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If not for money, disgruntled researchers from around the world might still come to Europe for a taste of academic freedom
Competitive funding is breaking down just a few years after it was set up using EU and World Bank money.
Being frozen out of Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ for over three years has taken its toll on the country’s academics.
Afghanistan is the latest test case for how Europe helps researchers threatened at home or fleeing abroad.
The US has seen a particular drop in university autonomy, which has fallen by 50% in the past decade, faster than several countries moving toward autocracy
Hungarian academics are hopeful that an EU ruling banning 30 institutions, including 21 universities, from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ will finally be lifted with the election of a new government.
European universities celebrate opportunity for Hungarian institutions to restore academic freedom.
This post is an urgent call to push back against global trends in academic censorship and threats to free speech in scholarly communications.
Seit Donald Trump wieder Präsident ist, hat sich die Lage an US-Universitäten drastisch verändert: Studierende fürchten Abschiebungen, Wissenschaftler verlieren ihre Stellen und wichtige Forschungsprojekte werden gestrichen.
For decades, research universities have relied on federal funding, with no guarantee that it will last. Now their survival may depend on compliance with the government.
The past year was a shock to the U.S. higher education system. The coming year may see even more jolts.
Geopolitical tensions and territorial disputes can hinder the free exchange of ideas. This article recommends guidelines for event organizers, researchers and publishers to minimize geopolitical sensitivities.
One major consequence of the assault on research by president Donald Trump’s administration has been to put data in jeopardy, through changes in funding and access to data repositories and other data collections.
The new Trump administration has been more reckless and destructive than the first time around. The Union of Concerned Scientists is working to monitor, contain, and reverse this administration’s abuses of science.
The European Union has struck a deal with Egypt allowing it to associate to Horizon Europe, despite concerns from MEPs and former diplomats about restrictions on research in the country.
Many MEPs have called on the Commission to increase efforts to attract US scientists affected by budget cuts and political interference in academia and research. They see the current geopolitical context as a chance for the EU to present itself as an international beacon for academic freedom.
About 1,900 scientists warn that actions being taken by the Trump administration will slow scientific advances and harm Americans
After an onslaught of funding cuts, firings, and cancelled programs as a result of Trump administration actions, scientists in the United States are feeling targeted. That’s according to the results of a poll published by Nature. In the poll, 75.3% of 1,600 respondents, at least 1,200 of whom were scientists, said they were “considering leaving the country following the disruptions to science prompted by the Trump administration.”
