organization of the academic scientific community, modernizing the infrastructure of academic science, ensuring the worthy position of the scientific elite, especially young scientists, whom the future of Russian science in the third millennium largely depends on, are analyzed.