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Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Qualitative Controversies: Peter West-Oram on government influence in research
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
In October 2023, then-minister Michelle Donelan accused members of UK Research and Innovation's EDI committee of holding "extremist views" based on their social media comments on Palestine. She was subsequently forced to retract her statement, but the response from UKRI raised broader questions about whether and how government should be able to influence research. Peter and Sohail get into the details of this debate, covering culture wars, litigious authors, and more.
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