Denis Kurbatov: “In Terms of the Number of Scientists per Thousand Population, Ukraine Ranks Last in Europe”

Now science has a chance to become not just an item of expenditure in the budget, but the main one for the new economy, says Deputy Minister of Education and Science Denis Kurbatov. Without a dramatic increase in funding, any reforms in the industry are impossible, say scientists. On the eve of the Day of Science of Ukraine, which is celebrated on May 17, we talked with Denis Kurbatov about money for science, why certification of scientific inst…