{"id":198220,"date":"2026-06-08T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?post_type=em_special&#038;p=198220"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:06:25","slug":"academic-freedom","status":"publish","type":"em_special","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/specials\/academic-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are academics free to research what they want? And to what extent should they be free to do so, or should they always put themselves at the service of society? Is a university strategy a restriction of that freedom? On these and other issues surrounding academic freedom, several dialogues took place at the university in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concern about academic freedom is growing now that science, press freedom and the independent judiciary are under pressure. Dutch rectors have listened to students and staff and developed a new strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/26113837\/Jantine-Schuit_Meet_the_Professor_26062025_Erasmus_Plaza_fietsen_PienDuthmann-2-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139431 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/26\/academic-freedom-is-not-just-a-matter-for-the-university-but-for-society-as-a-whole\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\u2018Academic freedom is not just a matter for the university, but for society as a whole\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-06-26\">26 June 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Around fifty staff and students made an initial contribution morning to a nationwide discussion on academic freedom. A wide range of topics were discussed in dialogue sessions, from course evaluations to geopolitics. Participants would like to see the university defend academic freedom not only in words, but also in deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-460x460.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-460x460.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-115x115.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-230x230.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/deelnemers-dialoog-over-academische-vrijheid-willen-daad-bij-het-woord\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tParticipants in dialogue on academic freedom want actions to match words\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-02-24\">24 February 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the architects of the law on higher education, Peter Kwikkers, has written a book about the protection of academic freedom. He argues that academic freedom should be enshrined in the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-mocha  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-460x460.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-460x460.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-115x115.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/academic-freedom_2026_Ami-Rinn-230x230.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1771931487 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/16\/laws-press-freedom-and-an-oath-can-protect-academic-freedom\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLaws, press freedom and an oath can protect academic freedom\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-03-16\">16 March 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCampus\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past ten years, academic freedom has deteriorated in many countries, including the Netherlands. In particular, the sense of safety on campus is under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-300x190.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-875x554.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-1280x811.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-1600x1014.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-150x95.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-225x143.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/25\/academic-freedom-index-academische-vrijheid-neemt-wereldwijd-af\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAcademic Freedom Index: Academic freedom is declining worldwide\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-03-25\">25 March 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Around forty staff members and a handful of students gathered on Monday at the Putselaan, speaking in small groups about academic freedom in the context of a university that is embedded in society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande-.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande-.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--875x583.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--1600x1067.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--300x200.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--1280x854.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--1536x1024.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--2048x1366.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--150x100.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/12161656\/wetenschap-onderzoekers-science-usa-amerika-trump-gevolgen_stock_sonja-schravesande--225x150.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139425 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/22\/bij-dialoog-over-academische-vrijheid-leeft-behoefte-aan-duidelijkheid\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tNeed for clarity emerges in dialogue on academic freedom\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-22\">22 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic freedom is also under pressure in the Netherlands, warns the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Budget cuts, intimidation and two new legislative proposals threaten the autonomy of researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-875x619.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-1600x1131.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-300x212.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-1280x905.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-1536x1086.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-2048x1448.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-150x106.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/16124824\/wetenschap-science-hersenen-brains_stock-illu_JosineHenneken-2-225x159.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/05\/16\/academic-freedom-in-the-netherlands-under-pressure\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAcademic freedom in the Netherlands under pressure\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-05-16\">16 May 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Academics and administrators are wrestling with the role of scholars in the public domain. That became clear on Monday during the third dialogue on academic freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-mocha  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/15125257\/kantoor-journalistiek-vergadering-inkijk-redactie-EM-werken_Sonja-Schravesande-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139432 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/05\/21\/academicus-activist-of-allebei-wetenschappers-worstelen-met-de-grens-tussen-het-academische-en-het-persoonlijke\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAcademic, activist or both? Scholars struggle with the boundary between the academic and the personal\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-05-21\">21 May 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The three dialogues on academic freedom at the university made editor-in-chief Wieneke Gunneweg think about the freedom journalists need to do their work. And she concluded that press freedom and academic freedom actually share the same core, but have a different outer layer. And that sometimes clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-violet  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_foto1_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1769597842 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/05\/28\/clashing-freedoms-keep-journalists-and-academics-sharp\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tClashing freedoms keep journalists and academics sharp\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-05-28\">28 May 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEditorial\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To protect academic freedom, universities should become more democratic. That was the recurring theme at a national meeting on the issue, attended by all universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-300x190.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-875x554.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-1280x811.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-1600x1014.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-150x95.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/16111322\/EM-illustratie-12-nov-2020-Wiersema-academische-vrijheid-covid-19-talkshow-225x143.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139227 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/01\/willen-rectoren-academische-vrijheid-dan-moeten-ze-beter-luisteren\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tDo rectors want academic freedom? Then they need to listen better\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-01\">1 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/specials\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-sand-300\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met specials<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-2\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-special\" class=\"h-full relative flex bg-white flex-col @lg:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:h-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @lg:h-full @lg:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-1600x1067.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-1600x1067.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-875x583.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-300x200.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-1280x854.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-1536x1024.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/camera_campus_surveillance_toezicht_meekijken_2026_Ami-Rinn-2048x1366.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773146726 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @lg:p-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @lg:text-2xl order-1\">\n\t\t\tSafety on campus\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-base order-3\">\n\t\t\t\tThis special explores how safety is taken into consideration at Erasmus University. 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Dozens of employees are dissatisfied with the service due to its high costs, a user-unfriendly platform, and inadequate customer service.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center order-2\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-03-12\">12 March 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\" font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSpecial\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"order-4 text-brown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<a\n\tdata-variant=\"link\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne min-h-0 md:min-h-0 px-0 md:px-0 font-bold text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline absolute-link\"\n\n\t\n\t\t\thref=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.erasmusmagazine.nl&#x2F;en&#x2F;specials&#x2F;diversity-travel&#x2F;\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\taria-label=\"View&#x20;the&#x20;special&#x3A;&#x20;DGI&#x20;Travel\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-button-text class=\"\">\n\t\t\tView the special\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"17\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 17\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M18.25 7.5C18.8023 7.5 19.25 7.94772 19.25 8.5C19.25 9.05228 18.8023 9.5 18.25 9.5H1.75C1.19772 9.5 0.75 9.05228 0.75 8.5C0.75 7.94772 1.19772 7.5 1.75 7.5H18.25Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M10.793 1.04295C11.1835 0.65243 11.8165 0.65243 12.207 1.04295L18.957 7.79295C19.3476 8.18348 19.3476 8.81649 18.957 9.20702L12.207 15.957C11.8165 16.3475 11.1835 16.3475 10.793 15.957C10.4024 15.5665 10.4024 14.9335 10.793 14.543L16.8359 8.49999L10.793 2.45702C10.4024 2.06649 10.4024 1.43348 10.793 1.04295Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are academics free to research what they want? And to what extent should they be free to do so, or should they always put themselves at the service of society? Is a university strategy a restriction of that freedom? 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