Evaluating the Evaluators in Russia: When Academic Citizenship Fails

20 Pages Posted: 9 Apr 2021

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Katerina Guba

Center for Institutional Analysis of Science & Education

Angelika Tsivinskaya

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: April 9, 2021

Abstract

We examined the role of peer review in quality assurance system developed for regulation higher education institutions in Russia. Given the negative attitude to the state attempts to increase control over universities, why academics volunteered to participate in regulative activity? This article applies the resource allocation theory to explain the engagement in academic service depending on people’s success in their primary job. Results indicate that Russian academics who performed lower in respect with publications and citations in the selective journals are more likely to become an expert engaged in academic citizenship in the form of inspections.

Keywords: quality assurance, academic service, academic citizenship, Russian universities

Suggested Citation

Guba, Katerina and Tsivinskaya, Angelika, Evaluating the Evaluators in Russia: When Academic Citizenship Fails (April 9, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3822982 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3822982

Katerina Guba (Contact Author)

Center for Institutional Analysis of Science & Education ( email )

3 Gagarinskaya Street
St. Petersburg, 191187
Russia

Angelika Tsivinskaya

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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