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Stephen Downes

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"There might be a silent normalization process in which it becomes a matter of fact that academics accept money from commercial parties," writes Lisa Herzog in the context of the Alliance of European science academies (ALLEA) statement on ethical problems in collaborations between academia and commercial parties. "And that would, in the long run, be extremely dangerous – especially for the humanities, but arguably also for many other fields." ALLEA also published a response to the attacks on academic freedom and academic institutions that are currently happening in the U.S.

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