Donald Trump’s attacks on American academia hurt Europe’s scientists, says official.
The Trump administration’s attacks on US academia are hurting Europe’s scientific community, even if they prompted more American researchers to relocate to or seek funding from the EU, says EU research funding chief Maria Leptin.
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#MariaLeptin, president of the European Research Council (#ERC, @ERC_Research), spotlights two threats to #AcademicFreedom. One is the kind of direct ideological pressure from heads of state like Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. The other is a more insidious "web of incentives" self-imposed by academics themselves, including pressure to publish in "high-impact journals".
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/web-incentives-research-funding-limit-academic-freedom
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An indirect “creeping reduction of freedom” is taking place in academia, according to Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s main funder of fundamental research. This threat is distinct from government “oppression” of universities and scientists in populist regimes such as the US and Hungary.
[20:57] President of European Research Council visits Dublin
The President of the European Research Council (ERC), Professor Maria Leptin, has visited Dublin for a series of engagements with research and political leaders.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0401/1505324-professor-maria-leptin/
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