TY - JOUR
T1 - No democracy, no academia
AU - Albin, Einat
AU - Bressler, Shikma
AU - Rolls, Asya
AU - Schwartz, Michal
AU - Shapiro, Ehud
N1 - Funding Information: O ver the past 30 weeks, Israel has been undergoing Council for Higher Education’s vice chair without proper an upheaval marked by unprecedented attacks by consultation with academic institutions. the government on the independence of its judi-At this point, over 150 proposed bills that will alter the ciary, attorney general, government legal advisers, democratic nature of the country are in different stages police, military, public broadcasting, and religious of legislation. At least eight will directly limit academic freedom. This assault on democratic institutions freedom, freedom of speech in academic institutions, and and principles is an imminent threat to Israeli minority rights, enforced through sanctions to limit fund-academia, which relies on a solid democratic foundation. ing. These proposed laws, if passed, threaten the reputa-In response, universities, academics, and students have tion and status of Israeli scholarship on the global stage. emerged as key proponents of ongoing protests under the This would degrade the capacity of Israeli institutions to banner, “No democracy, no academia.” participate in the global community and to recruit lead-The relationship between academia and democracy ing scientists, and may trigger an exodus of the best and is bidirectional. Most highly ranked academic institu-brightest scientists. Outstanding researchers depend on tions predominantly operate within liberal democracies. costly state-of-the-art facilities that are funded by com-Countries experiencing democratic petitive international grants. If Israel backsliding, such as Turkey, Poland, loses its scientific environment of free-and Hungary, witness a decline in dom and excellence, the renewal of its academic achievements. In parallel, a funding agreement with the European robust democracy depends on a free Union, for example, will be in jeop-academia that introduces new, liberal, ardy. This includes its participation in free, and critical thinking into society. the Horizon Europe program as an as-Erosion of this two-way association is sociated country, which was renewed at the heart of concerns in Israel. in 2021 by the previous government.
PY - 2023/8/18
Y1 - 2023/8/18
N2 - Over the past 30 weeks, Israel has been undergoing an upheaval marked by unprecedented attacks by the government on the independence of its judiciary, attorney general, government legal advisers, police, military, public broadcasting, and religious freedom. This assault on democratic institutions and principles is an imminent threat to Israeli academia, which relies on a solid democratic foundation. In response, universities, academics, and students have emerged as key proponents of ongoing protests under the banner, "No democracy, no academia."
AB - Over the past 30 weeks, Israel has been undergoing an upheaval marked by unprecedented attacks by the government on the independence of its judiciary, attorney general, government legal advisers, police, military, public broadcasting, and religious freedom. This assault on democratic institutions and principles is an imminent threat to Israeli academia, which relies on a solid democratic foundation. In response, universities, academics, and students have emerged as key proponents of ongoing protests under the banner, "No democracy, no academia."
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk3054
DO - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk3054
M3 - كلمة العدد
C2 - 37590362
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 381
SP - 715
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6659
ER -
