OA finally reveals itself to be incompatible with academic freedom?https://twitter.com/jeroenbosman/status/1017046127638654977 …
-
No, I am saying that governments have been seeking too much control over the research process. It is a difficult path to tread and get the balance right. But the nightmare scenario is Lysenkoism. How much control do you want the Trump administration to have over science?
Your argument was that (a) academic freedom means freedom to choose where to publish; and (b) grant agencies are threatening that. I pointed out that (c) academic freedom certainly means freedom to choose what to work on, but that people commonly interpret that to mean...
-
-
... freedom in the context of their employment, not that grant agencies have a duty to fund them. And so too in the context of freedom of where to publish.
-
Not sure why non-standard interpretation of academic freedom. I was not saying grant agencies have duty to fund researchers. Researchers should be employed & paid by universities. Don't know about US, but in UK now researchers' job depends on getting government/industry grants.
- 14 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.