Allea: call for collective action to protect academic freedom from the new US administration

The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (Allea) is "calling for our members, partners, and like-minded organisations, and urging national governments and international institutions in the U.S., Europe and beyond, to remain vigilant and strengthen ongoing efforts to safeguard academic freedom and the autonomy of scientific institutions", it says in a statement published on 19/02/2025.

The 'Allea Statements on threats to academic freedom and international research collaboration in the United States' follows the recent restrictions on science and scholarship by the new US administration—executive orders that froze research funds, censorship on topics such as climate change and gender, and restricting transatlantic data sharing.

"Academic freedom is a fundamental pillar of democratic societies and essential for knowledge production and innovation worldwide" and the restrictions "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", states Allea.

The global…