SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EURASION ECONOMIC UNION: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Introduction. The article is a comparative study of the formation and functioning of science and higher education system in the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union, conducted by defining comparison criteria.

Materials and methods. Methodologically, the research is based on general scientific and special methods of cognition of political, social and economic processes, including analysis, synthesis, analogies, generalizations, comparison. The comparative method helped to develop parameters for comparing the scientific and educational complex of the two integration entities.

Results of the study. The analysis revealed that the scientific and educational complex of the EU and the EAEU are comparable by a number of characteristics, which indicates their typological congeniality and the existence of similar principles of functioning. At the same time, there are some factors unique for the EAEU that influence science and higher education. These factors derived from the historical, geographic and national specific background allow the EAEU to effectively use the mechanisms of scientific, technical and educational cooperation. In addition, the comparative analysis unveils problems in this cooperation, which can be solved by drawing on European experience.

Discussion and conclusion. Current scholarly literature pays insufficient attention to the potential of scientific and educational interaction for promoting integration processes in the EAEU. It is important to elaborate models for adapting the experience of the European Union in organizing and financing the European Research Area and the European Higher Education Area to create and develop similar models in the EAEU, taking into account local specific characteristics, as well as the achievements of the Asian system of science and education. In this regard, it is useful to carry out research in the field of networking between the academic community and innovative companies of the EAEU member states and Asian countries to find out new formats of communication.

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