On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder: the challenge is no longer only participation, but voice — women scientists must remain visible and unapologetic about their achievements (my lecture on this topic: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15303171).
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Yana Suchikova
@yanasuchikova@mstdn.science
mastodon 4.6.8I am a Ukrainian scientist and the Vice-Rector for Scientific Work at Berdyansk State Pedagogical University. My interests include materials science, nanotechnology, STEM education, AI in science, general issues of science, psychology, and education.
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Are review articles dying in the age of AI?
A year ago, we thought so. Today, we see something more nuanced: generative AI is not replacing reviews — it is differentiating them. Descriptive syntheses are increasingly automatable, while reflexive, agenda-setting reviews become even more valuable as knowledge infrastructure:
https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.2045
#GenerativeAI #ScholarlyCommunication #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #AIinResearch
AI in warfare needs ethics:
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01008-7
We propose CARE: who benefits, who controls, who is responsible, and who is harmed.
More in our earlier work:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04756-9
Taylor & Francis released a short video about our Oxford visit at Oxford Brookes University — publishing standards, ethics, and Ukraine’s scholarly resilience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IOexycyFEQ
#AcademicPublishing #Ukraine #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience
University without walls is no longer a concept, but a lived reality.
Our Ukrainian–Australian autoethnographic study explores how universities persist beyond territory, and why authorial voice matters in academic writing.
EOSC just released recommendations on long-term data retention:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19232470
Glad to see our work (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04756-9) on extending CARE principles cited in the context of ethical data governance for vulnerable populations.
In Physica B, we show that porous silicon acts as an effective compliant buffer for 3C-SiC/Si heteroepitaxy, improving crystal quality and enabling more reliable integration of SiC with silicon platforms.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2026.418626
#Nanotechnology #MaterialsScience #Semiconductors #SiC #Microelectronics
Who owns the time saved by AI?
In our column for University World News 👇
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20260401083223503
#AI #HigherEducation #AcademicWork #GenerativeAI #ResearchCulture #FutureOfWork
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Our new study: a survey of 429 Ukrainian academics shows that nearly one third report moderate to severe depressive symptoms during the full-scale war, highlighting the urgent need for mental-health support in universities.
https://doi.org/10.1155/da/9937337
#MentalHealth #Ukraine #HigherEducation #WarImpact
A powerful piece by Professor Marek Tesar in Future Campus highlighting the story of Berdyansk State Pedagogical University — a University without walls, sustained by people, care, and resilience even in wartime:
https://futurecampus.com.au/2026/02/03/reslience-whilst-reimagining-a-university-without-walls/
Grateful for this thoughtful reflection
#UniversityWithoutWalls #AcademicResilience #UkrainianAcademia
Instead of evacuating far from risk, some Ukrainian universities chose to relocate within their region during the war. Based on interviews in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, we introduce flexible regional relocation as a strategy of educational resilience.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp.2026.100282
#HigherEducation #Academia #Research #Universities #Resilience
Gave a lecture today on Digital & AI Tools for Responsible Science at Kyiv Aviation Institute 🇺🇦
We discussed how digital tools and AI support the full research lifecycle — from ideas to publication and communication — and why impact, responsibility, and ethics matter.
Slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18359614
Our new article explores radiation effects in gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂), a garnet-family crystal used in photonic and detector applications:
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst16010040
#MaterialsScience #Garnet #RadiationPhysics #PhotonicMaterials
Burnout among Ukrainian academics is not just about individuals — it reflects how universities function. Support works only when it is trusted, accessible, and embedded in institutional culture. Otherwise, it’s just noise.
#AcademicBurnout #HigherEducation #Ukraine #MentalHealth #WarAndEducation
Inspired to launch a visual storytelling course at Berdyansk State Pedagogical University with Tim Winkler & Neil Bennett (Future Campus, Australia). More than photography — it’s about how we communicate ideas and science with impact.
#VisualStorytelling #ScienceCommunication #HigherEd #Ukraine
We developed a taxonomy (AI-PMT) to assess the maturity of university AI policies, showing—on the case of 23 Ukrainian universities—that policies are becoming more advanced but remain uneven, especially beyond teaching:
🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/kpm.10(2).2026.01
#AIinEducation #AIGovernance #GenAI #HigherEd
Sharing my talk “Transparency, Delegation, and Responsibility: How Universities Can Regulate the Use of Generative AI” https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18934518
#GenerativeAI #ResearchIntegrity #GAIDeT #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience
New article (with Serhii Nazarovets):
Raw material supplier or strategic actor? Ukraine’s future in the rare earth sector
Post-Communist Economies
Can Ukraine move from exporting ore to technological sovereignty?
🔗 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14631377.2026.2634631?needAccess=true
#RareEarths #CriticalMaterials #Ukraine #Geopolitics #TechnologicalSovereignty
Australian data show: most university staff face high psychosocial risk, widespread exhaustion, and growing intentions to leave academia:
https://stresscafe.net/census/
In war-affected Ukraine, the picture is even more severe — over 70% of academics report high burnout:
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06322-5
#HigherEducation #AcademicBurnout #MentalHealth #UniversityWithoutWalls