Yana Sychikova (Suchikova)
@yanasychikova
I 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.
Proud to contribute to the Roadmap on UV-C Photodetectors — 89 pages mapping the path from materials and laboratory prototypes to reliable, scalable technologies: doi.org/10.48550/arX... #UVC #Photonics #Photodetectors #MaterialsScience #UkraineInScience
My first literary essay is out in Wasafiri. “Breathing Between Bubbles: A Leib-University in Exile” is about a university beyond walls — through memory, care, language, laughter, and the fragile membranes that keep us connected. doi.org/10.1080/0269... #LifeWriting #Ukraine #UniversityWithoutWalls
New in Accountability in Research: responding to Holcombe et al., I propose separating structured Contributor Listings from narrative Acknowledgments. Make contributions visible—but do not standardize gratitude: doi.org/10.1080/0898... #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #CRediT #Acknowledgments
A wonderful surprise: Higher Education has published a review of our collective monograph on universities during wartime, calling it “an extraordinary collective monograph.” doi.org/10.1007/s107... #HigherEducation #AcademicPublishing #BookReview #Ukraine #UniversityWithoutWalls
What do students see when we let them tell their stories on their own terms? Article: futurecampus.com.au/2026/07/10/w... Photo album: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
A conversation from Canberra on data stewardship, Indigenous data sovereignty, and shared lessons from Ukraine and Australia. 🎧 Podcast: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 📰 in Future Campus: futurecampus.com.au/2026/07/07/s... #DataGovernance #CAREPrinciples #OpenScience #NAIDOCWeek
What should an AI policy at a university look like? My main message: AI policies should not encourage people to hide AI use—they should encourage transparent, responsible disclosure. 📄 Presentation: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Barriers to realising the right to education: displaced Ukrainian university students under temporary protection in the EU doi.org/10.1080/2535... #RightToEducation #HigherEducation #Ukraine #HumanRights #RefugeeEducation #Research
Stigmatization at University: What Students in Ukraine, Spain, and Switzerland Think About It Read more in our new article in Social Sciences & Humanities Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... #HigherEducation #Stigma #Inclusion #AcademicCulture #StudentVoices
Distributing Knowledge: Openness, Equity and Higher Education Transformation by Richard Heller doi.org/10.11647/OBP... The book cites our “University without Walls” doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #HigherEducation #DistributedUniversity #UniversityWithoutWalls #OpenEducation #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. doi.org/10.21511/gg.... #HigherEducation #Autoethnography #OpenScience
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: 🔗 dx.doi.org/10.21511/kpm... #AIinEducation #AIGovernance #GenAI #HigherEd
EOSC just released recommendations on long-term data retention: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Glad to see our work (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) on extending CARE principles cited in the context of ethical data governance for vulnerable populations. #OpenScience #CAREprinciples #DataEthics #EOSC #ResearchData
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.ph... #Nanotechnology #MaterialsScience #Semiconductors #SiC
Who owns the time saved by AI? In our column for University World News 👇 www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto... #AI #HigherEducation #AcademicWork #GenerativeAI #ResearchCulture #FutureOfWork
AI in warfare needs ethics: doi.org/10.1038/d415... We propose CARE: who benefits, who controls, who is responsible, and who is harmed. More in our earlier work: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #AIethics #AIGovernance #CARE #AIinWarfare #DataEthics
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. doi.org/10.1155/da/9... #Ukraine #HigherEducation #WarImpact
Sharing my talk “Transparency, Delegation, and Responsibility: How Universities Can Regulate the Use of Generative AI” doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #GenerativeAI #ResearchIntegrity #GAIDeT #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience
Our new article: Raw material supplier or strategic actor? Ukraine’s future in the rare earth sector Can Ukraine move from exporting ore to technological sovereignty? 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... #RareEarths #CriticalMaterials #Ukraine #Geopolitics #TechnologicalSovereignty
Australian data show: most university staff face high psychosocial risk, widespread exhaustion, and growing intentions to leave academia: stresscafe.net/census/ In war-affected Ukraine, the picture is even more severe — over 70% of academics report high burnout: doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Today we celebrate Women and Girls in Science — and remind ourselves that visibility matters as much as participation (lecture: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...). #WomenInSTEM #InclusiveScience
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 and care, even in wartime: futurecampus.com.au/2026/02/03/r... #UniversityWithoutWalls #AcademicResilience #UkrainianAcademia
Are review articles dying? Not quite. Generative AI isn’t replacing reviews, it’s separating descriptive syntheses from reflexive, field-shaping work. The future of reviews lies in interpretation, where human judgment remains indispensable doi.org/10.1002/leap... #AcademicPublishing
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.rs... #EducationalResilience
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 and why impact, responsibility, and ethics matter. Slides: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #ResponsibleScience #AIinResearch
Our new article explores radiation effects in gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂), a garnet-family crystal used in photonic and detector applications: doi.org/10.3390/crys... #MaterialsScience #Garnet #RadiationPhysics #PhotonicMaterials
The war in Ukraine is turning academic burnout into a cumulative condition. Prolonged uncertainty and loss of control lead to exhaustion, numbing, and loss of meaning among university lecturers. doi.org/10.1057/s415... #WarInUkraine #AcademicBurnout