{"id":159551,"date":"2023-10-06T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=159551"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:00","slug":"censorship-in-eindhoven-was-about-rectors-conflict-of-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/10\/06\/censorship-in-eindhoven-was-about-rectors-conflict-of-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Censorship in Eindhoven was about rector\u2019s conflict of interests"},"content":{"rendered":"

University magazine Cursor<\/em> wasn\u2019t allowed to report on the alleged conflicts of interests of the new rector. The issue led to the sacking of the editor-in-chief, a whistleblower complaint and written questions by the House of Representatives.<\/p>

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Blacked out articles on Cursor's website.<\/span><\/p>

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Eindhoven University of Technology went to great lengths to stop publication of an unwelcome article about the new rector magnificus, national daily de Volkskrant<\/em> reports<\/a>. This has led to a lot of commotion.<\/p>\n

The new rector is called Silvia Lenaerts. Last year, the former Executive Board member at Antwerp University wrote an opinion piece<\/a> in Flemish daily De Standaard<\/em> about the controversial construction of a tunnel in Antwerp. Initially she forgot to state her own interests: she was on the board of directors of a company involved in the construction.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, Eindhoven climate activists were angry that she featured<\/a> in an ad by chemical corporation Ineos, endorsing the equally controversial production of ethylene in the Port of Antwerp. They protested with banners at her inauguration as TU\/e rector.<\/p>\n\n\t

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