OA finally reveals itself to be incompatible with academic freedom?https://twitter.com/jeroenbosman/status/1017046127638654977 …
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I have in mind UNESCO's Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13144&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html …pic.twitter.com/39wWHPFjhE
Okay. But that's simply not how "academic freedom" is usually construed.
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It seems also to be implied in the first statement of the AAUP 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. https://www.aaup.org/report/1940-statement-principles-academic-freedom-and-tenure …
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Everyone agrees that academic freedom gives researchers the right to choose what to work on. Grant agencies explicitly deny this, exercising veto rights over the topics they fund. Do you think this means they violate academic freedom?
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If you want to make this argument, then you're also making the argument that grant agencies have long violated academic freedom by exercising veto rights over what researchers investigate.
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Yes, I think there are issues with funders/governments overly directing what research takes place.
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