Eglė Rindzevičiūtė

Eglė Rindzevičiūtė, an Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Kingston University, explores the history and significance of scientific predictions in Soviet Russia. She discusses the evolution of prediction from ancient Greece to modern science, the historical development of scientific forecasting in the Russian Empire and communist Russia, and the use of science in policy decisions in the Soviet Union. She also emphasizes the importance of studying non-Western European cases in understanding predictive expertise.