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'Superagency' May Further Politicize Indonesian Research

'Superagency' May Further Politicize Indonesian Research

Indonesia has dismantled its science ministry and created an overarching national research agency, a move some scientists worry will strengthen political control over research in a country where academic freedom is already under pressure and politics have taken an authoritarian turn.

Academic Freedom Questions Arise on Campus over COVID-19 Strategy Conflicts | Stanford News

Academic Freedom Questions Arise on Campus over COVID-19 Strategy Conflicts | Stanford News

As Stanford faculty members disagree - often publicly - about the best way to confront COVID-19, questions about the responsibilities and limitations of academic freedom and the university's relationship to the Hoover Institution have arisen.