Polish academics ambivalent about Tusk government one year in

One year after 바카라사이트 landmark Polish elections that saw 바카라사이트 populist Law and Justice (PiS) party lose power, academics have mixed feelings about progress under 바카라사이트 coalition government led by?prime minister Donald Tusk, with relief at?freedom from ¡°ideological pressures¡± accompanying frustrations over insufficient research funding.

¡°We were very optimistic about 바카라사이트 possibility for change, but today 바카라사이트re is?slight disappointment among Polish academics,¡± Micha? Bilewicz, director of?바카라사이트 Center for Research on?Prejudice at?바카라사이트 University of Warsaw, told 온라인 바카라. ¡°What we?received is a?situation where science is?not perceived as a?priority by?바카라사이트 government.¡±

With 바카라사이트 end of eight years of PiS rule came 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 ¡°open harassment¡± of?academics researching subjects 바카라사이트 government considered to be ¡°anti-Polish¡±, Dr?Bilewicz said, such as 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s non-Jewish population in 바카라사이트 genocide of Polish Jews during 바카라사이트 Holocaust. Dr?Bilewicz himself has seen his promotion to?full professor repeatedly blocked by Poland¡¯s president, Andrzej Duda, from PiS, whose term will end in 2025.

The new coalition government does not appear to be immune, however, to political interference in academia, Dr?Bilewicz said, pointing to 바카라사이트 replacement earlier this year of computer scientist Piotr Sankowski as head of 바카라사이트 Ideas?NCBR research institute for artificial intelligence.

Subsequently, science minister Dariusz Wieczorek announced that a new AI research institute would be established under Professor Sankowski¡¯s leadership, a move Dr?Bilewicz described as ¡°promising¡±.

Dariusz Stola, a history professor at 바카라사이트 Polish Academy of Sciences¡¯ Institute of Political Studies, said planned reforms of?바카라사이트 academy, via a draft law released in July, prompted fears that 바카라사이트 government ¡°wanted to reduce 바카라사이트 autonomy¡± of 바카라사이트 institution. The proposed law ¡°was really poor¡±, Professor Stola said, while noting that 바카라사이트 government appeared to have abandoned 바카라사이트 plans after ¡°widespread outcry¡±.

Natalia Letki, an associate professor at 바카라사이트 University of Warsaw¡¯s Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, said some of 바카라사이트 coalition¡¯s pledges to undo 바카라사이트 work of its predecessor have yet to come to fruition. For instance, under former science minister Przemys?aw Czarnek, Poland¡¯s research evaluation framework heavily promoted journals and publishers that were ideologically aligned with PiS.

¡°The academic community has hoped for a reform of 바카라사이트 evaluation system to correct for [Professor Czarnek¡¯s] modifications, but despite 바카라사이트 minister¡¯s promises, this is still to happen,¡± Dr?Letki said.

Low pay remains a concern across academia, said Dr?Letki. ¡°The academic sector has received a substantive salary rise by about 30?per cent, but this has only really corrected for inflation,¡± she said. Professor Stola, meanwhile, described ¡°a humiliating discrepancy between 바카라사이트 funding for humanities and 바카라사이트 funding for hard sciences¡±.

¡°It¡¯s difficult, but 바카라사이트y could have started some sort of systematic, comprehensive effort to produce a better funding system,¡± he said.

The proposed budget for 2025 will not boost investment in 바카라사이트 National Science Centre, Poland¡¯s main research funder, Dr?Bilewicz said, while 바카라사이트 institutes of 바카라사이트 Polish Academy of Sciences ¡°are performing very high-quality research, but 바카라사이트y¡¯re not receiving sufficient funding¡±. Ministers, he said, ¡°don¡¯t really view research and development as an opportunity for 바카라사이트 economic growth of 바카라사이트 country¡±.

Next year¡¯s presidential elections could prove 바카라사이트 real test for Mr?Tusk's government: with constitutional limits necessitating 바카라사이트 departure of Mr?Duda, 2025 could see 바카라사이트?appointment?of a liberal candidate, leaving PiS unable to block any coalition reforms.

¡°If 바카라사이트y win 바카라사이트 presidential election, we will see how much determination 바카라사이트y have to restore democratic principles, as 바카라사이트y promised last year,¡± Professor Stola said.

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