About
Since the 1990s, doctoral education around the world has been undergoing significant changes related to the growing heterogeneity of the student body, the diversification of degrees and training models, and the expansion of trajectories for doctoral graduates. These trends are also relevant to China and Russia, but the current state of doctoral education in these two countries differs significantly. In Russia, in contrast to the global trend of massification, there has been a steady decrease in the number of applicants, graduates, and dissertations over the past 10 years. China, on the other hand, has made significant progress since the advent of the doctoral education system in the 1980s, and the Chinese system has now become one of the largest in the world. The proposed joint comparative study aims to identify common features and differences in the transformation processes of doctoral education in China and Russia, as well as factors that contribute to or hinder the development of doctoral education at the national, institutional, and individual levels.
The project is the winner of the first International Academic Cooperation competition, which was held by HSE University in 2024. The project implementation period is 2024–2026.
Team (HSE University)
Project Head, Senior Research Fellow
Deputy Head, Research Fellow
Manager
Research Assistant
Research Fellow
Research Assistant
Senior Research Fellow
Research Assistant
Research Assistant
Research Assistant
Junior Research Fellow
Research Assistant
Team (Tsinghua University)
Associate Professor
Postdoc Researcher
Associate Professor
Publications
Жучкова С. В., Павлюк Д. М. Аспирантура в приоритете? Совершенствование аспирантуры как элемент программ развития вузов «Приоритета-2030» // Университетское управление: практика и анализ. 2024. Т. 28. № 1. С. 21-33.
Смирнов Н. М. Эффективность грантовой поддержки аспирантов в России: квазиэкспериментальный анализ программы РФФИ // Высшее образование в России. 2025. Т. 34. № 3. С. 77–99.
Барьеры при подготовке диссертаций в российской аспирантуре / С. В. Жучкова, А. И. Нефедова, Е. А. Терентьев, Н. М. Смирнов; Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики», Институт образования. — М.: НИУ ВШЭ, 2025. — 52 с. — 100 экз. — (Современная аналитика образования. № 2 (85)).
Smirnov N. From productivity to wellbeing? Topic modelling of doctoral education research // Higher Education. 2025. (online first)
Smirnov N., Rakov N. It’s (not) a match! How doctoral students in Russia experience the gap between expectations and reality // Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 2025. (online first)
Smirnov N., Tarasova E. Motivation matters: How enrollment motives shape doctoral experiences and career aspirations // Plos One. 2025. Vol. 20. No. 9. Article e0330679
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