ALLEA: threats to academic freedom in the US
We have endorsed ALLEA’s recent statement about threats to academic freedom and international research collaboration in the United States. It highlights concerns about funding freezes, censorship, and political interference in research.
The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the
ALLEA-Statement-on-Threats-to-Academic-Freedom.pdf
escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond. Recent developments
regarding science and scholarship in the U.S., including executive orders freezing billions in federal research funding and censorship around topics such as climate change and gender, are forcing many U.S. science agencies and research organisations to abruptly suspend normal operations. Such censorship and political suppression of language, research topics, and methodologies—whether through funding restrictions, legislative control, or institutional interference—fundamentally compromise the integrity of scientific and scholarly endeavours not just in the U.S. but around the world due to the global nature of the research ecosystem