Go back

KNAW condemns move to screen non-European researchers

 Image: emmapatsie [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], via Flickr

Government’s plan conflicts with principles of open science and academic freedom, claims academy

Proposed legislation that would systematically screen researchers from outside of Europe who intend to work in the Netherlands has been attacked by the national science academy.

The current plan lacks detail and would be impractical, KNAW insisted in a position paper on knowledge security, published on 10 October.

This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.

Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link

Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.